Geoawesome Monthly: November 2026
November 2026
Supported by NV5 Geospatial & SuperMap
We are entering the final weeks of nominations for the 2027 Global Top 100 Geospatial Companies. 55 companies across 22 countries have already put themselves forward, from Angola to Japan. If your organisation, or one you admire, is solving real problems with geospatial technology, submit your nomination before Friday 27 November.
Also in this edition: an invitation to our live launch of Scaling Earth Observation Across the Enterprise with UP42 on 1 December, why GISTC International in China belongs on your 2027 events radar, how ENVI helps you extract more from your imagery, every article we published in October, and the geospatial events worth your time this month.
In this edition
- #Geoawesome100: Nominations Close 27 November
- Webinar: Scaling Earth Observation (1 Dec)
- Sponsor: NV5 ENVI Solutions
- Sponsor: SuperMap and GISTC International
- Let’s Talk: Interview Your Team
- What We Published in October
- November Events
55 Companies Are In. Nominations Close Friday 27 November.
The Global Top 100 Geospatial Companies is one of the most referenced benchmarks in our industry, and the 2027 edition is shaping up to be the most international yet. So far, 55 companies across 22 countries have been nominated, spanning Earth observation, GeoAI, navigation, mapping and more.
This year we are using a community and expert hybrid model. You help surface the companies and shape a diverse shortlist, then an expert panel from academia, industry and research casts the final votes. There is no single formula for making the list: the companies that appear most consistently combine technological excellence with clear, real-world impact.
| Date | What happens next |
|---|---|
| 27 Nov | Nominations close |
| Nov–Dec | Community input via this newsletter |
| Dec–15 Jan | Expert panel voting |
| 25 Jan 2027 | Embargoed notification to selected companies |
| 1 Feb 2027 | Official public announcement |
Three ways to take part: nominate your own company, nominate a company you admire, or forward this email to a team that deserves a spot on the list.
Check the current status of nominated companies. Read the selection criteria. Questions: [email protected]
Scaling Earth Observation Across the Enterprise
Many organisations have already proven that Earth observation can solve a real business problem. The harder question is what comes next: how do you expand one successful application across teams, regions and asset classes without rebuilding sourcing, contracting and integration every time?
Join geoawesome and UP42 for the launch of our new report, Scaling Earth Observation Across the Enterprise. We will introduce a practical five-step framework for moving from isolated EO projects to an enterprise-wide geospatial operating model.
Ashley Weltz, Sales Manager, UP42
What we will cover:
- Selecting the right opportunities for expansion
- Establishing ownership and sustainable funding
- Simplifying data access, licensing and supplier management
- Embedding repeatable workflows into everyday operations
- Measuring adoption and business value
Leave with a plan: practical guidance, tools and a 90-day action plan for turning a successful EO application into a lasting enterprise capability.
Sponsor spotlight
Extract More from Your Imagery
ENVI from NV5 Geospatial covers the full journey from imagery to insight: automated data preparation, traditional algorithms, machine learning for complex classification and deep learning for advanced computer vision.
- Agent-powered workflows: describe your remote sensing goal, review a transparent workflow plan, and let ENVI run it
- Automation: new data processed into outputs you can review, refine and publish
- Integration: publish results to dashboards and apps such as ArcGIS Online
- Built so your team does not need to be remote sensing experts
Partner content
Why GISTC International Belongs on Your 2027 Events Radar
GeoAI, practical GIS training and international project experience came together at the first GISTC International in Haikou, China. We look at what made the event useful and why it is worth watching as you plan your 2027 conference calendar.
Let’s talk
Is your team solving a hard problem with geospatial technology? We want to tell that story.
We are keen to connect with the teams behind the tools, missions and platforms shaping our industry, and to interview them for geoawesome. This week we published our conversation with Alberto Perez Cassinelli, VP of Data at Open Cosmos, on combining Earth observation and satellite communications to turn orbital data into results people can act on.
“We can sell the pixels, but we also sell the results.”
Alberto Perez Cassinelli, Open Cosmos
Interested? Email [email protected] with a line about your team and the problem you are solving.
What We Published in October
From self-supervised GeoAI to a head-to-head test of a brand-new open-source GIS, here is everything we published in October, alongside the GISTC International piece above.
Can Geography Train AI? When Spatial Relationships Become the Labels
Most GeoAI models still depend on hand-prepared training data. What happens when spatial relationships themselves become the labels, and the Earth observation bottleneck starts to loosen?
Best Offline Map Apps for 2026: What Still Works Without Internet
AI can plan your trip, but it cannot replace an offline map. We compared 18 navigation and travel apps to see what keeps working when the signal disappears.
Google Earth AI Wants to Turn Place Into Public-Health Infrastructure
Google’s Population Dynamics Foundation Model combines mobility, search, environmental and place signals to improve disease forecasting. The opportunity is big, and so are the validation and governance questions.
What Is a Map in 2027? ICC 2027 Brings the Question Back to Warsaw
The 33rd International Cartographic Conference (18–23 July 2027) asks how big data, GeoAI, autonomous systems and human expertise are reshaping what a map can be.
Hexagon Is Buying Rocscience to Close the Gap Between Monitoring and Prediction
A $535 million deal that could connect live ground monitoring with predictive engineering models, and raises real questions about integration, openness and lock-in.
RustGIS vs QGIS: We Tested Start-Up Speed, Buffers, and Raster Performance
A new open-source GIS written in Rust runs natively and in the browser and shipped four releases in thirteen days. We read the code and put it to the test.
Full events calendar: geoawesome.com/events
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