Strategic Geospatial

90% right is 100% wrong: Benchmarking frontier AI for consumer location

Turns out AI is much worse than that... A slide deck and script of Sparkgeo’s recent AI/SI benchmarking work presented at the Cloud Native Geospatial…

Oct 13 • Will Cadell

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September 2026

So mid, engineering the break of gauge

The geospatial value chain while conceptually simple, is constantly beset with complications. Like the idea of a break in gauge we are constantly moving…

Sep 17 • Will Cadell

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So mid, the missing midstream

In Geospatial and Earth observation we’re used the idea of an up and downstream. But the midstream is where the action is. The distribution of data and…

Sep 7 • Will Cadell

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August 2026

Deterministic Control Points

How should we think about deterministic data in a non-deterministic world?

Aug 9 • Will Cadell

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90% right is 100% wrong

It doesn't matter how close you get, if you don't make your destination, you're wrong.

Aug 3 • Will Cadell

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July 2026

Earth is a banana

Fake images, fake data, are a problem for the geospatial community. Instead of yelling at the tide, lets build some real geospatial benchmarks and…

Jul 31 • Will Cadell

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Porpoiseful - your dynamic data strategy

Your data isn't static, why is your data strategy?

Jul 28 • Will Cadell

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Assist.me

I built an agent. You can too. What happens when global imagery or data does not require specialist anything?

Jul 20 • Will Cadell

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Innovation flux; today's three body problem.

Too much complexity impacts corporate decision making. The rash of new AI technology & ideas has actively slowed down corporate adoption. That, and…

Jul 12 • Will Cadell

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May 2026

It’s early

Being is early is a puzzle. A short note on innovation timing.

May 27 • Will Cadell

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Geography and the Future of Sovereign AI in Canada

The transcript of a talk presented at GeoIgnite, 2026 in Ottawa. This is a longer read, settle in.

May 13 • Will Cadell

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(Inter)facing the future

The interface has always been a critical component of any web experience. Does that change when we are making our own personal software experiences?

May 4 • Will Cadell

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