Strategic Geospatial

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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February 2026

SovereignAI: know thyself

The discussion on Sovereign AI has mainly been about the real estate of data centres and fibre lines, but it should be about data. And most of all it…

Feb 26 • Will Cadell

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AI ate my GIS

AI is making maps, but who will make the maps for AI? As interfaces of computing evolve, our community should position itself for success. Otherwise…

Feb 12 • Will Cadell

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January 2026

Northern (high) Lights

Reflections from North51

Jan 27 • Will Cadell

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December 2025

Custom Inc.

In the modern product-driven technology landscape, services revenue is often viewed as problematic. So why, in the geospatial community, are…

Dec 29, 2025 • Will Cadell

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Dominant Limitations

The dominant designs that limit us, and cost us exorbitant amounts of money!

Dec 7, 2025 • Will Cadell

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October 2025

The back forty

In Canada, we have an unfenced backyard and need to combine AI with satellites to solve a series of key geographic, political, sovereignty, and…

Oct 2, 2025 • Will Cadell

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September 2025

Our truth

In a time of deep fakes, how can the Earth observation community push back against artificial representations of Planetary events?

Sep 28, 2025 • Will Cadell

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Vibing proofs of concept

A short video with Sparkgeo's CTO, Dustin Sampson, on vibe coding for fast proofs of concept.

Sep 23, 2025 • Will Cadell

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Words matter

Finding a narrative for the opportunity of geospatial.

Sep 21, 2025 • Will Cadell

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