Terrain, water, and infrastructure shape human behavior. Human behavior reshapes risk, access, and demand. That feedback loop is where many automations quietly break. AI can help guide rules by interpreting spatial nuance. We unpack this in our latest post. cercanasystems.com/2026/01/oper...

“Open” can mean a lot of things. Here, we discuss its variations and their implications. cercanasystems.com/2025/11/vari...

Our website has a new look! It now has a cleaner design that more clearly presents our capabilities and value proposition. Check it out and contact us to learn more about how we can help you. #geospatial #AI #strategy cercanasystems.com

Company president Bill Dollins sat down to discuss joining the FedGeoDay Planning Committee, the process of planning FedGeoDay 2025, and what it has taught him about leadership. Check it out! #gis #opensource #gisevents cercanasystems.com/2025/04/refl...

Cercana At FedGeoDay Cercana Systems is excited to share that our entire team will be in attendance at FedGeoDay 2025! This is a great opportunity to meet with us face-to-face and learn more about our capabilities and the work we do. The event is happening April 22, 2025 at the Department of…

The medallion architecture is often associated with data lake implementations, but its concepts are applicable across a number of technical architectures. Here, we discuss the use of traditional geospatial processing in a medallion architecture. #geospatial #data #medallion

Using GeoPandas can be a great way to enhance your ArcGIS workflow. We take a look at three ways here. #geospatial #gis #arcgis #geopandas

It can use useful to think about open-source in market terms in order to help organizations better understand how they can introduce and integrate it into their operations. Here, we take a look at open-source geospatial through Porter's Five Forces model. cercanasystems.com/2025/02/appl...

Are your strategic plans and goals location-aware? Should they be? Learn more here. cercanasystems.com/2025/01/deve...

Here, we take a closer look at #metadata as an essential component of #geospatial portfolio management. As more organizations realize the importance of #location intelligence, it brings unique challenges. Metadata is one component to addressing those challenges. cercanasystems.com/2025/01/the-...

Optimize geospatial technology and data with portfolio management and rationalization strategies. cercanasystems.com/2024/12/geos...

Considerations for strategically expanding your geospatial stack with either proprietary or open-source tools. cercanasystems.com/2024/12/hybr...