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Originally Posted by 10023
No, it was explained to me that these people make maps, and I am aware of the term that has been used to describe that activity for centuries.
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Don't even bother. Geospatial is a sexed up, marketing term for geography just as 'data science' is for statistics. We're used to this here.
The only new thing in there is progress in electronics, that allows more powerful computers.
But most people don't even know how computers actually work, so "geospatial" and "data science" sound amazing to them, like - wow, how advanced can that be!?
I'll tell you something. Computers are good at this:
1. Collecting and storing data.
2. Efficiently accessing data previously stored and applying treatment.
3. Storing updated data.
This is incremental. You repeat this process over and over again. That is the only thing computers and robots are good for.
Even artificial intelligence is not such a new tech. It is based on algorithmics and statistics that our elders have know about since (at least) the 1970s, as far as I know.
The only difference today is we have electronic components to efficiently implement it.
At some point, ignorant people need to stop fantasizing and be aware of what's real.