digitalmapping
Digital mapping is the creation, manipulation, and dissemination of maps in digital form, integrating geographic information with attributes to enable visualization, analysis, and decision making. It combines spatial data with related data to produce interactive maps, geographic datasets, and analytic outputs used across sectors.
Digital mapping relies on spatial data from remote sensing, aerial surveys, GPS, field observations, and crowdsourced
Tools range from GIS software like QGIS and ArcGIS to web mapping libraries such as Leaflet and
Applications span urban planning, transportation, environmental monitoring, disaster management, public health, and marketing. Open data projects
Challenges include data quality, standards compliance, licensing, privacy, and bias. The field emphasizes transparency, attribution, and