Dear Mr. Dalavi,

Your question covers many answers. If we want to know more about GIS trends I suggest you go and check ESRI web site where they have many topics which can broaden your knowledge about GIS current trends . You can for example use the following site to tell you what topics GIS  community are interested nowadays:

http://www.esri.com/mapmuseum

But I can summarize some of the important topics of interest to GIS communities such as

1-Big data in GIS  

see https://www.gislounge.com/empowering-gis-big-data/

2- Internet of Things

https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=895bd00c9e7c4521b21e94da5d4748fc

3- Intelligent cities - that includes good management in Water ,Power,Education,Health, and security.

UAVs application Using GIS to crime fighting by police, Precision Agriculture, sports,emergency response...etc.

One should look to advances in the four parts of GIS software for example the trends now is for open free GIS software.

I hope I provided you with some short ideas about the GIS trend nowadays.

Thanks Mr. Awad

: User-generated content (UGC) platforms on the Internet have experienced a steep

increase in data contributions in recent years. The ubiquitous usage of location-enabled

devices, such as smartphones, allows contributors to share their geographic information on

a number of selected online portals. The collected information is oftentimes referred to as

volunteered geographic information (VGI). One of the most utilized, analyzed and cited

VGI-platforms, with an increasing popularity over the past few years, is OpenStreetMap

(OSM), whose main goal it is to create a freely available geographic database of the world.

This paper presents a comprehensive overview of the latest developments in VGI research,

focusing on its collaboratively collected geodata and corresponding contributor patterns.

Additionally, trends in the realm of OSM research are discussed, highlighting which aspects

need to be investigated more closely in the near future.

Dear Mr. Dalavi,

I would like to name Spatial Data on the Web as a trend in GIS.  

Geospatial data is often hard to find and access on the Web, especially for non-specialist users. Spatial data on the Web will enable discovery of geospatial through search engines like Google, rather than catalogs of metadata.

The Spatial Data on the Web Working Group (SDWWG) is a joint W3C-OGC project.  See https://www.w3.org/TR/sdw-bp/.  This document is pending OGC review.

Kind regards,

Julie Binder Maitra

Hello everyone,

I put my question in this discussion because I have not yet received an answer. I hope someone here is willing to answer the question below.

I am currently following a research internship for my IT education.

For the organization where I currently work, I have to do research into current and future developments in mobile GIS (geographic information system).

This means that specific research must be done within my organization into a mobile GIS application.

I have already been able to find everything about GIS, but I want to stay within my scope of research as much as possible.

I have already used all kinds of databases and search engines to get as much relevant information as possible, but this sometimes proves to be difficult for me to answer certain sub questions correctly. This is my first internship that I do.

I have some sub-questions within my research that need to be answered:

1. What are the trends of mobile GIS and what is the definition of mobile GIS? (mostly info found)

2. What is happening with mobile GIS? (What are the best practices of mobile GIS?)

I currently have difficulty finding best practices and trends (literature based) within mobile GIS. I was able to find a few whitepapers with possible best practices.

For example, suppliers with best practices but also users of mobile GIS.

My question: Does someone have certain papers or white papers or research documents that may be important for my research?

Also known as best practices for mobile GIS.

Thank you in advance!