https://www.iniobongbenson.com/blog/ Geospatial analyst and earth observation specialist with an Erasmus+ MSc, specialising in remote sensing, hydrological modelling, and spatial data science applied to Africa. Founder and host of the Geospatially Africa podcast. en https://www.iniobongbenson.com/blog/to-kart-or-not-to-kart-that-is-the-question/ https://www.iniobongbenson.com/blog/to-kart-or-not-to-kart-that-is-the-question/ Wed, 01 Oct 2025 24:00:00 GMT Kart is an open-source software project for data version control for geospatial data. The purpose of Kart is to make it easy to store your spatial data so that you can make changes to it, see those changes and push and pull those changes to other people so they can have it on their data as well. https://www.iniobongbenson.com/blog/grace-tws-drought-monitoring-horn-of-africa/ https://www.iniobongbenson.com/blog/grace-tws-drought-monitoring-horn-of-africa/ Sat, 01 Feb 2025 24:00:00 GMT How measuring tiny changes in Earth's gravitational field from space gives us one of the best tools for monitoring terrestrial water storage - and drought - at continental scale. https://www.iniobongbenson.com/blog/validating-ocean-models-deltares/ https://www.iniobongbenson.com/blog/validating-ocean-models-deltares/ Tue, 01 Oct 2024 24:00:00 GMT How you actually check whether a state-of-the-art hydrodynamic model is telling the truth - and what I learned building a validation framework at Deltares. https://www.iniobongbenson.com/blog/geospatially-africa-podcast-story/ https://www.iniobongbenson.com/blog/geospatially-africa-podcast-story/ Wed, 01 May 2024 24:00:00 GMT In 2021 I started a podcast to spotlight geospatial innovation in Africa. Here's what I've learned about community, consistency, and the state of the discipline on the continent. https://www.iniobongbenson.com/blog/dggs-and-the-future-of-spatial-data/ https://www.iniobongbenson.com/blog/dggs-and-the-future-of-spatial-data/ Mon, 01 Jan 2024 24:00:00 GMT Discrete Global Grid Systems are quietly reshaping how geospatial data is indexed, stored, and queried at global scale. Here's what they are and why they matter.