| |July 20198ber, the largest cab services company in the world, owns no vehicles. Airbnb, the largest accommodation provider, owns no real estate. And Facebook, the world's most popular media owner, creates no content. The world is changing. And changing how! The next wave of Industrial Revolution, which is com-ing to be known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution, is drastically changing our world. The ability of machines, devices, sensors, and people to communicate with each other is creating a different level of interoperability and connectivity. Advancements in computing and communi-cation technologies such as 5G have only accelerated the pace of digital transformation. In this progressively interconnected world, one of the most powerful and astute ways of exploring the physi-cal and digital landscapes for individuals, businesses and governments is through the `where' dimension. It is often said, "80% of all the data in the world has a spatial rela-tion". Regardless of the veracity of that statement, there is no doubt that over the last few years, the world has seen an exponential increase in the amount of spatial informa-tion. From smartphones to self-driving cars to machines that think, the sheer level of ubiquity is subsuming geo-spatial systems into common everyday processes. Geospatial by DefaultAs location data gets ubiquitous, pervasive, and `by de-fault' in our daily living, geospatial industry is opening up its closely guarded boundaries to larger market driv-ers, and creating new growth opportunities, weathering through market forces and consumer behavior. A host of next generation entrepreneurs are joining the innovation bandwagon and beginning to explore the hidden treasure of spatial thinking, empowering IT-enabled services and optimizing engineering workflows and business processes. UIN MY OPINIONTHE `GEOSPATIAL WAY' IS THE FUTURE AS THE WORLD MOVES TOWARDS AUTOMATIONBy Sanjay Kumar, CEO at Geospatial Media and Communications
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