An open research and collaboration platform connecting people, knowledge, tools, and opportunities across geospatial science and its applications.
Freely accessible research and knowledge that can be shared, used, and built upon.
Built together with researchers, students, communities, and organizations.
Clear, practical knowledge designed for researchers, learners, and practitioners.
Linked to real-world questions, challenges, and opportunities.
IdeaLab Research is an open research and collaboration platform connecting people, knowledge, tools, and opportunities.
We support the development, sharing, and application of research through open-access publishing, learning media, curated resources, thematic communities, events, and innovation.
Our goal is to make geospatial knowledge more open, collaborative, accessible, and connected to real-world needs.
IdeaLab brings together complementary pathways for discovering knowledge, sharing research, connecting people, and developing practical solutions.
An international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal advancing research in spatial knowledge, GeoAI, Earth observation, and applied geospatial science.
Explore JSKAR →Research talks, interviews, presentations, educational content, and discussions that make research more accessible.
Explore Media →Spatial data, research tools, AI resources, research guides, and practical knowledge for researchers and learners.
Explore Resources →Country-based and thematic communities connecting researchers, students, practitioners, and organizations.
Explore Community →Applying geospatial technologies, remote sensing, GeoAI, WebGIS, and spatial analytics to real-world challenges.
Explore Innovation →Conferences, workshops, webinars, training, GIS events, and community activities shared through the IdeaLab network.
Explore Events →IdeaLab Communities bring researchers, students, practitioners, and organizations together around shared interests, places, disciplines, and challenges.
Connecting researchers and emerging scholars across Canada, South Asia, Africa, Pacific Island regions, and beyond.
Discover conferences, workshops, training opportunities, webinars, and other activities shared through the IdeaLab Research community.
The IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC) is the annual flagship conference sponsored by the IEEE Intelligent Transpor...
Events submitted by members are reviewed by IdeaLab administrators before publication.
A broad geospatial research ecosystem connecting methods, technologies, disciplines, and real-world applications.
Examples of research directions where geospatial technologies can support practical knowledge and decision-making.
Geospatial approaches for mapping solar potential and supporting renewable energy intelligence.
Building intelligence databases that support planning, analysis, and evidence-based decision-making.
Transforming population and household survey data into actionable spatial knowledge.
Geospatial approaches to health, education, climate, water security, and social equity.
JSKAR is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal advancing research in spatial knowledge systems, GeoAI, Earth observation, and applied geospatial science.
Explore JSKARResearch talks, paper discussions, researcher interviews, student presentations, educational content, and collaborative videos.
Explore MediaConnecting researchers and emerging scholars across Canada, South Asia, Africa, Pacific Island regions, and beyond.