# Daily Inspiration: “Spatial is the new intelligence: a future guided by data, mapping and insight in 3 dimensions!”
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“Spatial is the new intelligence: a future guided by data, mapping and insight in 3 dimensions!” - #Futurist Jim Carroll 20 years ago, I spoke on stage at an urban transit conference and declared that location intelligence - digital maps, GIS, GPS devices and more - would be the next billion dollar industry. The effect and impact own how we lived, and the industries that existed, would be profound. I nailed that one! Today, location intelligence is  moving to the next logical step - spatial analysis and intelligence. We’ve moving from a 2D data world to one of 3-dimensions, and the results will be equally profound, if not even more significant. What is it?  Location intelligence had us mapping in 2 dimensions - think Google Maps. Spatial has us doing the same but in 3 dimensions - think Google Maps, with a 3rd dimension added. It involves data used by self-driving cars to ‘see’ the world around them; cobots or “cooperative robots” working in 3d dimensions to interact with other robots and humans in close proximity; virtual medical operations using 3D insight headsets, and so much more! This trend is #11 of my ’19 Trends for 2019’ - you can see a few video clips here: I’m quite immersed in explaining all the implications to the industries in which I speak. And I’m busy working within this new world - my oldest son is busy carving out a new career in the field of spatial intelligence - take a look at his site, https://www.locationintelligence.ca His world of 3 dimensions involves the analysis of data collected by his high end drone - volumetric analysis of quarries and mines; tree and counter analysis of golf courses; detailed analysis of construction and environmental sites.  As technology comes to map the world around us in 3 dimensions, everything begins to change, and the next billion dollar industry is being born before our very eyes. And it’s happening faster than you might think! #motivationalquotes #inspirationalquotes #speakerlife #spatial #spatialawareness #locationintelligence #locationintelligencetechnology 

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Source: https://jimcarroll.com/2019/06/daily-inspiration-spatial-is-the-new-intelligence-a-future-guided-by-data-mapping-and-insight-in-3-dimensions/