This is the GeoEconomy issue which focuses GeoEconomy standards, location-based solutions to International Food Security, Location Data best practices, geo-information platforms, investments, and infrastructure, and commonalities across Agribusiness, Retail, and Communications. Feature articles include Where is Location Data? GeoEconomy Standards, and Market Connections: Cross Industry Views on Location Information. In addition . . .

Imagery—photos taken from satellites and airplanes—is now ubiquitously available through a number of Internet, desktop, and mobile applications. As a result, imagery is becoming a defacto communication tool as it finds its way into all sorts of applications and reports, from navigation to title insurance to site selection to market research.