A new report setting out the five to ten year vision of the rapidly growing geospatial information industry has been published by the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM): Executive Summary This 2015 edition of the Future Trends report recognises that the most significant changes in the geospatial industry will come not through a single technology, but rather from linking multiple technologies and policies. The first part of the report, which has been produced through a global consensus process, focuses on the new and emerging trends; these are explored through a series of themes covering