Why Data Is the Missing Link for Fixing America's Infrastructure Problems | Quiet Capital

As America looks to spend trillions of dollars updating and expanding its infrastructure, data-driven mapping and analysis must play a critical role. We Quiet Capital Essay Volume 16 by Alexander Baikovitz, co-founder & CEO, Mach9, explores how better, more timely geospatial data could bring efficiency and cost-savings to the modernization of our aging infrastructure. As America looks to spend trillions of dollars updating and expanding its infrastructure, data-driven mapping and analysis must play a critical role. We can’t fix what we don’t understand, or build where we don’t fully grasp the physical environment — at least not efficiently and cost-effectively. New imaging and machine learning technologies are generating robust, three-dimensional maps at previously unimaginable speeds and scale. These technologies empower project stakeholders to make better decisions — accelerating infrastructure project delivery, averting disasters before they happen, avoiding costly mistakes and surprises, prioritizing spending, and efficiently using resources.