Engineering notes

Learning from the field. Exploring what's next.

A collection of notes on civil engineering, geoinformatics, GIS, field work, and emerging technologies such as GeoAI.

18 Jun 2026 5 min

What GIS Adds to Civil Engineering

Civil engineering and geospatial technology solve different parts of the same problem. Here is why combining field knowledge with spatial data can lead to better engineering decisions.

by Raja Dey

Site Engineering

27 May 2026 5 min

From Drawing to Site: What Field Experience Teaches You

Engineering drawings describe what should be built. Site experience teaches you how those decisions meet real conditions, people, materials, and constraints.

by Raja Dey

GIS & Land Records

16 Apr 2026 5 min

What I Learned from Working with Digital Land Records

Digitising land information is not simply a matter of putting paper records on a screen. Spatial accuracy, data consistency and field verification all matter.

by Raja Dey

Property inspection and technical assessment

Property & Technical Assessment

11 Mar 2026 5 min

How I Approach a Property Inspection

A property inspection is more than looking at a building. It means connecting the location, physical condition, documents, surroundings and valuation context.

by Raja Dey

Urban area viewed through geospatial analysis

Academic Work

05 Feb 2026 5 min

Analysing Built-Up Change with Geospatial Techniques

A look at the ideas behind my M.Tech project: using geospatial techniques to understand how the built-up area of Kolkata Municipal Corporation changed over time.

by Raja Dey

GeoAI & Future Technology

14 Jan 2026 5 min

Why GeoAI Interests Me as a Civil Engineer

GeoAI sits at an interesting intersection of my two disciplines. Here is why combining geospatial data with AI could change how engineers analyse spatial problems.

by Raja Dey

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