Abstract

The article reflects on the role and methods of production, dissemination, use and exploitation of geospatial data and analyses, with a particular focus on those research activities that investigate the Global South environments and spaces. It provides some general coordinates and a first broad classification of the vast world of urban and territorial data, trying to recall terms and concepts from which to conduct more specific research in different geographical contexts. It also proposes some precautions regarding the approach to take in relation to different data sources and their treatment with reference to the countries of the Souths of the world.