An interactive map made using GIS showing the rise in fuel prices by percentage displayed where they occur by major highway networks. Maps like this enable us to visualize socioeconomic challenges in ...

It’s a busy day anywhere in the world. You roll out of bed and grab your smartphone. You check a news website or a weather app or look up directions to an appointment. Most people don’t think about it ...

In the innovation age, Geographic Information Systems are central to many of society's most essential functions. Imagine what it can do for a generation of tech-literate learners. On a crisp day in ...

Visual inspections of the power grid have traditionally relied on manual methods and reactive responses. These inspections, whether performed on foot, by helicopter or drone, often involve fragmented ...

Digital maps provide more than directions. For the growing spatial humanities field—which combines spatial information and historical records—libraries are hubs for creative uses of geographic ...

A geographic information system, as organizer Ariann Nassel explained, “is both a technology and a science.” The technology “is designed to work with the complexities of location-based data, connect ...

Mapping technology has been one of the more exciting developments in the digital government space, going from a nice extra to an essential element of workflows. Underpinning this is a geographic ...

GIS- and AI-powered tools are increasingly resolving longstanding issues in state and local government permitting, giving jurisdictions the firepower to do better at automating processes, improving ...

GIS software can help identify optimal farm sites by integrating factors such as tides, currents, habitat sensitivity, and water quality.

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standard 1710 established minimum time standards for the first-due engine out of a career department for a residential fire. Some departments, however, ...