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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It is a Monday morning in early December, and the 20 students in professor Jack Loveless’ Mapping Our World: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems course are clustered in small groups around ...

To study the Northern California Bay-Delta ecosystem in depth and come up with a solution to the multiple and conflicting demands for development and preservation on it is nearly an impossible task - ...

Since 2006, New York City has required owners of office towers taller than 15 stories to file “emergency action plans.” Tens of thousands of floor plans have since been delivered to the city's fire ...

A new government technology partnership aims to give emergency responders wider access not only to digital map data, but experts who can help public safety professionals maintain and decipher all that ...

GIS Day is observed on 17 November to commemorate spatial and geographic technologies and to promote awareness of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) or Geographic Information sciences. This year, to ...

The municipal corporation is all set to go hi-tech. The civic body has started GIS mapping of the city, which will not only help in better urban planning but also in the effective implementation of ...