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 ...

Did you know that the history of the Spatial Source website can be traced way back to the launch of GIS User magazine in the ...

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 ...

Over the past 50 years, geographers have embraced each new technological shift in geographic information systems (GIS)—the ...

Susan L. Cutter is a Carolina Distinguished professor of geography at the University of South Carolina where she directs the Hazards and Vulnerability Research ...

Subscribe to BizTimes Daily – Local news about the people, companies and issues that impact business in Milwaukee and Southeast Wisconsin. Geographic information systems (GIS) have traditionally been ...

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 ...

Picture having a room filled with maps of data that provided you with information pertaining to safer walking routes for elementary students, where the heaviest crime areas are located around the city ...

Are you required to shovel the snow on the sidewalk in front of your house? Wondering how much that nice Victorian is going for? Looking for a scenic hiking trail near your town? It's becoming easier ...

Garrett Andrews is an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Political Science at Portland Community College where he teaches State and Local Government. Veronica Beagle is the managing editor ...