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 ...

Over the past 50 years, geographers have embraced each new technological shift in geographic information systems (GIS)—the technology that turns location data into maps and insights about how places ...

Imagine cycling from your hotel to a historic site, hopping on an electric bus to a museum and strolling to dinner. That’s a ...

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For the past two years, Environmental Justice Evanston has been working on a prototype of a map based on environmental equities data in partnership with the city. The geographic information system ...

Two catch phrases that quickly are becoming mainstream in the fire service are data-driven and data-assisted. Although private industry and nearly every other aspect of modern life adopted data ...

GIS is used in the mapping of dead trees in Utah woodlands as identified by the Utah Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Forestry, Fire & State Lands using technology. In Houston, Texas, GIS ...

As the delta variant continues to spread throughout the country, local health departments are turning to geographic information system mapping to track the spread of COVID-19 and manage the ...

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 ...