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 ...

The GIS viewer has data layers that can be turned on or off. The plan room has a file directory. Ground Penetrating Radar Systems, based in Toledo, Ohio, provides services that include utility ...

Startup inspiration can strike anywhere. But for Atlas.co*, a freemium browser-based, real-time mapping tool that’s being built by an Oslo, Norway-based team of (initially student) engineers, the ...

For more than 25 years, Nancy Tosta has directed government and private-sector efforts to use geospatial technologies in environmental and natural-resource-related projects. She has served as ...

Web-based geographic information system software enables utilities to manage aspects of their assets in a contextual, visual and map-based database. Modern GIS software enables utilities to manage ...

At Muskogee Public Schools, we recently had to redraw our school attendance boundaries. Using geographic information system (GIS) software gave us a wealth of data to inform our decisions; but after ...

A warming climate and the increasing threat of urban wildfires have water districts assuming new responsibilities as part of their role to provide fire protection — and they're supporting that work ...

It’s not just about maps anymore, Mike Simmons says. Simmons is the City of Gig Harbor’s newly hired geographic information systems coordinator, and he’s all about turning columns of dusty data into ...

R has some excellent mapping options. There is the leaflet R package, which I use when I want to do a lot of customization. There is tmap, which I like for its nice balance between power and ease of ...