Back in the mid-1980s, when I established the U.S. Navy’s first GIS, we used mapping software from a company called National Planning Data Corporation (NPDC). In the process, I had several interesting ...

Oblique photography technology serves as a crucial data source for Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Digital Twins, with extensive application prospects in urban planning, infrastructure ...

UNESCO’s Regional Office for Eastern Africa supports its Member States in advancing knowledge-sharing and capacity development in water sciences, with a strong emphasis on spatial data, environmental ...

APS manages the grid from its distribution operations center. Every day, a deluge of raw data pours out of smart meters, remote terminal units in substations and even some telemetered field devices.

The Geographic Information System team for the City of Lawrence was given a a Special Achievement award for its GIS work by the ESRI organization in San Diego in July. The employees were presented ...

The purpose of a geo-spatial system is to combine data with the questions that are asked administratively. GIS provides spatial information in response to the query -- what next should I look at?