Technology and the data it collects can play a big role in the beginning stages of fire station design when it comes to selecting the best site location for the community’s emergency responders. The ...

In Australia’s fastest growing city, the future begins underground. By 2036, the South East Queensland metro area will add another 1.5 million residents—a number that, by itself, would be Australia’s ...

In 1999, WWF helped set up a project that represented a unique marriage between Aboriginal traditional ecological and cultural knowledge and the latest in western technology. Kowanyama is a community ...

The web-based tool combines Geographic Information System mapping with links to project websites and other data about all waterfront projects. The Greater Cleveland Partnership says it will monitor ...

Westminster is launching an archaeological study of its downtown historic district, and the newly digitized data could offer a “first-in-the-nation” service to downtown property owners. With some ...

Geographical information systems (GIS) are computer-based systems for geographical data presentation and analysis. They allow rapid development of high-quality maps, and enable sophisticated ...

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 ...

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 ...