Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, have revolutionized spatial data collection in recent years by offering flexible, low-cost platforms for aerial imagery and remote sensing.

The authors find that contemporary GIS research increasingly integrates spatial statistics, modeling, and simulation to move ...

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 ...

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have revolutionized how we collect, analyze, and visualize spatial data. By integrating location-based information with various datasets, GIS provides powerful ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Applying GIS, remote sensing, and data science to advance conservation outcomes The IIC Conservation GIS Lab provides an opportunity for W&M students to apply their GIS, remote sensing, and data ...

How Ontario infrastructure planners use mapping and analytics to build new broadband, EV charging stations, and more.

The West Bengal Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR) has held that digitalisation, GIS mapping, monitoring, data management and ...

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 ...