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 ...

A new government technology partnership aims to give emergency responders wider access not only to digital map data, but experts who can help public safety professionals maintain and decipher all that ...

Geographic information systems are crucial to the way governments plan and operate cities. From identifying flood zones to mapping prime farmland, GIS lets officials respond to the changing land ...

A geographic information system, as organizer Ariann Nassel explained, “is both a technology and a science.” The technology “is designed to work with the complexities of location-based data, connect ...

When Teresa Salazar first encountered the notice posted to her front door—which offered tenants $10,000 to move out of their East Oakland, California, apartment building—she knew the place she called ...

From hand-inked parchments to wayfinding apps, maps have helped us understand where we are for thousands of years. Today, high-tech maps do so much more, helping us address challenges, from tracking ...

Government agencies are increasingly turning to high-precision aerial imagery to solve city-planning conundrums. Three recent case studies show how emergency 9-1-1 services gather data to provide ...

Albemarle County announces the launch of the new GIS Web, the public mapping tool. The new interface has the same functionality as the old system, but with several new features and improvements.

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standard 1710 established minimum time standards for the first-due engine out of a career department for a residential fire. Some departments, however, ...

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 ...