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 ...

Bringing everything from utilities information to site conditions out of a GIS map into a BIM usually requires cumbersome rework. That's now changing. A point cloud with LiDAR data of buildings, roads ...

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Burns & McDonnell India celebrated GIS Day 2025, highlighting how geospatial technology is evolving from mapping tools to ...

For companies with weather-vulnerable assets across the country and across the globe, GIS technology provides the capability to monitor the occurrence and threats of all types of meteorological ...

“Geographic Information System” (GIS) describes any computer system that incorporates data related to location. GIS can present several different data points in a single map, which allows users to ...

What can a map tell us about the world? In a growing number of civil rights cases, it can illustrate how critical infrastructure is selectively parceled out from neighborhood to neighborhood. The ...

SPRINGFIELD -- The city has unveiled its new, mobile-device-friendly, GIS online mapping tool which can provide detailed information on every property and building in the city. The new site can be ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. -- The Kentucky Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP) has rolled out a GIS application for the nine counties surrounding the Blue Grass Army Depot in east central ...

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 ...