Since 2006, New York City has required owners of office towers taller than 15 stories to file “emergency action plans.” Tens of thousands of floor plans have since been delivered to the city's fire ...

Not so long ago, only a select group of users could take advantage of GIS tools and applications. The general public barely knew what GIS was, let alone knew how to use it. Today, the Web allows GIS ...

For years, it’s been only the most committed of journonerds who could invest both the time and money to put geography to use. To say that’s changing is an understatement. GIS (Geography and Geographic ...

In this class, students will learn how to use GIS (geographic information system) tools to calculate distances between two features, road and river lengths within administrative units, the percentage ...

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 ...

Geographic information system (GIS) mainstay Esri is looking to expand its stake in digital twin technologies through significant updates in its product portfolio. As it announced at its recent user ...

This article provides an overview of Linux-based tools for Geographic Information Systems (GIS), including a quick take on the ESRI's ArcReader. Future articles will explore this and other individual ...

Today the 17th of November is world Geographic Information Systems (GIS) day. A day set aside by users, developers and vendors to showcase to the world real-world application of GIS. GIS day is held ...

Students will present their maps at the Historic Triangle Community Services Center in Williamsburg, 312 Waller Mill Rd. in Williamsburg, at 7 p.m. on Nov. 15 in conjunction with the celebration of ...