And we’re back! If you missed my post last month, please check out The Future of GIS – Part 1, In a Relationship where I explored three different types of GIS relationships that drive immediate value ...

If you are just joining us in this series, you might want to start by reading part 1 (In a Relationship) and part 2 (Systems Integration) as they set the stage for this final installment where we will ...

James Gray continues his review of desktop Geographic Information System (GIS) applications with an introduction to the concepts needed to get started with the user-friendly, open-source Quantum GIS.

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 ...

Standardized data modeling has become essential within the continually changing environment of geospatial information systems (GIS). Organizations extensively use GIS to plan infrastructure and manage ...

Genevieve Carlton holds a Ph.D. in history from Northwestern University and earned tenure at the University of Louisville. Drawing on over 15 years of experience in higher education, Genevieve ...

Police agencies are using Geographic Information Systems for mapping crime, identifying crime 'hot spots,' assigning officers, and profiling offenders, but little research has been done about the ...

Geographic information systems (GIS) software is designed to collect, store, organize, manipulate, interpret, display, and disseminate geographically-referenced information. Governments, businesses, ...

Power Grid Corporation of India (POWERGRID) and Toshiba have launched the country’s first indigenously manufactured 220kV Mobile GIS (m-GIS) system. Toshiba Transmission & Distribution Systems (India) ...

Philly’s cops are still using old school pushpins and paper maps to track crime patterns, but a new crime mapping system aims to change that. A screenshot of the heat map feature on the Police ...