Web-based geographic information system software enables utilities to manage aspects of their assets in a contextual, visual and map-based database. Modern GIS software enables utilities to manage ...

As unpredictable and tragically dangerous as fighting fires remains, geographic information tools offer the kinds of global incident views and intelligence that were unimaginable less than a decade ...

NexTraq (formerly Discrete Wireless, Inc.), the value leader of GPS fleet tracking and vehicle management solutions, today announces fleet tracking capabilities for the oil and gas industry. Through ...

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.

The Visualization Center at San Diego State University (SDSU) used one-foot-resolution imagery to create a three-dimensional model of San Diego County for first responders. High-powered processors and ...

Location data is critical to nearly all state and local government work — whether it’s responding to a public safety call, supporting community planning and development, or maintaining critical ...

Sales reps waste hours each week plotting customer visits by hand. Logistics managers stare at spreadsheets trying to figure out which delivery routes make sense. Operations teams argue over territory ...

BB&T’s CEO, Kelly King, wants to step up the pace of branch consolidations this year, even closing some branches that are profitable. The Winston-Salem, N.C., company will need fine levels of detail ...

Raster-based GIS routing models prevent pipelines from becoming an economic burden on the companies and countries involved in their construction and operation by minimizing not just the economic costs ...

For 10 years, Temple University’s Geographic Information Systems program has turned spatial analysis into careers in planning, public service, climate work and more.