Consumers may think of geographic information systems (GIS) as Web applications they use to get maps and directions, but GIS tools do a lot more than help people get from location A to location B.

When a 7.8-magnitude earthquake rocked southeastern Turkey and parts of Syria on the morning of February 6, 2023, it left a path of destruction, and started a race against time to locate missing ...

REDLANDS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On March 11, 2025, Esri, the global leader in geographic information system (GIS) technology, is hosting the Developer & Technology Summit in Palm Springs, ...

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 ...

Local governments and community organizations can benefit from using geographic information system (GIS) technology to better understand where food insecurity impacts residents, ultimately using that ...

REDLANDS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Numerous nonprofit organizations use geographic information system (GIS) technology to support their operations worldwide, addressing challenges such as climate ...

Local governments have made considerable use of GIS technology in recent years to improve their voting and election management experience — and some jurisdictions are implementing new features for ...

In Australia’s fastest growing city, the future begins underground. By 2036, the South East Queensland metro area will add another 1.5 million residents—a number that, by itself, would be Australia’s ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — A faculty-student summer research team at Skidmore College has been using GIS (geographic information systems), satellite imagery and data collection in the field to study the ...

This summer, I descended more than 6.7 miles to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean in a two-seat submarine to the world’s deepest undersea chasm, the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench. My goal was to ...

GIS will display a range of cutting-edge smart automotive and near-eye display technologies and products at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in the U.S. from January 7 to 10. The presentation will ...