OpenGeo today announced that the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) has selected OpenGeo Suite Enterprise Edition to replace their existing geospatial mapping tools. The product is a ...

Furthermore, GIS software was stand-alone and ran on large, high-end systems that could process the thousands of data points and layers needed to produce, say, a map of a suburban housing tract being ...

Called Geospatial Opportunity Mapping (GOMap), the new tool considers high-resolution information from both the local authorities and local utility companies. It is reportedly able to determine the ...

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 ...

Engaging Youth Through Community Mapping. Community mapping programs offered through 4-H introduce young people to geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial thinking while ...

From a practical lens and audience-first perspective, the featured program reveals how modern approaches in geospatial analysis turn information into tangible results for places and people.

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 ...

The dangers of military engagement in Afghanistan, which has some of the world’s most forbidding terrain, cannot be overstated. Troop movements are hair-raising, with improvised explosive device ...