* Is there a good open source GIS package? By Steve Blass Q: We need to build a set of maps that show overlays of several geographic information systems’ (GIS) data sets. Have you seen any good open ...

The county received a $7,000 micro grant from the Colorado State-Wide Internet Portal Authority to improve accessibility of ...

Carmelle Terborgh gets a little tired of explaining to people why geography excites her. “Sometimes you tell people, ‘I’m a geographer,’ ” Terborgh said, “and people say, ‘So, you know where all the ...

Twenty years ago, the map room in Great Smoky Mountains National Park might have been dedicated to heavy, flat-file drawer cabinets — each one filled with stacks of intricately detailed maps of the ...

This is in response to the article that appeared in The News-Times June 17, 2009, "Danbury Unlocks Property Data." As a Connecticut licensed surveyor for over the last 41 years, I felt compelled to ...

Within the fields of history and journalism, the use of GIS (Geographic Information Systems) has greatly changed the way we visualize, understand, and analyze racial bias within the United States and ...

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standard 1710 established minimum time standards for the first-due engine out of a career department for a residential fire. Some departments, however, ...