Back in the mid-1980s, when I established the U.S. Navy’s first GIS, we used mapping software from a company called National Planning Data Corporation (NPDC). In the process, I had several interesting ...

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 ...

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 ...

Chad Beam provides the ins and outs of the implementation of GIS, advanced communication systems and predictive modeling to ensure that staffing, to whatever extent, is utilized most effectively. A ...

An unfortunate fact of the AEC (architecture, engineering, and construction) industry is that, between every stage of the process—from planning and design to construction and operations—critical data ...

No audio available for this content. ArcGIS 10.3 is now available with the release of ArcGIS Pro, Esri announced. ArcGIS 10.3 realizes the vision of web GIS, which empowers customers to use ...

The purpose of a geo-spatial system is to combine data with the questions that are asked administratively. GIS provides spatial information in response to the query -- what next should I look at?

APS manages the grid from its distribution operations center. Every day, a deluge of raw data pours out of smart meters, remote terminal units in substations and even some telemetered field devices.