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 ...

Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) have transformed the way we capture, store, and analyse spatial data by integrating methods from computer science, statistics and geography. Central to GIS is the ...

The authors find that contemporary GIS research increasingly integrates spatial statistics, modeling, and simulation to move ...

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?

Along Florida’s Atlantic and Gulf coasts, high tides now creep farther inland, and rain bursts dump more water in less time. According to NOAA, sea level around Florida has risen roughly eight inches ...

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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.