Susan L. Cutter is a Carolina Distinguished professor of geography at the University of South Carolina where she directs the Hazards and Vulnerability Research ...

Although there are many online platforms for using GIS and map making, Tessa focused her presentation on ArcGIS, the industry ...

It’s a busy day anywhere in the world. You roll out of bed and grab your smartphone. You check a news website or a weather app or look up directions to an appointment. Most people don’t think about it ...

Geographic information systems are crucial to the way governments plan and operate cities. From identifying flood zones to mapping prime farmland, GIS lets officials respond to the changing land ...

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 ...

In the innovation age, Geographic Information Systems are central to many of society's most essential functions. Imagine what it can do for a generation of tech-literate learners. On a crisp day in ...

It’s one thing to feel there are too few parks or crosswalks in a community, and another to back up that assertion with data. This past summer, high school students participating in the GRACE project ...

When Teresa Salazar first encountered the notice posted to her front door—which offered tenants $10,000 to move out of their East Oakland, California, apartment building—she knew the place she called ...

Are you required to shovel the snow on the sidewalk in front of your house? Wondering how much that nice Victorian is going for? Looking for a scenic hiking trail near your town? It's becoming easier ...