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 ...

Not so long ago, only a select group of users could take advantage of GIS tools and applications. The general public barely knew what GIS was, let alone knew how to use it. Today, the Web allows GIS ...

For years, it’s been only the most committed of journonerds who could invest both the time and money to put geography to use. To say that’s changing is an understatement. GIS (Geography and Geographic ...

The mission of the decennial census, simply, is to “count every person once, only once, and in the right place,” the U.S. Census Bureau’s Deirdre Dalpiaz Bishop said Wednesday during Esri’s federal ...

In this class, students will learn how to use GIS (geographic information system) tools to calculate distances between two features, road and river lengths within administrative units, the percentage ...

When someone talks about geographical information systems (GIS), the first thing that comes to mind is a map. Although this is a primary deliverable, a quick look around the country shows that fire ...

Geographic information system (GIS) mainstay Esri is looking to expand its stake in digital twin technologies through significant updates in its product portfolio. As it announced at its recent user ...

No audio available for this content. A few months ago, I wrote a little about ArcGIS Explorer (AE), a free GIS viewer from Esri. It’s a nice tool for non-GIS users who want to view GIS data. Looks ...

Locating the next electric vehicle charging station in the state of Washington doesn’t need to be a decision based on whim, or even gut instinct. It could be based on data. A new publicly available ...