REDLANDS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, today announced that the twentieth annual GIS Day will take place on November 14, 2018. The day is a celebration of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the broad intersection of data and society. Perhaps the greatest challenge confronting today’s “big data” era lies ...

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 ...

Talking to GIS managers over the past several months, I’ve heard a lot of hand wringing from many regarding the future and I share much of the concern. We seem to be at loggerheads on the budget or ...

Last week I attended a workshop sponsored by the Oregon GPS User’s Group (soon to be Oregon GNSS User’s Group). OGUG invited Michael Dennis, RLS, PE, current Ph.D. geomatics student, former full-time ...

With the ongoing development of wireless telecommunications and shared application and data resources, the practice of integrating geographic information systems (GIS) with conventional data analysis ...

We are in an interesting time in our industry; one we haven’t seen for the past 20 years. Esri has introduced new software to manage our utility networks within the core GIS (Geographic Information ...

A report by the National Research Council urging educators to teach K-12 students to think spatially and use geographic information systems (GIS) to do so underscores the importance of educational ...

REDLANDS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics, today announced that the nineteenth annual observation of GIS Day will take place on November 15, 2017. The day is a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm a senior tech contributor who writes about science and technology Creating maps using geographic information systems (GIS) ...