Web-based geographic information system software enables utilities to manage aspects of their assets in a contextual, visual and map-based database. Modern GIS software enables utilities to manage ...

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 ...

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 ...

Karen Schwartz is a freelance technology writer based in the Washington D.C. area. Companies that work with geospatial data face unique storage obstacles. The data itself is voluminous; the files in ...

Xtensible, a SAM company, announced today that it has been awarded a consulting contract by Con Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con Edison) to support a pilot project demonstrating the effectiveness ...

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 ...

Esri President Jack Dangermond (left) speaks with Autodesk CEO Andrew Anagnost (middle) and HNTB Section Leader Adam Horn (right) at the Esri User Conference in San Diego July 18. Esri President Jack ...

For 10 years, Temple University’s Geographic Information Systems program has turned spatial analysis into careers in planning, public service, climate work and more.