Local governments have made considerable use of GIS technology in recent years to improve their voting and election management experience — and some jurisdictions are implementing new features for ...

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 ...

From Other Nonprofit Media showcases select work from other nonprofit news sites around the nation. When Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz first learned about geographic information systems, or GIS, as a high ...

Garrett Andrews is an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Political Science at Portland Community College where he teaches State and Local Government. Veronica Beagle is the managing editor ...

The Yale GIS Accelerator program — which aims to teach University affiliates how to utilize geographic information systems, or GIS, in projects — began on Jan. 6, 2025. It is a five-day intensive GIS ...

Genevieve Carlton holds a Ph.D. in history from Northwestern University and earned tenure at the University of Louisville. Drawing on over 15 years of experience in higher education, Genevieve ...

Miami-Dade County, Fla., is counting on new GIS services to enhance its new next-generation 911 (NG911) routing system and provide more accurate, comprehensive emergency routing data to help ...

DECATUR - The maps that city staff use to plot out everything from land parcels to storm sewer lines have all been computerized, and the result hopefully will be a faster resource available to anybody ...

Add Python to Your Modern GIS Toolkit. Python, that high-level, interpreted programming language known for its simplicity, readability, versatility, and library support, is changing the face of ...