* Is there a good open source GIS package? By Steve Blass Q: We need to build a set of maps that show overlays of several geographic information systems’ (GIS) data sets. Have you seen any good open ...

This is in response to the article that appeared in The News-Times June 17, 2009, "Danbury Unlocks Property Data." As a Connecticut licensed surveyor for over the last 41 years, I felt compelled to ...

Carmelle Terborgh gets a little tired of explaining to people why geography excites her. “Sometimes you tell people, ‘I’m a geographer,’ ” Terborgh said, “and people say, ‘So, you know where all the ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Want to gerrymander, or un-gerrymander, a voting district? Try using Geographic Information ...

The Insider Monkey team has completed processing the quarterly 13F filings for the September quarter submitted by the hedge funds and other money managers included in our extensive database. Most ...

BB&T’s CEO, Kelly King, wants to step up the pace of branch consolidations this year, even closing some branches that are profitable. The Winston-Salem, N.C., company will need fine levels of detail ...

Twenty years ago, the map room in Great Smoky Mountains National Park might have been dedicated to heavy, flat-file drawer cabinets — each one filled with stacks of intricately detailed maps of the ...

Within the fields of history and journalism, the use of GIS (Geographic Information Systems) has greatly changed the way we visualize, understand, and analyze racial bias within the United States and ...

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standard 1710 established minimum time standards for the first-due engine out of a career department for a residential fire. Some departments, however, ...