GIS, or geographic information systems, are applications used for making maps at their most basic level ... a buzzing hub that plots the latest data points into a picture of the Smokies that ...

There is no upper limit to how much data a GIS map can hold. A map with half a million data points is perfectly feasible; it’s just a matter of devoting the resources to collecting and ...

The inspiration for this map was the need to provide park visitors with a kiosk map that could convey terrain and topography ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday in Lagos launched a geographic information system (GIS) mapping of all financial access points in Nigeria. The GIS special mapping for financial access ...

unlike with ArcGIS, you are unable to change the characteristics of each layer. As much as you would like you cannot, for instance, make national borders pink, oceans green nor capital-city names with ...

New Delhi: Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has told National Green Tribunal that it is creating an accurate database of all private and public tubewells and borewells in Delhi using GIS mapping. This ...

“Salary, retention, graduation rates, all of those things matter in getting a ranking,” said Jason VanHorn, professor of GIS and director of the GIS master's program. “So, to see us sitting in the Top ...