We must all stay focused on where GIS is heading in the next year, three years, and even five years Like any other technology, GIS continues to evolve at a rapid pace, adding new avenues of access, ...

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 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 ...

Deep in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, Wright dove to a point on the Earth few humans have ever dared to lay eyes on. Her mission: to map a slice of the mysterious Mariana Trench. “These are ...

(GIS) maps are digital maps that have layers of data ... symbols are overlain photographs - photographs can be added to points on the map flow lines - lines to show movements between places ...

“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 ...

(GIS) maps are digital maps that have layers of data ... symbols are overlain photographs - photographs can be added to points on the map flow lines - lines to show movements between places ...

Maps can save people’s lives, she said. Terborgh oversees international organizations for Esri, the Redlands-based company known worldwide for its geographic information systems — or GIS.