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 ...

Chad Beam provides the ins and outs of the implementation of GIS, advanced communication systems and predictive modeling to ensure that staffing, to whatever extent, is utilized most effectively. A ...

Developers, always seeking new techniques to enhance their applications and provide meaningful insights to users, might want to consider the power of geographically visualizing data. As businesses ...

The purpose of a geo-spatial system is to combine data with the questions that are asked administratively. GIS provides spatial information in response to the query -- what next should I look at?

Journal of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Vol. 1, No. 2 (July to December, 2007), pp. 44-52 (9 pages) Abstract:Environmental degradation, and specifically erosion, is a serious and extensive ...

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