Even as smartphone mapping apps have become ubiquitous, many Americans still rely on paper maps issued by state transportation departments. After all, paper maps don’t disappear when you lose wireless ...
It’s like Google Maps on steroids. That’s the short, easy definition of geographic information systems (GIS) that Melinda Shimizu, SUNY Cortland assistant professor of geography, usually gives to ...
REDLANDS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, today announced the publication of Designing Better Maps: A Guide for GIS Users, Third Edition. Award-winning ...
If you were looking at television weather maps during last week’s U.S. tornado activity, you were looking at a GIS, or Geographic Information System. Those red and purple splotches racing across the ...