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GIS is used in the mapping of dead trees in Utah woodlands as identified by the Utah Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Forestry, Fire & State Lands using technology. In Houston, Texas, GIS ...

How much do you know about GIS and how effectively is your organization, locality or state using GIS? If you cannot answer this question, the time has come to find out. This article is written to ...

The launch of the Ladakh land records web GIS portal marks a significant step in digital governance. Developed by the Revenue ...

In the last 48 hours President Joseph Biden, some 40 other world leaders, and more than 300 businesses have committed to meaningful climate action, including ambitious goals for carbon emissions. The ...

This year, on 13 November, the world is celebrating GIS Day. GIS stands for ‘Geographic Information System’, as a technology, GIS is best positioned to understand ‘Where’. In other words, ‘where’ is ...

Consumers may think of geographic information systems (GIS) as Web applications they use to get maps and directions, but GIS tools do a lot more than help people get from location A to location B.

From climate change to natural disasters, pandemics to man-made disasters, all have impacted millions of people worldwide. India is ranked as the 14th most vulnerable country in the world due to ...

Everything in the world is connected, but you are most connected to the things that are closest to you. This is proven and revealed through the use of geospatial mapping technology. You may not have ...