Horry County Mitigates Beach Erosion Costs With GIS Imagery
When Hurricane Matthew hit Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, it dumped 10 to 17 inches of rain and generated a storm surge that reached levels not seen since Hurricane Hugo in 1989.
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How Seattle Used GIS to Store its Data
Seattle recently invested in 3D capabilities to visualize the whole city alongside zoning requirements using ArcGIS Urban software
Combating COVID-19 With GIS Tools
Geographic information system (GIS) software captures and analyzes geographic and spatial data, making it a potentially valuable tool for agencies.
Planning and Engineering Success Stories: Oshkosh, Wisconsin
GIS played a vital role in fostering civic engagement and providing an inclusive environment for residents to voice their concerns and to be heard.
Minnesota’s Three Rivers Park District Becomes a Smart Park
The park district’s GIS department moved to a centralized GIS program that replaced the district’s disjointed system of datasets.
5 Steps for Using GIS to Combat COVID-19
In what ways is GIS being used to combat the coronavirus spread? Esri’s Chief Medical Officer outlined five steps GIS responders can take.
Missouri State Parks Ease Response to Flooding With GIS
Flooding is a recurring threat for the Missouri state park system because many of its parks lie along major rivers. They found a GIS solution that automated and streamlined information to share with stakeholders and the public.
The 4 GIS Technology Tenets to Revolutionize Smart Parks
At GovLoop’s online training, industry experts with park agency backgrounds spoke about how GIS can help park agencies maintain and manage smart parks.
ODOT’s Virtual Highway Corridor
The Oregon Department of Transportation’s (ODOT) Virtual Highway Corridor (VHC) Project has integrated data sources from across the agency and made them available through an internal web portal to provide a comprehensive snapshot to improve efficiency, safety, and accuracy. Read how it was done.
Scooters, Begone or Be Regulated With GIS
Nashville is one of many metropolitan municipalities looking to manage the influx of micromobility — that is, scooters. These vehicles and others like it have cropped up almost overnight with city officials scrambling to regulate them.
