Overcoming Homelessness With GIS
Geographic information system (GIS) technology captures, organizes and analyzes geographic data for public servants trying to improve their communities.
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Altering the Course of Disease Surveillance: Connecting Cause and Effect to Location
The latest advancements in GIS technology have made the work of disease surveillance efforts even more comprehensive and effective. Here’s how.
Understanding the Importance of Resiliency
Because so many resiliency issues deal with location-based data, GIS is an essential tool for communities to use to understand and articulate where these challenges are, where they’re likely to be in coming years, as well as how and where these unforeseen issues can be either mitigated or rectified.
3 GIS Trends to Watch in Government
The future of GIS is about secure, web-based services that are accessible and put greater capabilities into the hands of everyday employees.
The Census is Getting a 2020 Upgrade
A major upgrade will make the 2020 census unlike any other in U.S. history by modernizing the process for citizens and federal employees.
Policymakers, How Well Do You Know Your Community?
Government agencies across the country make public policy decisions every day — and most all public policy decisions involve issues that have a spatial component. As agencies strive to make more analytics-driven decisions, the decision makers rely more on the work of analysts. These analysts need to collect, manage, interpret, integrate, synthesize, analyze, and visualizeRead… Read more »
Informed Decision-Making Leads to Smart Infrastructure Investments
Communities need to learn to think GIS first to drive long-term decision-making and planning by implementing data-driven decisions and collaboration with geodesign.
How GIS Imagery Can Unlock New Possibilities for Government
GIS offers exciting new ways to address some of the world’s most pressing issues.
Mapping out the Future: How Imagery Plays in to Government
It’s an exciting era for those in government. Vivid satellite images, airborne drones and 3D technology have unlocked another realm of possibility for public service.
Q&A: Learn How Imagery and GIS Help Power Government
Explore some of the questions asked on a recent online training with imagery and GIS experts.
