Background: A Community health assessment (CHA) involves the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in conjunction with other software to analyze health and population data and perform ...

Geographic information systems (GIS) have assumed a key role in firefighting operations in recent years. Sophisticated GIS-driven mapping can help responders track events and position resources, ...

Increasingly, businesses are turning to geographic information systems (GIS) to develop new markets, solve supply chain problems, predict growth, improve efficiency of routes and services, gain ...

After retiring from the Navy in 1993, my first GIS-related position was with the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC). I was tasked with building the agency’s GIS and promoting GIS within the 10 member ...

LAHAINA, Hawaii — As a geographic information specialist, Meg Ryan helps ensure that all team members have access to necessary geospatial platforms for their roles in disaster response. The duties of ...

Health experts and other stakeholders have explained the importance of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) The experts spoke at an event organised by eHealth Africa to mark the 2025 World GIS Day ...

Geographic information systems (GIS), which store, manipulate, and analyse spatial data, have a pivotal role in facilitating (or controlling) mobility. By interrogating spatial databases, GIS is able ...

This book proposes the development of spatial humanities that promises to revitalize and redefine scholarship by (re)introducing geographic concepts of space to the humanities. Humanists are fully ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., June 12, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DATAMARK announced the recent hire of former Florida Geographic Information Officer (GIO) Ekaterina Fitos. Ms. Fitos will serve as a GIS Public ...

Approximately 500 recruitment emails were sent out for the online survey with a total of 27 responses received (~ 5% response rate). Of the individuals deciding not to respond, some of the reasons ...