It’s a busy day anywhere in the world. You roll out of bed and grab your smartphone. You check a news website or a weather app or look up directions to an appointment. Most people don’t think about it ...

Geographic information systems are crucial to the way governments plan and operate cities. From identifying flood zones to mapping prime farmland, GIS lets officials respond to the changing land ...

In the innovation age, Geographic Information Systems are central to many of society's most essential functions. Imagine what it can do for a generation of tech-literate learners. On a crisp day in ...

It’s one thing to feel there are too few parks or crosswalks in a community, and another to back up that assertion with data. This past summer, high school students participating in the GRACE project ...

A geographic information system, as organizer Ariann Nassel explained, “is both a technology and a science.” The technology “is designed to work with the complexities of location-based data, connect ...

Two catch phrases that quickly are becoming mainstream in the fire service are data-driven and data-assisted. Although private industry and nearly every other aspect of modern life adopted data ...

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standard 1710 established minimum time standards for the first-due engine out of a career department for a residential fire. Some departments, however, ...

Applying GIS, remote sensing, and data science to advance conservation outcomes The IIC Conservation GIS Lab provides an opportunity for W&M students to apply their GIS, remote sensing, and data ...