Community participation in GIS through PPGIS is a worthy goal and has been applied in many studies for decades.
Mark Altaweel
GIS Industry
Using GIS to Assess Crime Risk
The use of GIS and spatial analysis has become an important tool in understanding crime patterns.
Spatial Analysis
Using Machine Learning and Surface Deformation Data to Predict Earthquakes
There is no easy solution for earthquake prediction, but machine learning in particular has made forecasting far better.
Spatial Analysis
GIS and Named Entity Recognition: Identifying Geographic Locations in Text
Within the larger field of natural language processing, new methods are bring developed that are merging geographic information with basic texts and human language.
GIS Industry
Using GIS in Golf Management
GIS has a growing role in golf from managing courses to facilitating the symbiotic relationship between golf courses and environmental protection.
Spatial Analysis
Using GIS to Analyze Pedestrian Accessibility
GIS tools to compute pedestrian accessibility are not just available to governments, academics, or companies, but are also free and open source.
Maps and Cartography
Geospatial Climate Models Show How Fire Seasons Are Changing
Changing technologies, including new satellite systems, and better climate and fire modeling, including the integration of these tools and data capture methods, will likely mean improved fire modeling in the future.
GIS Data
Mapping Coral Reefs
Scientists have been developing better ways to fuse data from different satellite systems and data capture, while also developing classification algorithms to better map coral reefs.
Maps and Cartography
GEDI: A New Tool for Forest Carbon Maps
Maps created by the GEDI satellite system will enable a detailed measurement of the carbon content of forests, allowing scientists to determine how forests are releasing or taking up carbon.
Maps and Cartography
The End of the Rainbow: Picking Color Schemes in GIS
The color symbology in displaying a GIS data on a map is an important decision to make in communicating geographic data.