Texas A&M Forest Service partnered with Timmons Group, a national geospatial solutions firm, to develop the Texas Wildfire Risk Assessment Portal (TxWRAP).
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The Role of GIS Librarians
The learning curve with most GIS software can be lessened with the help of librarians that are able to explain software, recommend useful media, and preserve geospatial data.
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GIS and Cancer Screening
GIS has the potential to play an important role in cancer screening, particular in cancers where environmental, socio-economic and resource access links could be found.
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World Geospatial Industry Council (WGIC) Launches With Commercial GIS Representation Only
The World Geospatial Industry Council (WGIC) has launched as a representative body for commercial GIS companies.
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Geospatial Artificial Intelligence: Emerging Trends and Challenges
There are both challenges and opportunities that Artificial Intelligence (AI) has in applying geospatial and GIS knowledge that also addresses issues of time and spatial bias.
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Future of Mobile Spatial Applications and Image Recognition
Image recognition software and algorithm development is likely to be increasingly applied with spatial applications.
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Can’t Make the Esri User Conference? Watch the Plenary for This GIS Conference Live Online
This year, Esri plans to stream the Plenary session from its 2018 User Conference live via its Facebook page.
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Regulations Affecting the Use of Drones in India
Bankim Chandra Yadav, a Ph.D. student at Indian institute of Technology Roorkee, discusses unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) technological implications under the Indian government laws.
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The Rise of African Mapping Technologies
Stuart E. Hamilton, GIS Graduate Director at Salisbury University in Maryland, discusses why he considers East Africa to be a leader in geospatial education and opportunities.
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Geo Roundup: Paid Cartography Internship, Mapping Italy’s Moving Border…
In this edition of Geo Roundup: Italian Limes maps the shifting border from glacier melt, a cartography internship from National Geographic, a new data and visualization tool from NASA, and other new releases in geospatial.