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GIS and Virtual Reality

August 23, 2017By Mark AltaweelGIS Industry

The integration of virtual reality (VR) with GIS is gaining traction in various areas such as urban planning and education.

Location and the Oculus Pilot Program for Libraries

June 8, 2017By Troy LambertGIS Industry

On June 7th, Oculus Education announced a pilot program in California, placing units in 90 libraries around the state.

Mapping Noise Pollution

As noise pollution continues to be a major issue for expanding urban areas, novel geospatial technologies have been deployed to better monitor and measure noise pollution.

Automated Land Cover Maps

Automating the generation of land cover maps from satellite imagery is becoming easier due to learning-based algorithms improving the understanding of signal data.

Maps are the primary tools by which spatial relationships are visualized. Maps therefore become important documents. There are several key elements that should be included each time a map is created in order to aid the viewer in understanding the communications of that map and to document the source of […]

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