The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that digital mapping files known as geographic information systems must be released under the state’s public records law. The decision could make it easier ...

The California Supreme Court ruled this week that an electronic database, maintained in a geographic information system (GIS) file format, is a public record subject to disclosure in that format under ...

A California appeals court ruled Tuesday that state agencies can charge licensing fees to the public for access to electronic geographic information system data stored in geographical mapping programs ...

If you've ever zoomed around the globe with Google Earth, you know how much fun it can be to work with geospatial data. When I need a diversion, I often fire up Google Earth and float above the ...

The XMap 5.0 GIS Enterprise suite includes a wide range of advanced mapping, routing, navigation, GPS and GIS file management features. As three-tiered solution, it delivers the appropriate measure of ...

CBD: The planning department of Cidco is set to sort and compile files related to land allotments over the last four decades. As it is difficult to locate hard copies of files, Cidco Jt MD Tanaji ...

In this article, I want to look at a GIS option available for Linux—specifically, a program called SAGA (System for Automated Geoscientific Analyses). SAGA was developed at the Department of Physical ...

R has some excellent mapping options. There is the leaflet R package, which I use when I want to do a lot of customization. There is tmap, which I like for its nice balance between power and ease of ...

Even as smartphone mapping apps have become ubiquitous, many Americans still rely on paper maps issued by state transportation departments. After all, paper maps don’t disappear when you lose wireless ...