No audio available for this content. Some years ago, I predicted that the price of GIS data-collection hardware would eventually decline to the point that software would be the most expensive part of ...

Open source software has gained popularity in recent years, as exemplified by operating systems such as Linux, container software such as Docker, and automation tools such as Ansible. In the ...

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 ...

Nowadays there is plenty of user-friendly GIS applications and software, and we are here to help you chose the 7 easiest free GIS software. In short, GIS (geographic information system) are ...

Cultural heritage professionals increasingly rely on digital tools to inventory, protect, and manage historic places. However, traditional GIS platforms alone often fall short when it comes to ...

The agriculture giant is using open source geospatial software to help visualize crop performance and yield information, thereby lowering costs and boosting IT's options to tailor applications for ...

Over the past several years, many small municipalities and public utilities—with technical teams of fewer than ten staff members—have faced the same question: how to implement an enterprise GIS that ...

NEW YORK. Boundless in New York City won a $36 million contract from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), the primary source of geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) for the U.S. Department ...

No audio available for this content. I received a bit of email from my article last week on open source GIS. There are two letters from readers I’d like to share with you because I think they clearly ...