Helping Haiti: Disaster-Response Lab Manages Aerial Data for Earthquake Relief
October 1, 2010

In the immediate aftermath of the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti on 2010 January 12, taking the lives of more than...

Aerial Cameras: Focus Shifts to Productivity
October 1, 2010

Every aerial or satellite image you see on Google Earth, on The Weather Channel, or in the pages of this magazine was taken...

Mapping Application Makes Accurate Data Available in Real Time: Mobile GIS Helps Firefighters Respond More Effectively
June 1, 2010

For nearly a decade, the City of Marietta Fire Department in Georgia made do with a mapping application that was difficult...

RADAR Gets It Done
June 1, 2010

Has anyone driven over certain desert dunes in Afghanistan during the past few hours? Is a ship on the high seas fishing...

Joel Campbell: Harnessing the Information of our Changing Earth (and Industry)
June 1, 2010

With over 20 years of experience in the geospatial industry, Joel Campbell is a well known and highly regarded speaker, lecturer...

Rapid Response Mapping at Sanborn: Mapping Against the Clock
April 1, 2010

Early one morning in December 2005, the Taum Sauk Hydroelectric Plant Upper Reservoir, in the Missouri Ozarks, failed catastrophically,...

Beyond Terrain Models: LiDAR Enters the Geospatial Mainstream
February 1, 2010

First used by NASA in the mid-1980s, light detection and ranging (LiDAR) has become an essential complement to photogrammetry...

Portland, Oregon, Trailblazes a Successful Regional GIS
January 1, 2010

People from around the world come to Portland, Oregon, to study the city's successful model for growth management and comprehensive...

Remote Sensing by Remote Control: UAVs Become Invaluable Assets
October 1, 2009

When Somali pirates hijacked the U.S. freighter Maersk Alabama and took Capt. Richard Phillips hostage in April, a U.S. Navy...