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The initiatives described aim to strengthen the role of geospatial technologies within broader organizational strategies. Rather than operating as isolated systems, spatial tools are being designed to ...

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Despite advances in 3D GIS, lidar, and complex projections, latitude and longitude coordinates remain at the heart of almost every spatial dataset. They provide a universal, human-readable reference ...

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The MIF/MID format once served as a standard vector format for many GIS practitioners using MapInfo. Today, while newer formats dominate, MIF/MID files remain in many legacy archives — and ...

In the second half of the 20th century, the foundation of the U.S. Geological Survey’s national map series was the handcrafted 7.5-minute topographic map. Times change, budgets get squeezed and ...

Telcontar InsideLast week Google quietly rolled out Google Maps.There was a definite buzz about the technology (DHTML and JavaScript are key parts), the look (very pretty) and the speed (very ...

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From the perspective of a geographer, the central question of interest is how and why it was Indians, rather than citizens of another country, that became such important players in the U.S.high tech ...

GIS technology greatly enhances trade area analysis by enabling extraction, aggregation, and visualization of demographic and spatial data. Analysts can combine spatial layers with customer data to ...

Since its inception in 2004, the growth and maturation of OpenStreetMap is evidenced through numerous metrics: in its data collection methodology, its editorial support infrastructure, its policies ...