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Abstract: Understanding spatial data quality is important in Geographic Information Science (GIS) applications. Spatial data are used in a variety of critical areas, including urban planning, ...

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R has become a popular and powerful platform for working with geospatial data due to its well-developed ecosystem of packages to import, process, analyze and visualize spatial data, strong integration ...

Speaking at a recent conference panel, officials identified a top use case on their wish list: assisting with the classification of records and the authorization to access those records. “I would ...

An advanced persistent threat (APT) group, Flax Typhoon, was able to gain persistent access to the mapping tool ArcGIS for over a year, putting several enterprises at risk. ArcGIS is a geospatial ...

A warming climate and the increasing threat of urban wildfires have water districts assuming new responsibilities as part of their role to provide fire protection — and they're supporting that work ...

In the dynamic fields of urban planning and climate science, Esri, the world’s leading geographic information system (GIS) software provider, is pioneering how cities use data to confront urgent ...

ABSTRACT: Waste generation in Kenya has been increasing with the rapid urbanization (Haregu et al., 2017; Okot-Okumu, 2012). Almost 50% of the waste is generated in urban centers, and 0.5 kg per ...

NPR's Adrian Ma speaks to Sam Levine, former director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, now at UC Berkeley, about the use online data to charge some customers more for products and services.