BB&T’s CEO, Kelly King, wants to step up the pace of branch consolidations this year, even closing some branches that are profitable. The Winston-Salem, N.C., company will need fine levels of detail ...

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 ...

Susan L. Cutter is a Carolina Distinguished professor of geography at the University of South Carolina where she directs the Hazards and Vulnerability Research ...

MapWindow GIS (www.mapwindow.org) is a free GIS that you can use without needing to have ArcView or ArcGIS. Once you've added the MMP Tools plug-in to MapWindow, you can follow the instructions below ...

For years, providers have used GIS software to map disease outbreaks and monitor the effectiveness of interventions. Now, with the Affordable Care Act and the push for accountable care, it’s proving ...

A new book published by Esri teaches how to use GIS software to analyze and visualize lidar data. Lidar is an optical remote-sensing system that uses a laser to measure topography, vegetation, objects ...

Are the information that you want to use for analysis or presentation. This information must be spatial in nature. Sales figures for each of your store locations, population data for each county, and ...

1. Reviewing equity by tying student performance data to GIS data Since each student has a unique student ID, we’re able to tie their performance data with geography-based data from our GIS software, ...

Geographical Information Systems (GIS) offer an innovative, user-friendly enhancement to database marketing. Special GIS software converts data into maps that show you where your customers are ...