Specifically, he believes the use of GIS and GPS photo-mapping technology could emerge as very useful tools for law enforcement officials who need to preserve a crime scene.

Researchers from the GIS labs at Stephen F. Austin University are using highly accurate GPS data to better define the search for shuttle debris, often pinpointing locations to within three feet.

Digital maps in turn led to geographic information systems (GIS) for spatial analysis. Though GIS had uses in fields like city planning, the main stimulus for digital maps came in the 1990s with the ...

In my column earlier this month, I discussed the use of consumer GPS receivers for GIS data collection. Remember the analogy I used?a Volkswagen Beetle wasn?t designed to run in a Formula One race?

A GPS unit and a Geographic Information System (GIS) program are a great team. With a GPS receiver in hand, you can tap into the network of government satellites to calculate your position on Earth to ...

Mapping tomorrow's resources : a symposium on the uses of remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS) and global positioning systems (GPS) for natural resources management / edited by Allan ...

Students in the Farmington school system will find out more about GIS/GPS mapping applications next week in a special 4-H program to help prepare young people for the job market.

Classes in William & Mary’s new certificate program in geospatial sciences will begin in the fall. “It’s actually a certificate in Geographic Information Science, to be very specific,” said GIS ...

The Municipal Corporation (MC) has started comprehensive GIS and GPS mapping and quantitative analysis of trees under its jurisdiction. A tender has also been floated for the same and mapping is ...

Fitness apps and the power of live satellite tracking have allowed runners, cyclists and others to draw hearts, animals, birthday wishes — and even homages to Vermeer — across their local ...