Students competing for the U-Spatial Prize use maps, data and more to tell highly engaging stories about their research.

An interactive map made using GIS showing the rise in fuel prices by percentage displayed where they occur by major highway networks. Maps like this enable us to visualize socioeconomic challenges in ...

It’s a busy day anywhere in the world. You roll out of bed and grab your smartphone. You check a news website or a weather app or look up directions to an appointment. Most people don’t think about it ...

A geographic information system, as organizer Ariann Nassel explained, “is both a technology and a science.” The technology “is designed to work with the complexities of location-based data, connect ...

Fairfax County, Va., shows how maps, dashboards and a layered data ecosystem are a critical part of responding to the ...

Across Virginia, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are becoming essential tools for accurate property valuation. From Radford City to Montgomery County, open GIS data and mapping applications are ...

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standard 1710 established minimum time standards for the first-due engine out of a career department for a residential fire. Some departments, however, ...