Posted by Applied Geographics on August 27, 2019
Sign at the entrance to Carroll County in Lambsburg, Virginia The Blue Ridge Parkway, widely known as “America’s Favorite Drive,” cuts through the heart of Carroll County, Virginia — an area known for camping, hiking, fishing, hunting and even (according to a local guide), astrophotography. From Groundhog Mountain (elevation 3,030 ...
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Posted by Applied Geographics on July 29, 2019
A “citizens’ hub” that connects “everything” is exactly what IT Director Chris McClure wants to create for the town of North Andover, Massachusetts. He is generating this hub to link diverse concerns - everything from crash incidents, to assessor’s info, to floodplain locations, to dog licenses. Central to his grand plan is MapGeo, the mapping platform ...
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Posted by Applied Geographics on July 17, 2019
Carson City, Nevada, named for the famous western scout Kit Carson, has always understood that people want information pronto. Not only was Carson City a key stop on the Pony Express, it also became the eastern telegraph terminal for a line running from San Francisco. Although the Pony Express and telegraph are history, Carson City remains a pioneer in ...
Read MorePosted by Jordan Fraczek on April 23, 2019
Carson City, Nevada's Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) shown in 1:1 scale ...
Read MorePosted by Jordan Fraczek on March 12, 2019
In 2013, IBM’s campaign made “smart cities” into a household term. Six years later, we wanted to shed some light into how smart cities are using GIS Data in 2019. Although GIS is only part of a smart city’s technology suite, many of the core solutions of a smart city (smart asset management, intelligent operations) couldn’t operate without a GIS data. ...
Read MoreTopics: Smart Cities, GIS
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