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

GIS- and AI-powered tools are increasingly resolving longstanding issues in state and local government permitting, giving jurisdictions the firepower to do better at automating processes, improving ...

Chad Beam provides the ins and outs of the implementation of GIS, advanced communication systems and predictive modeling to ...

It has been said many times that information is power. This is never truer than when providing fire and rescue protection to a community. Many of today’s fire service leaders, both in uniform and in ...

It’s one thing to feel there are too few parks or crosswalks in a community, and another to back up that assertion with data. This past summer, high school students participating in the GRACE project ...

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 ...

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, ...

Carmelle Terborgh gets a little tired of explaining to people why geography excites her. “Sometimes you tell people, ‘I’m a geographer,’ ” Terborgh said, “and people say, ‘So, you know where all the ...

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 located ...