GIS has always suffered from a crisis of identity. Indeed, some still argue over the acronym itself. Perhaps it is our need to distinguish ourselves from other technologists. After all, our ...

GIS should not be an industry unto itself, and thinking of it as a vertical is hurting us.

GIS, or Geographic Information Science is a powerful tool used to capture, store, analyze, and display spatial and geographic data. In combining layers of information about a place, GIS helps us ...

In Gaza, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) — which collect, store, analyze, manage and display geographic data — are helping various organizations to distribute aid, track patterns of ...