No one can predict when an emergency will occur or what shape it will take. It could look like a hurricane causing widespread power outages and downed trees, or it could be a chemical fire that takes ...

UNESCO’s Regional Office for Eastern Africa supports its Member States in advancing knowledge-sharing and capacity development in water sciences, with a strong emphasis on spatial data, environmental ...

Mapzen, a mapping platform company lauded among developers and civic hackers for its open-source approach, is shutting down. For fans of the company, there’s a bright spot: because its data and code ...

As unpredictable and tragically dangerous as fighting fires remains, geographic information tools offer the kinds of global incident views and intelligence that were unimaginable less than a decade ...

AI and GIS transform insurance risk modeling; Jwalin Thaker’s wildfire and catastrophe models improve pricing, claims, and ...