Let’s say you are an emergency coordinator dealing with a chemical spill and need to notify all police, fire, medical, and rescue professionals within a 50-mile radius. Send a message with the alert, and only those in that radius are asked to respond. Even residents of an area can subscribe to the service to receive […]
The Geo Factor interviewed Jason Spalding of emGISt who recently started Find GIS, a Web site focusing on GIS in the state of Florida. Jason answered questions about his goals for the site and what’s happening in Florida.
TGF: What is Find GIS?
Find GIS is a comprehensive GIS Web site catering to the Florida GIS […]
Last week I attended the 45th Annual Conference of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) in Washington D.C. at what locals call “The Hinckley Hilton” because John Hinckley shot President Reagan there in 1981. While that is long forgotten by many, URISA conferences preceded the shooting by 14 years, holding its first conference […]
Like most other people, those involved in bridge construction, inspection, and maintenance must be distressed about this past week’s collapse of Interstate 35W bridge in Minneapolis. The tragedy calls into question the state of the country’s other bridges as well as additional infrastructure. There are almost 600,000 bridges in the U.S. and about 75,000 of […]
Reality check - people do not usually move residences when they change jobs locally. I live in the Washington D.C. area, and traffic is amongst the worst in the nation. And by 2030 the traffic volume here is supposed to double. A big reason for the mess is that people do not live near their […]
