David Miller, a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor, will give a presentation on how geographers can use computer mapping technology to help local residents better understand critical regional ...

When Hurricane Katrina roared through New Orleans in 2005, breaching the city's levees and loosing apocalyptic floods, geographers were an unlikely but crucial part of the rescue effort. Officials ...

To some people, it may be just a map. For agencies in The Woodlands, the Geographic Information System provides layers of information in one place to handle day-to-day operations in the community. The ...

Computer-Assisted Argument Mapping (CAAM) is a new way of understanding arguments. While still embryonic in its development and application, CAAM is being used increasingly as a training and ...

Would you like to make a color-coded choropleth map in R? Until recently, working with geospatial objects was a bit more complex than with many other types of data. That’s because R “Spatial Polygons ...

Imagine a big computer running the Raleigh police department. High-tech computers are guiding how officers patrol your neighborhood. Raleigh Police Chief Jane Perlov's aid in crime fighting is a new ...

Navigating rain-soaked streets is a familiar experience for Harris County residents. And while street flooding generally is a temporary nuisance for most drivers, it can be a serious obstacle for ...

Seniors in an education class have been learning valuable computer science skills to gain greater insight into the impact that policy decisions have had on some of the country’s biggest school ...