The Spatial Analysis Lab (the SAL) is a mapping lab dedicated to thoughtful and creative spatial data collection, analysis, and visualization. We strive to promote spatial literacy and spatial justice ...

Policy makers routinely set goals aimed at improving future living conditions, yet accelerating global change complicates their ability to achieve them. Planning professionals must respond to mounting ...

To understand how AI tools can be built by society and for society, you’ll start with an overview of different types of AI, the ethical issues involved, and how AI disrupts the environment and other ...

Heritage holds significant historical, cultural, or natural value. GIS technology integrates spatial and attribute data of heritage sites, providing a powerful modern tool for better understanding, ...

Access to safe drinking water remains a major public health challenge in low- and middle-income countries, particularly in rapidly urbanizing peri-urban settings. This study assessed the spatial ...

Don Murray is cofounder of Safe Software and has spent his career helping organizations bring life to data to make better decisions. The world we live in is spatial. Think about how many times you use ...

Location data is critical to nearly all state and local government work — whether it’s responding to a public safety call, supporting community planning and development, or maintaining critical ...

If you have a Spatial Snippet to share with our readers, please send us an email. We’ll begin as usual with some job ...

Musa Kazim Azimli, a fifth-year doctoral candidate in history at the University of Virginia, tells the stories of spaces that no longer exist. Specializing in slavery in the Middle East, his research ...

For readers surveying the best GIS masters programs in the world, it helps to note how specialized this graduate landscape has become. Beyond marketing claims, weighing structure, cost, and employment ...