A Geographic Information System (GIS) is a key piece of technology that allows us to manage and analyze spatial data. These systems are what make location tracking, digital maps and spatial data ...

What do environmental management, urban planning, public health and civil engineering all have in common? They use geospatial information science and technology to make important decisions. Geospatial ...

When Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz first learned about geographic information systems, or GIS, as a high school geography teacher in the 1990s, he didn’t need much convincing about how useful it would be.

The Department of Geography offers Undergraduate and Graduate GIScience Certificates that equip students with essential skills and theoretical knowledge for careers in Geospatial Technology.

AI isn’t the only cool-kid tech commonly known by its abbreviation. A new deal shows how GIS is gaining more popularity, too, even as it does so in a comparatively quiet manner. Avolve Software, a ...

Maptitude mapping software has been recognized with multiple 2026 G2 awards, earning top distinctions across Business Intelligence, GIS, Field Sales, and Location Intelligence categories. The awards ...

The development of GIS and artificial intelligence has progressed through three main stages: the early combination of GIS and automation (1960–1980), the initial integration of GIS and machine ...

GIS technology greatly enhances trade area analysis by enabling extraction, aggregation, and visualization of demographic and spatial data. Analysts can combine spatial layers with customer data to ...

Eleanor Ludwig found GIS at the perfect time in her academic career. Like many freshmen entering college, Ludwig, a sophomore from a small, rural town in southeastern Colorado, came to Calvin without ...

Startup inspiration can strike anywhere. But for Atlas.co*, a freemium browser-based, real-time mapping tool that’s being built by an Oslo, Norway-based team of (initially student) engineers, the ...

Δ See note in Degree Programs section. GradTrac is available to Geographic Information Science and Meteorology majors. See for information about GradTrac. Integrated Baccalaureate and Master’s Degree ...

GIS enthusiasts across the University of Delaware community celebrated on Nov. 19, to see the university and the Delaware Geographic Data Committee receive an award from the Delaware General Assembly, ...