See how easy it is to use the sf package for GIS calculations to find the ZIP code for an address in R Where do you vote? Who are you legislators? What is your ZIP code? These questions have something ...

With record-breaking temperatures across the South, smoke from Canadian wildfires across the North, historic flooding in the Northeast and a powerful hurricane in the Southeast, the summer of 2023 has ...

R has some excellent mapping options. There is the leaflet R package, which I use when I want to do a lot of customization. There is tmap, which I like for its nice balance between power and ease of ...

Geospatial engineering combines principles of engineering, geography, and surveying to collect, analyze, and manage spatial data. Geospatial engineering involves surveying. Over time, the field of ...

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 ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

In a recent systematic review published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, researchers examined the use of geospatial tools, methods, and techniques such as ...

Geospatial data governance roadmaps provide a plan to improve organizational effectiveness and efficiency by assembling geospatial data into actionable information that is reliably delivered to ...

Geospatial data can be leveraged by businesses in multiple industries to refine processes ranging from marketing to logistics and can help leadership teams fine-tune research and decision-making.