Technology

Geospatial Technology Underpins Every Aspect of the 2020 Census

For the 2020 Census, the US Census Bureau deployed numerous innovations to make it easier and more secure for people to respond.


Weathering Hurricane Florence

Web GIS is changing disaster response, allowing organizations to continually unite their daily operations with emergency needs. Find out how the City of New Bern, North Carolina; the South Carolina Emergency Management Division (SCEMD); and nonprofits including the National Alliance for Public Safety GIS (NAPSG) Foundation and Humanity Road successfully leveraged their already-existing technology to respond to Hurricane Florence.


2020 Census Embraces Digital Transformation

The census is the largest peacetime operation conducted by the US government. Article I, Section 2 of the US Constitution mandates that each person be counted every 10 years to properly allocate the number of legislators each state gets in the House of Representatives.


A Fresh Take on Addressing

Around the world, addressing is inconsistent at best and nonexistent at worst. Latitude and longitude are useful when devices talk to devices, but getting humans to remember geographic coordinates is impractical. That is why what3words, a London-based geocoding startup, is on a quest to readdress the entire globe.