Since 2006, New York City has required owners of office towers taller than 15 stories to file “emergency action plans.” Tens of thousands of floor plans have since been delivered to the city's fire ...

For years, it’s been only the most committed of journonerds who could invest both the time and money to put geography to use. To say that’s changing is an understatement. GIS (Geography and Geographic ...

Students will present their maps at the Historic Triangle Community Services Center in Williamsburg, 312 Waller Mill Rd. in Williamsburg, at 7 p.m. on Nov. 15 in conjunction with the celebration of ...

WIESBADEN, Germany - When auto mechanics are given a complex vehicle problem and need to know where to start, they reach for an automotive diagnostic tool. When engineers are given a complex, ...

What can a map tell us about the world? In a growing number of civil rights cases, it can illustrate how critical infrastructure is selectively parceled out from neighborhood to neighborhood. The ...

If you want to know if a property you're interested in is on a flood plain, if there's an easily bikeable path from your house to work or even if there is an EPA Super Fund site within miles of where ...