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Watch Five Years of Oil Drilling Collapse in Seconds – Animated Map
The crash in oil prices has taken its toll. The number of rigs drilling for oil and gas in the U.S. is plunging toward the lowest level in more than 75 years of records. The animated map shows the deployment of rigs over five years, culminating in the collapse of almost 75 percent of the rig count.
Mapping the Nation
Across the globe, governments use GIS to move communities toward healthier, more resilient, and safer outcomes. From actions as simple as optimizing routes for field workers, to visualizing policy impacts and developing intelligent transportation systems, GIS supports governments at all levels—local, state, and national.
Esri Announces Big Changes to Small Government Enterprise License Agreement Program
ESRI has announced a significant change to its Small Municipal and County Government Enterprise License Agreement (ELA) program. Now Governments with Populations Up to 250,000 Are Eligible.
George Washington, Lifelong Mapmaker
George Washington studied surveying, practiced it on familiar lands owned by his family, and was appointed as official surveyor of Culpeper County, Virginia by the young age of 17
The Godfather of Digital Maps
Esri owns more than half of the market for so-called GIS (short for “geographic information systems”) software, and its technology is used around the world by some 350,000 businesses, government agencies and NGOs, which collectively create 150 million new maps every day.
One-Year Advanced Graduate Certificate Program in Geospatial Science (GSS)
Earn an Advanced Graduate GIS Certificate in one-year at Stony Brook University
NYSGIS Association: Drone (UAV, UAS) Survey
Please fill out the survey it’s for a good cause Drone (UAV, UAS) Survey
Top Ten Geo Stories Of 2015
My goal is to put together an interesting list and I’m hopeful that it helps someone who may have missed one of these stories over the past year. By Alex Chaucer
Fall 2015 LIGIS User Conference Photos and Presentations
Presentations and photos from the fall conference at Stony Brook University. We had over 92 in attendance!!!