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November 10, 2026 | John Beck | Public Safety

Police Scotland Turns COP26 Security Planning into Lasting Readiness

Police Scotland’s search-and-seal app replaced paper for COP26 and now secures Edinburgh’s Royal Mile and flags risk in Glasgow’s dark lanes.

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November 26, 2025 | Philip Mott | Mapping

Reveal: Thousands of People in European Nations Are Sickened by Noise Pollution—Maps Show Where and Help Find Solutions

October 6, 2026 | Linda Foster | Mapping

Modern Stewardship of the Surveys That Built a Nation

A Black Poll Warbler in flight near leaves

October 30, 2025 | Katie Olson | Conservation

Video: From Alaska to Chile, Tracking Birds to Save Habitats

October 8, 2026 | Adam Carnow | Mapping

How MassDOT Made Drone Imagery Easy to Find, Trust, and Use

June 23, 2026 | Lain Graham | Mapping

Drone Mapping and Local Voices Help Document and Preserve Ancient Maya Cities

September 29, 2026 | Angel Baltazar | GIS for Good

North Carolina Food Banks Map Food Deserts to Meet Rising Need

November 5, 2026 | Ryan Perkl | Urban Planning

OpenPlanMap: A New Way to Share and Compare Land-Use Plans

For the first time, land-use plans have a place to live, be compared, and iterated on by everyone shaping the future of their communities.
November 3, 2026 | Angel Baltazar | GIS for Good

Chicago and Trees: A Med Student’s Case for Nature as Medicine

GIS is turning "trees are nice" into "trees save lives." Mapping canopy, heat, and health data shows cities where shade is needed.

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October 27, 2026 | Brooks Shannon | Public Safety

For Donna Goldstein, Maps Improve Learning Inside the Classroom, and Safety and Access Outside It
October 21, 2026 | Anthony Schultz | Public Safety

Building on Experience for a Fighting Chance Against Wildland Fire
October 20, 2026 | Ryan Lanclos | Public Safety

Inside a NATO Leader’s Push to Make GIS Mission Critical
October 15, 2026 | John Beck | Public Safety

From Cell Blocks to Crime Scenes: How GIS Connects Pennsylvania Corrections Data
October 13, 2026 | Adam Carnow | Infrastructure

Shared Maps Help Hoboken Reduce Traffic Crashes and Flooding
October 8, 2026 | Adam Carnow | Mapping

How MassDOT Made Drone Imagery Easy to Find, Trust, and Use
October 6, 2026 | Linda Foster | Mapping

Modern Stewardship of the Surveys That Built a Nation
September 29, 2026 | Angel Baltazar | GIS for Good

North Carolina Food Banks Map Food Deserts to Meet Rising Need

Infrastructure

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October 13, 2026| Adam Carnow | Infrastructure

Shared Maps Help Hoboken Reduce Traffic Crashes and Flooding
October 8, 2026| Adam Carnow | Mapping

How MassDOT Made Drone Imagery Easy to Find, Trust, and Use
August 25, 2026| Christa Campbell | Infrastructure

As Midwest Storms Grow More Extreme, Milwaukee’s Water Reclamation Agency Has a Plan
August 13, 2026| Christian Carlson | Infrastructure

Before the Break: How GIS Helps Cities Spot Infrastructure Risk Before It Cascades

Conservation

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November 3, 2026| Angel Baltazar | GIS for Good

Chicago and Trees: A Med Student’s Case for Nature as Medicine
August 4, 2026| Multiple Authors | Conservation

One US Forest Service Map App, Every National Forest and Grassland
July 14, 2026| Sunny Fleming | Conservation

Maps Went into Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. A Chimpanzee Count Came Out.
$Aerial view of Monte Perdido\'s limestone massif rising above forested slopes in the Pyrenees mountains on the Spain-France border.$

June 9, 2026| Lance Owen, PhD | GIS for Good

Mapping UNESCO's Sites Revealed What Decades of Paper Records Couldn't

GIS for Good

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November 3, 2026| Angel Baltazar | GIS for Good

Chicago and Trees: A Med Student’s Case for Nature as Medicine
September 29, 2026| Angel Baltazar | GIS for Good

North Carolina Food Banks Map Food Deserts to Meet Rising Need
September 22, 2026| Angel Baltazar | GIS for Good

LA County Puts Public Health on a Map for the FIFA World Cup and LA28
September 8, 2026| Olivier Cottray | GIS for Good

Tracking A Million Displaced People in Real Time: Lebanon’s Crisis Coordination System

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