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October 21, 2026 | Anthony Schultz | Public Safety

Building on Experience for a Fighting Chance Against Wildland Fire

USWFS (US Wildland Fire Service) brings four Interior wildland fire programs together, using shared mapping to strengthen wildfire mitigation.

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February 26, 2026 | Katie Olson | Infrastructure

VIDEO: The 3D Model Running Vietnam’s Busiest Port

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

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October 30, 2025 | Katie Olson | Conservation

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

September 14, 2026 | Multiple Authors | Public Safety

From Mapping to Prediction: Seeing the Flood Before It Arrives

October 6, 2026 | Linda Foster | Mapping

Modern Stewardship of the Surveys That Built a Nation

June 23, 2026 | Lain Graham | Mapping

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

October 20, 2026 | Ryan Lanclos | Public Safety

Inside a NATO Leader’s Push to Make GIS Mission Critical

A NATO leader turns GIS from a mapmaking function into a mission-critical capability uniting 32 nations around a common operating picture.
October 15, 2026 | John Beck | Public Safety

From Cell Blocks to Crime Scenes: How GIS Connects Pennsylvania Corrections Data

Pennsylvania corrections investigators use location intelligence to connect facility and parole data, helping staff mitigate risk.

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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
October 6, 2026 | Linda Foster | Mapping

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September 29, 2026 | Angel Baltazar | GIS for Good

North Carolina Food Banks Map Food Deserts to Meet Rising Need
September 24, 2026 | Katie Olson | Video

VIDEO: How a Fast-Growing Canadian City Manages Billions in Infrastructure Assets
September 22, 2026 | Angel Baltazar | GIS for Good

LA County Puts Public Health on a Map for the FIFA World Cup and LA28
September 17, 2026 | Mike Cox | Public Safety

Mapping the Response: How Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Used GIS to Guide a Gas Explosion Response
September 14, 2026 | Multiple Authors | Public Safety

From Mapping to Prediction: Seeing the Flood Before It Arrives

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

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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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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
May 26, 2026| Sunny Fleming | Conservation

Measuring Conservation Impact: Maps Turn Complexity into Clarity at a Global Scale

GIS for Good

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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

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September 8, 2026| Olivier Cottray | GIS for Good

Tracking A Million Displaced People in Real Time: Lebanon’s Crisis Coordination System
August 11, 2026| Angel Baltazar | GIS for Good

How Seattle Uses GIS to Put Equity at the Center of Service Delivery

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