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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

For 35 years, Donna Goldstein used GIS to improve education, expand internet access, and strengthen school safety in Florida’s Palm Beach County.

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February 26, 2026 | Katie Olson | Infrastructure

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

October 6, 2026 | Linda Foster | Mapping

Modern Stewardship of the Surveys That Built a Nation

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

September 14, 2026 | Multiple Authors | Public Safety

From Mapping to Prediction: Seeing the Flood Before It Arrives

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

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.
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.

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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
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

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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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

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
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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