Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have transcended the world as we know it. The number of applications in areas like mapping, telecom services, urban planning, utility management, transportation, resource management, and more, affect every area of modern life. With this expansion of GIS has come geospatial job growth, heightening the need for increased GIS education. There […]
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Water Week Addresses Clean Drinking Water, Policies That Affect Utilities
Last week’s National Water Week and the upcoming World Water Week in Stockholm bring attention to water crises facing communities and governments around the world. Water shortages and contamination are challenging governments and industry leaders to come up with innovative water management solutions. The news two years ago that Cape Town residents in South Africa […]
Nobel Systems Provides Grants to Water Districts in Need
The GIS SaaS company partners with U.S. water districts to donate equipment to water regions in the Philippines. World Water Day brings attention to the importance of keeping our global water supplies clean and safe, and to make sure that citizens worldwide have access to potable water. This World Water Day on March 22, the […]
Aretha Samuel: From Middle School GIS Techie to CTO
Aretha Samuel developed a love of GIS while in middle school. With the encouragement and mentorship of her father, she is now Nobel Systems Chief Technology Officer. Aretha Samuel’s career in GIS technology began when she was in grade school. In middle school, her father, Michael Samuel, president of Nobel Systems, helped Aretha with her […]
What are the Benefits of Open Data and GIS to the Public?
There is a global set of principles on how to publish data developed by governments, civil society, and data experts. Among these principles is that data should, by default, be open to the public. As it stands, most government data is inaccessible to the regular citizen, unless someone makes a request. Often, one must jump […]