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Researchers from the social networks IT security group at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, in Isreal, home of Waze, can help prevent traffic accidents. They studied a month's worth of data from the four million users of the app in that country. The used Google Earth to analyze the data and...

Azerbaijan, the largest country in the Caucasus region, and, due to increasing oil revenues, has one of the fastest growing economies in the world.  As such, the country was able to make substantial investments in their infrastructure. This two part article, written by Dr. Deniz Aydin...

As we move into 2013, Directions Magazine will deliver many more options for readers who want choices in how they get their news. See what's coming!

Rockland County, New York, hit hard by Hurricane Sandy, used a new GIS app to manage response. No, that's not big news. What I find valuable is this: The county took proactive steps to improve emergency preparedness last year in the wake of Hurricane Irene and the late October blizzard....

Until Wednesday only the Chinese government and military had access to the interface to use the signal from the Beidou constellation. Then the interface was made public. To be technical: an official version of the complete interface control document [pdf] (ICD) for the nation’s BeiDou...

Executive Editor Adena Schtuzberg picked out some the top articles from the last three months. If you missed them the first time around - here's an opportunity to catch up!

Many folks know about the free shuttles for those workers who want to live in San Francisco while working at places like Google, Facebook, Yahoo, eBay and Apple out in the suburbs. . It's another perk. I recently spoke to a GISer who was very impressed by Google's transport system. The details of...

Maps published on the Sunday before Christmas was titled "Where are the gun permits in your neighborhood?" The Journal News, a New York newspaper published a Google map locating and providing names and addresses of pistol or revolver permits in Westchester and Rockland counties. The data came...

Executive Editor Adena Schtuzberg picked out some the top government resourcesfrom the last three months. If you missed them the first time around - here's an opportunity to catch up!

The State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Office of Planning have worked collaboratively with the City and County of Honolulu and NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Fisheries to review and update information defining Oahu’s public access [to...