When used strategically, real-world data can shift care upstream, from hospitals to patients and communities, and from crisis ...

Heatwaves are an increasing threat in Canada, especially to vulnerable populations, including those with pre-existing health conditions, children, the ...

As the majority of representatives from developing countries, BRICS will act as a force in shaping the new world order.

The Overture Maps Foundation, a collaborative effort to build interoperable open map data, is offering the general availability of its Global Entity Reference System (GERS)-providing a unique ID for ...

Enabling — The GERS framework enables application developers to track changes to data tied to unique IDs, quickly look up and ...

The 52 counties honored in this year's awards from the Center for Digital Government are transforming local government with cutting-edge tech while focusing on resident services.

Harvard published no such study. This estimate misrepresents a map included in a report by a professor at Israel’s Ben Gurion ...

Unique IDs make it easier and cheaper to attach data to geospatial entities, such as buildings, streets, places, etc.

While measles symptoms typically resolve in a few weeks, the virus can cause pneumonia, making it difficult for patients, ...

Hundreds of decisions—how to build roads, where to send medicine, how to plan for natural disasters—depend on knowing where people live. Over the past few decades, population maps have become powerful ...

Jon Previtali of VDE Americas explains the hard science behind managing hail risk, one of the costliest sources of damage to ...

Where People Meet Place Discover the fascinating world of population geography! From the densest cities to the emptiest regions, we explore how people shape the planet — and how the planet shapes ...