Getting contractors to submit files online so your geodatabase is as accurate as possible.
Bostonites transform defaced utility and light boxes into works of art.
A transportation department leads utilities in deploying radio-based marking technology.
How invert emulsion works.
Using advanced field monitors and software to track billboard code compliance.
Located just across the Columbia River from Portland, Ore., historic Clark County attracts visitors who enjoy open spaces. But there are some visitors for whom the county would rather not play host: knapweed, poison hemlock, and butterfly bush, to name just a few.
One Florida utility department upgrades its data collection from old-fashioned maps to state-of-the-art technology.
A data manager explains why experience trumps cheap labor during asset inventories.
Natural mowing machines trim hard-to-reach territory.
No one knows exactly how many Odocoileus virginianus, i.e., white-tailed deer; are killed by motorists each year, but suffice it to say it's tens of thousands. The extremely adaptable, extremely fecund species is found in all but three states.
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For four decades, graffitists (also called taggers, depending on what they're creating and the motive behind it) have used infrastructure as the canvas for showcasing their talents. It's art, they say; but the public calls it vandalism, and charges public works with managing the cycle of removal...
It pays to partner with universities and herbicide manufacturers.
Using a geodatabase to accurately bill service connections.
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Technical advances ensure safety and dark sky compliance
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Choosing a handheld computer for GIS data collection
A small department in a small town uses Microsoft Access and Google Earth to quickly and cheaply build a GIS database.
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Fourteen ways to (humanely) block, bedevil, and otherwise banish feathered pests.