GRASS is a well-known geographic information system developed more than 30 years ago. As one of the earliest GIS systems, GRASS has currently survived mainly as free, open-source desktop GIS software, with users primarily limited to the research community or among programmers who use it to create customized functions. To allow average GIS end users to continue taking advantage of this widely-us...

In this article, a single application is suggested to determine the position of vehicles using Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Geographical Position Systems (GPS). The part of the article material included mapping three dimensional coordinates to two dimensional coordinates using UTM or LAMBERT geographical methods, and the algorithm of conversion of GPS information into GIS maps is ...

The use of geographic information system (GIS) technology allows public health practitioners to explore disparities in health, analyze disease outbreaks, and prioritize the use of limited resources for improving population health. Nursing students benefit from use of World Wide Web GIS resources as they develop knowledge and skill in assessing population health and planning interventions. This ...

Usability of web-based geographic information systems (GIS) applications is very important because these applications are mostly focused on end users, i.e. on people who may have only a very limited knowledge of GIS, if any. Many various usability evaluation methods have been developed. Some of them involve real users or their representatives, some of them are based only on GIS experts evaluati...

Development of information technology, can provide efficient, safe, convenient support platform to logistics and distribution companies, improve logistics and distribution of economic benefits. The problem of the lack of geographic information and the actual line with the calculation of line, distribution routing optimizing, the introduction of Web GIS, and research key technologies. First, giv...