The past year has seen considerable increases in the capabilities and user-friendliness of desktop GIS systems -- due mainly to the Pentium chip, higher speeds and 32-bit operating systems. A review ...

MapScenes Systems, the leading developer of accident scene mapping and reconstruction software, announces the 2013 release of MapScenes Forensic CAD – a full-featured desktop mapping tool used by ...

Xeric Design has updated its dynamic desktop map software, EarthDesk, to version 4.1. EarthDesk costs $23.95. EarthDesk replaces your desktop image with a dynamically created map of the Earth, showing ...

For those in the mapping know, the company ESRI is the Mount Everest of the field. It has long been the leading provider of software solutions for those who need to do heavy duty geographic ...

Casey Newton writes about Google for CNET, which he joined in 2012 after covering technology for the San Francisco Chronicle. He is really quite tall. Google is bringing its indoor maps to the desktop ...