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Carbon Footprint Labels Inaccurate, USC Study Finds

By Eddie North-Hager The current methods used to measure the carbon footprint of many consumer products fall short of assessing their true environmental impact, according to two studies from Robert Vos of the USC Spatial Sciences Institute. Carbon labels — which aim to quantify the climate change impacts of a particular item — now appear on…
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GIST Research News Featured on LA Curbed

One metric of having arrived in the planning and real estate world in Los Angeles is coverage on the blog Curbed Los Angeles.  GIST MS student Samuel Krueger’s research was highlighted by the site this week, drawing input from the notoriously engaged (and remarkably snarky) “commetariat” on the site.  Click through to: “USC Geography Student Finds…
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Clever Public Safety Maps

One of my colleagues, Geoff Kass, sent me this link to a web map (http://graphics.latimes.com/how-fast-is-lafd/#11/34.0512/-118.6002) showing mean response times for emergency calls over a five-year run in the City of Los Angeles. This is a fantastic illustration of the benefits of looking at public safety performance data through a spatial lens!
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Think Tank Outlines Benefits of GIS to Government

Washington, D.C.-based think tank GovLoop has released a new report outlining the benefits of GIS to all levels of government.  GIS, it argues, is at the heart of best practices for governments in five strategic areas:  emergency management, citizen engagement, health and human services, environmental policy, and crime prevention. GovLoop’s report is in the form of a…
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