Top 10 Enhancements to Locus Environmental Software in 2019
Let’s look back on the most exciting new features and changes made in EIM, Locus’ environmental data management software, during 2019!
Entries by Dr. Todd Pierce
Mapping All of Space and Time
Today is GIS Day, a day started in 1999 to showcase the many uses of geographical information systems (GIS). To celebrate the passage of another year, this blog post examines how maps and GIS show time, and how Locus GIS+ supports temporal analysis for use with EIM, Locus’s cloud-based, software-as-a-service application for environmental data management.
Celebrating 55 years of GIS-based EHS data insights
GIS is one of the most effective ways to convey information to a wide range of users, from corporate managers looking at the company’s key metrics to operational personnel looking for incidents across facilities and trying to find trends. It is a highly intuitive data query interface that empowers users to explore the data hidden deep in enterprise EHS databases. In this article, we look at the history of GIS and where it is today, as well as some its most powerful applications that can benefit savvy EHS professionals.
Celebrating 55 years of improving spatial thinking with GIS technology
Not only is GIS more powerful than ever before—it is also vastly more accessible. Anyone with Internet access can create custom maps based on publicly available data, from real-time traffic conditions to environmental risk factors, to local shark sightings. Software developers, even those at small companies or startups, now have access to APIs for integrating advanced GIS tools and functionality into their programs.
Making water quality data more transparent: Lessons from an annual water quality report
In this guest blog post, Dr. Todd Pierce of Locus Technologies examines the local water quality report, and asks— how transparent and readable are these reports for the average water user, and how can water utilities leverage their data for better communication with consumers?