Articles

Vector GIS Product Categories

Marco Morais

This article categorizes GIS software by use, into four categories: desktop mapping, data viewers, components, and internet mapping.

National Map Accuracy Standards (NMAS)

Caitlin Dempsey

Definition: Standards established in 1941 by the U.S. Bureau of the Budget to set accuracy standards for all federally produced ...

Linking MS Access With ArcView 3.x Using Avenue

Caitlin Dempsey

The two sections of code in this article focus on using Avenue to interact with MS Access to extract and use data with ArcView.

What does it take to support a GIS?

GIS Contributor

A systems analyst discusses what it takes for the information technology group for a local government to support GIS operations.

Dr. David M. Theobald Talks About His Career in GIS, Issues in GIS Education, and the Use of GIS for Conservation

Marco Morais

Dr. David M. Theobald is a Scientist at the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado who has been working with GIS since the middle 1980s in the areas of planning, conservation GIS, and landscape ecology.