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Guest articles from GIS professionals. Authorship information is listed at the bottom of the articles.
Two images - one from 2013 and one from 2021 showing changes in orange in the coastline of an area.

QGIS from a Graduate Student’s Perspective

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Kent Campbell writes about how he has come to view the benefits of using QGIS as a graduate student.

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Crowdsourcing Archaeological Data with Participatory GIS

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People with little or no training in archaeology or geographic computing systems can build GIS data using Humap's Placemaker.

Six topographic surfaces compared.

FABDEM: 30 Meter Resolution Bare Earth DEM from Fathom

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FABDEM is the first global Digital Elevation Model (DEM) with forests and buildings removed at a 30m resolution.

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The State of GIS Jobs in 2022

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Andres Abeyta, Director of Bootcamp GIS reports about the state of GIS jobs as he looks at what skills and experiences job seekers need.

Screenshot of a map visualizing hurricane wind speeds.

Fluid Earth: Open-source Visualization of Weather and Climate Data

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Fluid Earth is a web visualization tool developed by The Ohio State University's Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center (BPCRC) that enables users to view weather and climate patterns.