GIS Learning
Resources covering the basics of GIS. Tutorials for learning GIS, geospatial community, and geographic concepts.
Esri Launches GeoNet
Timing its announcement with the start of the annual Esri International User Conference, Esri has announced the launch of GeoNet, ...
Statistics for Thematic Cartography
The Geographic Information Technology Training Alliance (GITTA) has an online lesson plan that provides some helpful information about creating thematic maps. ...
Mapping Time: A Detailed Look at Minard’s Flow Map
Mapping Time: Illustrated by Minard’s Map of Napoleon’s Russian Campaign of 1812 combines historical and geographic analysis with cartography to examine mapping change over time.
What is is the Difference Between Web GIS and Internet GIS?
Majid Hojaty, a MSc student of GIS and Remote Sensing with Tehran University, Iran, discusses the differences between web GIS and Internet GIS.
Sunday Maptinee: Data for Decisions
In honor of Roger Tomlinson (1933-2014), who recently died, this edition of Sunday Maptinee features Data for Decisions, a video ...
GIS Timeline
GIS timeline of significant milestones that have occurred since the early 1960s to advance GIS and geospatial technologies. GIS has come a long way since its beginnings.
Roger Tomlinson, Father of GIS, Has Died
Roger Tomlinson was a central figure in the development of GIS.
Mapping Rail Trails with GIS
There is a pressing need for an up-to-date public GIS database of rail trails. Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) utilizes both GIS and GPS to gather trail information.
Sunday Maptinee: The Mapmaking Process (1973)
In 1973, the United States Army produced training film TF5-4523 entitled, “The Mapmaking Process” which it described as explaining the “theory of ...
Opinion piece: How Micro-Location, Geofencing and Indoor Location Are Driving The Retail Revolution
Indoor Location has become the holy grail of location based-marketing, bringing consumers from their home to the closest shopping mall ...
Tips for Using the Field Calculator in ArcGIS
The field calculator in ArcGIS is a great tool for manipulating the contents of both numerical and string fields in ArcMap. Listed here are some tips and resources for using the field calculator in ArcGIS with Python and VBScript.
Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda): The Mapping Response from the Tech Community
Typhoon Haiyan (locally referred to as ‘Yolanda’[1]) made landfall in the Philippines on Friday November 8th 2013. Officially, 1839 people ...
Opinion Piece: The Future of GIS
Noam Rozenfeld, a GIS project manager at the Survey of Israel, discusses the future trends of GIS, highlighting emerging geospatial technologies that will become common tools in the field.
The Rise of GIS Terminology
When did the terms GIS, geographic information systems, and geospatial start showing up in books?
Edgardo David | Profiles from the Geospatial Community
GIS Interview with Edgardo David who started working in the GIS field twenty-five years ago, moving from the Philippines to work in Japan. David is now a Senior GIS Analyst with a local city in Southern California.
Getting the Most out of the Esri User Conference
Whether it’s your first time or tenth time attending Esri’s Annual User Conference in San Diego, this annual get together ...
Map of the Earth’s Vegetation
NASA and NOAA have released a map of the earth's vegetation. The map was created with NDVI data from VIIRS (Visible-Infrared Imager/Radiometer Suite) sensor aboard the Suomi NPP (National Polar-orbiting Partnership) satellite.
Computer Specs for GIS Work
Listed here are computer specs to take into consideration when running GIS software in a Windows environment which is required for running ArcGIS.
Create Videos Using Google Street View Hyperlapse
Developed by motion designer Jonas Naimark, Teehan+Lax, a Canada-based technology design agency, released Google Street View Hyperlapse that allows you to create videos of your favorite routes around the world.
How to Add XY Coordinates to a File in ArcGIS
Outlined in this article are the steps to take in order to add X Y coordinates to a field in the attribute table using Esri's ArcGIS software.
Smartphone Maps Illegal While Driving but Paper Maps are Okay in California
In recent years, some states have been putting harsher laws in place to curb drivers talking on their cellphones or ...
How to Translate GIS into Different Languages: GIS Around the World
How is "geographic information systems" translated into different languages?
Measuring Earthquakes from Space
Up until recently, seismometers have been a strictly Earth-bound devices, diligently tracking each and every change in the Earth’s surface ...
Spatial Orientation and the Brain: The Effects of Map Reading and Navigation
Map reading and orienteering are becoming lost arts in the world of global positioning systems (GPS) and other geospatial technologies. What are the effects of navigation and map reading on the brain?
Introduction to GIS
The fundamentals of GIS involve an understanding about data types, projections, data quality (accuracy and precision), how to collect data ...