GIS Learning

Resources covering the basics of GIS. Tutorials for learning GIS, geospatial community, and geographic concepts.

Geography Markup Language (GML) 2.0 – Enabling the Geospatial Web

Geo Contributor

Ron Lake is the President of Galdos Systems Inc., a company that provides advanced software tools to enable the delivery ...

Learning Java – A GIS Perspective

Caitlin Dempsey

If you examine the GIS industry you will find a great diversity of applications of the technology, from business geographics ...

Two men with their back turned in a room with fluorescent lighting.

Notes from the Conference – ESRI’s 21st Annual User Conference

Caitlin Dempsey

The 21st annual ESRI User Conference is being held this week in San Diego, California with over 11,000 GISers representing 110 countries in attendance.

U.S. Census 2000 – Population Trends Mapped

Caitlin Dempsey

As the numbers are released from the 2000 United States Census, mapping the data helps clarify the nationwide trends in ...

GIS Developments in India – Year 2000 Analysis

Geo Contributor

The year 2000 was a tremendous time for GIS users in India even though the developments were in a juvenile ...

Screenshot showing a mapped CSV file. The mapped points are red and the background layer is a green and yellow shaded relief.

GIS 2000: A Brief Look Backwards

Caitlin Dempsey

While anticipating the events of 2001, this article takes a brief look at some of the notable GIS and geospatial events of 2000.

A screenshot showing the Gateway into Bali application.

Gateway into Bali

Caitlin Dempsey

Gateway into Bali is an interactive, guided tour of GIS using this colorful Indonesian island as the backdrop.

Creating Html Pages on the Fly Using Avenue

Caitlin Dempsey

You can use Avenue to write html code in order to create html pages on the fly. In the Avenue ...

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 ...

ArcView 3.x screenshot showing red dots for the geocoded points and black lines for streets.

Geocoding Primer

Caitlin Dempsey

This tutorial explains how to geocode using Esri's ArcView 3.x GIS software.

Fortune 1000 Companies By State for the Year 2000

Caitlin Dempsey

Listed below are the Fortune 1000 companies listed by state for the year 2000. ย Each records lists the company name, ...

GIS Day: A Celebration

Caitlin Dempsey

On November 19, 1999 thousands of businesses, governments and schools participated in GIS Day. Coming on the tail end of ...

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