GIS and Geospatial Technologies
Articles focusing on the application of geographic information systems (GIS), geospatial technologies, remote sensing, LiDAR, and Global Positioning System (GPS). These technologies serve as critical tools for understanding and interacting with our physical environment. GIS allows for the mapping and analysis of spatial data Geospatial technologies refer to the various tools used to measure and analyze Earth’s lands and resources. Remote sensing provides a way to collect data from a distance, often via satellites or high-flying aircraft, and is commonly used for environmental monitoring and military applications.
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Using Google Earth over GIS Software in Archaeology
Anthropology.net has a post about the publication in the Journal of Human Evolution entitled “Google Earth, GIS, and the Great Divide: A ...
Privacy in GIS Issues
The increase usage of GIS and associated geospatial technologies has brought with it a rise in public concern over privacy. ...
Ancient Tree Hunt – Mapping Trees in the United Kingdom
The Ancient Tree Hunt seeks to merge antique and modern mapping by using georeferenced maps to identify and protect ancient trees across the United Kingdom
State Plane Coordinate System
If you’ve ever worked with GIS data regionally within the United States you’ve probably come across the State Plane Coordinate ...
Clip Analysis using ArcGIS Desktop
The video tutorial below demonstrates how to use clip analysis using ArcGIS 9.2.
Spatial Data Quality: An Introduction
Data quality is the degree of data excellency that satisfy the given objective. In other words, completeness of attributes in ...
UPS Mostly Right
Something you don't see very often is a UPS truck trying to make a left hand turn.
Volunteered Geography
Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) represents a transformative approach to collecting and analyzing geographic data. This concept, rooted in the participatory ...
GPS 1 – Cabbies 0
The battle by New York taxi cab drivers to prevent the Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) from requiring them to ...
BASINS 4.0
BASINS 4.0 is an environmental modeling interface built upon the open source GIS MapWindow. The system contains tools to download ...
New York Taxi Drivers Strike Over GPS
UPDATE (From CNN): A group of taxi drivers launched a two-day strike Wednesday, right in the middle of the New ...
First Impressions of the Esri User Conference
Both in their first year as full-time GIS professionals, Kristina Jacob and Marc Zuber attended their first ever Esri International User Conference this past June in San Diego, California.
Paleontology and GIS
Often, GIS is used to look at current trends and to predict future ones. GIS also has a use in ...
Blogging the 2007 ESRI User Conference
Check out bloggers' reviews of the 27th annual ESRI International User Conference to catch up or gain different perspectives on the event.
Geospatial Communities Back Court Decision in MAPPS Lawsuit
Last week, the U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Virginia, ruled against special interest groups that aimed to impose strict limitations ...
OneGeology Project: Mapping the Planet
The "OneGeology Project," a global consortium of scientists and organizations, aims to map the entire planet's geology in an ambitious endeavor.
Neogeography
Neogeography means “new geography” and consists of a set of techniques and tools that fall outside the realm of traditional GIS, Geographic Information Systems.
New Perspectives on Urban Land Use Change
As Population Grows, So Do Urban Areas New Perspectives on Urban Land Use Change Over 300 million Americans have to live ...
Methods for Creating Spatial Databases
There are several ways in which to bring spatial data into a GIS. This article provides a brief overview of some of the more common methods for creating vector GIS data.
Fixing Segmentation Violations in ArcView 3.x
If you’ve tried to open an ArcView 3.x project (.apr) and gotten the “segmentation violation” error, it can be very ...
The Components of GIS Evolve
This article discusses the proposed six components of GIS.
How to Label More Than One Field in ArcMap
You can easily label more than one field of a layer in ArcMap with Visual Basic script.
Orthophotos and GIS
Aerial photographs play an important role in GIS data acquisition and visualization. First, they help provide a solid visual effect. ...
Spatial Data Mining
Data mining is the automated process of discovering patterns in data in order to find correlation among different datasets that are unexpected.
Uses of GIS/GPS in the Space Shuttle Columbia Debris Recovery
On February 1st 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia was destroyed upon re-entry to the earth’s atmosphere. During its re-entry into ...