Caitlin Dempsey
Caitlin Dempsey has been the editor of GIS Lounge (http://gislounge.com) since 2001. Prior to that, she was the GIS Guide at About.com. More about Caitlin Dempsey and GIS Lounge on this page: http://gislounge.com/about-this-site/
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Google Maps Finds Old Treasure Map
On September 16, 2012, the intrepid Google Maps Street View Team found a chest containing a old maps and journals off the coast of Madagascar. Apparently these maps belonged to the infamous pirate, William “Captain” Kidd. Right before he was executed, Kidd yelled out, “Two hundred bars of gold and rich dollars manifold, concealed in realms [...]
Statistical Surfaces in GIS
A statistical surface is any geographic entity that can be thought of as containing a Z value for each X,Y location. Digital elevation models being the most well known example, others include gradient, temperature, population, economic potential. A statistical surface can be any numerically measurable attribute that varies continuously over space, such as temperature and population [...]
Free eBook About Online GIS
A free eBook is available for downloading that reviews some of the online GIS and web mapping options. Online gis and web map publication platforms are reviewed in this fifty page PDF publication: ArcGIS Online, CartoDB, GeoCommons, GISCloud, MangoMap and MapBox. The intent of the PDF is to provide readers with an overview of each of those [...]
GIS Around the World
How is “geographic information systems” translated into different languages? Listed here is a growing list of the term geographic information systems (GIS) in different languages.
Typefaces for National Geographic Maps
The National Geographic Society is renowned in part for its stunning maps, each labeled in incredible detail. The distinctive lettering on National Geographic’s maps is know for its detail and legibility, even with the smallest sized fonts. In the 1930s, the National Geographic Society’s Cartographic Division began to look at automating typefaces for its map production. Until [...]