Tag: ESRI
Geospatial Redux: TeleNav Survey on GPS, Food Atlas, Google Map Tracks, Esri Buys Geoloqi
This weekly GIS roundup takes a look at TeleNav Survey on GPS Navigation, the creation of a crowdsourced Food Atlas which is seeking publishing funding on Kickstarter, the release of two new Google Map APIS: Map Tracks and Geolocation, a new report from the U.S. Census looks at changes in urban populations between 2000 and 2010, Esri Buys location-based technology startup Geoloqi, and Footpixel, a geo-social network is gearing up to launch in beta.
Geospatial Redux: Creative Users for Street View, Esri’s Service Credit Estimator, USAToday Goes with MapBox
Google Maps and Data News The largest Street View release by Google was recently announced. Over 250,000 miles of street level imagery was released in the latest update and includes increased street coverage for Macau, Singapore, Sweden, the U.S., Thailand, Taiwan, Italy, Great Britain, Denmark, Norway and Canada. Google’s litigation front got a little bit easier [...]
Tutorials in GIS
Online lessons in a wide range of subject matters for learning GIS. Take an introduction to GIS class. Other subject matters include using Census data in GIS and an Introduction to Hydrology. How To GIS Tutorials Listed here are the available step-by-step or explanatory articles on GIS Lounge for accomplishing various tasks in GIS. Desktop [...]
Free GIS Books
Building a collection of reference and academic texts on GIS can be costly. There are some free online source materials that can be a valuable contribution, especially if your book budget is nonexistent. Most of these free GIS books are available in downloadable PDF format and can be read from a computer or on an [...]
Excel Mapping with ArcGIS Online
Esri recently debuted the availability of Esri Maps for Office, a new component of its ArcGIS Online service that allows for the mapping of geographic data directly within Excel. Esri Maps for Office is part of Esri’s subscription based whole platform approach to mapping, meaning maps are available via the web (allowing interactive maps to [...]