Recent Articles
Firefly cartography is a cartographic style used to create maps that glow. Learn how to make a firefly map using QGIS. Mapping and understanding food deserts is important if we are to understand how best to tackle the lack of healthy food options in the United States. Opeyemi Kazeem-Jimoh of the Geospatially Africa Podcast spoke to Sharon Omoja, a regional ambassador for Women in Geospatial+ about her personal experience in volunteering and mentoring women in the geospatial industry. NV5’s Lukas Fraser discusses drone-based LiDAR: best use cases, how data accuracy is ensured when using drones to capture LiDAR, why LiDAR and high-resolution imagery are complementary technologies, and new market opportunities for topo bathymetric LiDAR. Joy plots is a cartographically creative way to show topography on a map. Learn how to create joy plots using GIS. Olufemi Damilola from Africa GeoConvo Podcast discusses information about employment options as a GIS enthusiast or student, as well as a curated list of African organizations that employ GIS practitioners.How to Create Firefly Cartography with QGIS
Using Local Knowledge to Better Map Food Deserts
Mentoring in the Geospatial Industry
Everything You Need to Know About LiDAR From Drones
Making Joy Plots with GIS
Enhance Your GIS Opportunities in Africa
Learning and Career
Mentoring in the Geospatial Industry
Opeyemi Kazeem-Jimoh of the Geospatially Africa Podcast spoke to Sharon Omoja, a regional ambassador for Women in Geospatial+ about her personal experience in volunteering and mentoring women in the geospatial industry.
Enhance Your GIS Opportunities in Africa
Olufemi Damilola from Africa GeoConvo Podcast discusses information about employment options as a GIS enthusiast or student, as well as a curated list of African organizations that employ GIS practitioners.
Geospatial Analysis
Using Local Knowledge to Better Map Food Deserts
Mapping and understanding food deserts is important if we are to understand how best to tackle the lack of healthy food options in the United States.
Mapping Groundwater Potential in a Desert using Geospatial Technology
Anindita Ghosh discusses her study that used GIS tools and analysis to map out areas with groundwater potential in a desert.
GIS Programming
6 Open Source Powered Projects to Enrich Your GIS Programming Skills
This article presents six projects with suggested tools, prerequisites and learning resources that would help you to improve your geospatial programming skills.
From GIS Analyst to Software Engineer
In a MapScaping podcast, Dan Mahr talks about how he was able to transition to a software engineer, but still uses his GIS skills to benefit his career.
GIS Software
How to Create Firefly Cartography with QGIS
Firefly cartography is a cartographic style used to create maps that glow. Learn how to make a firefly map using QGIS.
Making Joy Plots with GIS
Joy plots is a cartographically creative way to show topography on a map. Learn how to create joy plots using GIS.
