November 18, 2020 marks the 21st anniversary of GIS Day. The following day is PostGIS Day. A new tool has been deployed that lets QGIS users share style files. Researchers recently developed a map of the global distribution of mean annual soil respiration (Rs) between 2000 and 2014. Old maps and images can now be converted to make them similar to our modern satellite-base views, giving stylized views a more realistic appearance.
GIS Day and PostGIS Day Are Coming Up
QGIS Style Sharing Repository
Mapping Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Soil Respiration
Converting Historical Maps to Satellite-Like Imagery
Learning and Career
GIS Day and PostGIS Day Are Coming Up
November 18, 2020 marks the 21st anniversary of GIS Day. The following day is PostGIS Day.
Survey of GIS Professionals
A quick look at GIS professionals, their educational background, and the software tools and programming languages they use in their jobs.
Geospatial Analysis
Converting Historical Maps to Satellite-Like Imagery
Old maps and images can now be converted to make them similar to our modern satellite-base views, giving stylized views a more realistic appearance.
Forecasting and Mitigating Avalanches Using GIS
GIS and computational specialists have been developing models and methods to better forecast the likelihood of avalanches.
GIS Programming
Python and Geospatial Analysis
Two recent podcasts from MapScaping take a look at the use of Python in geospatial analysis.
EarthPy: Python Package for Plotting and Working with Spatial Data
A Python language spatial package, called EarthPy, has been released for free download for working with GIS data.
GIS Software
Esri Debuts New GIS Tools and Apps at the 2020 Annual User Conference
The first two plenary sessions contained a lot of demonstrations by Esri staff featuring the new GIS tools and applications launching this year.
