Remote sensing is being used to help researchers monitor water quality in lakes and coastal areas.
Spatial Analysis
The Modifiable Areal Unit Problem and GIS
For most GIS practitioners, modifiable areal unit problem (MAUP) is something to be aware of when different analytical techniques are applied.
GIS Software
Run Image Processing Tasks in Your Browser with the EOS Platform
This guest article by EOS introduces the newly upgraded EOS platform, a set of mutually integrated cloud products for searching, analyzing, storing, and visualizing geospatial data: Landviewer, Processing, Vision, Storage. Most of your image analysis tasks that required ENVI or Erdas Imagine software are now available online thanks to EOS Platform. […]
GIS Learning
QGIS Tutorial: How to Change the Map Projection to be Centered Over the Pacific Ocean
This quick tutorial shows you how to recenter your map project in QGIS so that the center of the map view is on the Pacific Ocean.
GIS Software
How to Use the Color Blind Preview Option in QGIS
With the release of QGIS 3, you can now preview how your maps will look for those with two types of red-green color blindness.
Spatial Analysis
Mapping and Assessing Landscape Suitability for Bee Migration
Recent studies have showed how GIS and remote-sensing applications could help to assess and map landscape suitability for bees.
GIS Industry
Regulations Affecting the Use of Drones in India
Bankim Chandra Yadav, a Ph.D. student at Indian institute of Technology Roorkee, discusses unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) technological implications under the Indian government laws.
GIS Industry
The Rise of African Mapping Technologies
Stuart E. Hamilton, GIS Graduate Director at Salisbury University in Maryland, discusses why he considers East Africa to be a leader in geospatial education and opportunities.
GIS Data
Sentinel-5P Tracking Emissions from Hawaii’s Kīlauea Volcano
Researchers are using data from the Sentinel-5P satellite to map out sulphur dioxide emissions from Hawaii’s Kīlauea volcano.
GIS Learning
Learn Crime Analysis with ArcGIS: Second Edition Published
Esri Press recently released the second edition of GIS Tutorial for Crime Analysis.