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GIS Learning
Case Study: How Brindisi, Italy is Using GIS to Help Preserve its Ancient Architecture
The city of Brindisi, Italy deployed a solution from Pitney Bowes® that provides 80 to 90 percent faster performance, while dramatically improving the user-friendliness of maps and significantly reducing staff time dedicated to mapping.
GIS Learning
Free Ways to Learn QGIS
If you want to start learning how to use QGIS, a free and open source GIS software package, there are some excellent free resources out there.
GIS Industry
Esri Announces Student Rate for Annual International User Conference
For $100, students can attend the entire five-day Esri International User Conference which takes place from July 8 to 12, 2019 in San Diego, California.
GIS Data
First Data from NASA’s GEDI Program to 3D Map Forests
The first set of data that have returned have demonstrated GEDI is able to measure density of forests far better than previous satellite missions.
GIS Software
Missed the Latest QGIS User Conference? Access the Videos Online
Recorded presentations from the 2019 QGIS International User Conference are now available online.
GIS Data
Download 2018 NAIP Imagery
Aerial imagery covering 20 states has been uploaded to the USDA’s direct download site for NAIP imagery.
GIS Learning
Free Synthetic Aperture Radar Handbook Available for Download
User can download this free handbook which provides insight into how different Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) methodologies can be used for forest monitoring and biomass estimation.
GIS Data
Download 30-Meter SRTM Data Easily With This Point and Click Interface
Derek Watkins has created a simple and easy to use interface for downloading 30-Meter SRTM data.
GIS Industry
GIS and Blockchain
For Earth observation and GIS technologies, researchers have only recently begun contemplating what might be useful in applying blockchain technologies.