November, 1999

Principles of Cartographic Design

November 27, 1999By GIS ContributorMaps and Cartography

The following cartographic principles were presented to the recent British Cartographic Society Design Group meeting at Glasgow University.

How to Convert .e00 Files to Coverages With ArcView 3x

November 7, 1999By Caitlin DempseyGIS Software

Instructions are for Windows OS to be able to convert .e00 import files to coverages if you have ArcView installed.

Elements of a Map

Map elements such as the map frame, legend, and north arrow are parts of what create a map.

Learn GIS for Free

There are a few online options to learn GIS for free. Take advantage of resources that provide you access to free courses from some of the world’s best universities and institutions.

Open Source GIS and Freeware GIS Applications

An open source application by definition is software that you can freely access and modify the source code for. Open source projects typically are worked on by a community of volunteer programmers. Open source GIS programs are based on different base programming languages. Three main groups of open source GIS […]

What is GIS?

GIS is a technological field that incorporates geographical features with tabular data in order to map, analyze, and assess real-world problems. The key word to this technology is Geography – this means that some portion of the data is spatial.

Calculating Polygon Area in ArcMap

Here are the steps for calculating the area of a polygon using ArcGIS.