November, 1999

Maps and Cartography

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.

The End of the Rainbow: Picking Color Schemes in GIS

The color symbology in displaying a GIS data on a map is an important decision to make in communicating geographic data.

Optimizing Traffic with Autonomous Vehicles and Machine Learning

One way to improve traffic is to integrate technologies within autonomous cars, particularly as they are forecast to be soon on our streets, including sensors for driving, and information from different external sources.

Elements of a Map

Maps are the primary tools by which spatial relationships are visualized. Maps therefore become important documents. There are several key elements that should be included each time a map is created in order to aid the viewer in understanding the communications of that map and to document the source of […]

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