January, 2016

GIS Data

View of a section of Berkeley, California from the Fast 3D City Model Generation, Christian Früh.

Automatic Acquisition of 3D City Models

January 30, 2016By SBLGIS Data

This concept paper on the automatic acquisition of 3D city models was written by Venugopalan Nair who is the Senior Manager of Geo Spatial Services at SBL.

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South Dakota’s Custom Enterprise System to Increase Wildlife Management

January 29, 2016By Chris GereckeGIS Software

The Wildlife Inventory and Land Management Application (WILMA) is a web-based application allowing habitat managers to map, track, and report various land management activities on Game Production and Water Access Areas in South Dakota.

Commercial GIS Software Applications

January 29, 2016By Caitlin DempseyGIS Software

Listed below are GIS software packages that provide all-encompassing mapping and spatial analysis capabilities via the desktop.

Learning ArcGIS Pro Book

January 25, 2016By Caitlin DempseyGIS Learning

A recently released book by Tripp Corbin teaches readers how to use ArcGIS Pro, Esri’s latest iteration of its GIS desktop application.

NASA Earth Observatory maps by Joshua Stevens, using data from Sandwell, D. et al. (2014).

Seafloor Mapped Using Measurements of the Earth’s Gravity Field

January 25, 2016By Elizabeth BornemanSpatial Analysis

Researchers have developed a gravity map used to see the sea floor based on Earth’s gravitational field.

The Role of Open Source Imagery in Monitoring Nuclear Activity

January 22, 2016By Caitlin DempseySpatial Analysis

A recently released report by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre focuses on analyzing how repositories of open source aerial and satellite imagery can be used to help monitor nuclear activity.

This Antenna Helps Tracks Ships from Space

January 20, 2016By Caitlin DempseyGIS Data

Built compact enough to fit onto a minisatellite, this antenna successfully tracked Automatic Identification System (AIS) signals emitted from commercial sea vessels during a test run abroad the International Space Station in 2010.

Free Do-It-Yourself Geo Apps Course

January 16, 2016By Caitlin DempseyGIS Learning

Esri is offering a new MOOC course geared towards teaching participants how to build geo apps using the software company’s ArcGIS Online platform.

Preparing for Urban Pandemics Using GIS and Resilient IT Systems

January 16, 2016By Zachary RomanoSpatial Analysis

Geospatial modeling has found that if 30% of the population voluntarily isolated themselves for 8-10 weeks, the total people infected would drop by almost half.

Creating Administrative Choropleth Maps Using R

January 15, 2016By Ari LamsteinGIS Software

Learn how to create Administrative Level 1 Choropleth Maps in R with this tutorial by Ari Lamstein.

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.

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.

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 […]

Calculating Polygon Area in ArcMap

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