Researchers have made 38-years worth of global fire danger reanalysis available as an open dataset.
Caitlin Dempsey
GIS Data
Topography of Australia’s Intertidal Zone Available as Open Data
The National Intertidal Digital Elevation Model (NIDEM) is the first 3D model of Australia’s intertidal zone. It is available for downloading as an open source dataset from Australia’s National Map portal.
GIS Learning
Tutorial: Introduction to Geospatial Analysis in R
Watch this tutorial “Introduction to Geospatial Analysis in R” to learn how to import files into R, overlay layers, reduce spatial extent, select and reclassify values, and make a map.
GIS Industry
GIS and Map Contests Roundup
Current map and GIS related competitions listed in order of the competition deadline.
GIS Career and Jobs
Children’s Book: “Lindsey the GIS Specialist”
The next time a child asks you to explain what GIS is, you might want to read them this online book about Lindsey the GIS Specialist.
GIS Software
Printing Web Maps
An oft-ignored but sometimes important function of web mapping is the ability to convert the view on the screen to a printed map.
Spatial Analysis
How Archaeologists are Using GIS to Explore Sounds of the Past
Two archaeologists are using GIS tools to model the ancient soundscape of New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon.
GIS Career and Jobs
Quick GIS Job Survey
Below is a quick GIS job survey to understand what GIS positions are located around the world and to answer a couple of short questions about the state of the GIS field for workers.
GIS Data
What are the Benefits of Landsat’s Current Free and Open Policy?
A group of researchers from different universities and government groups have published a study of how Landsat’s free and open data policy has benefitted users of the programs satellite imagery products.
GIS Career and Jobs
GIS Summer 2019 Internship Opportunities
A couple of innovative summer programs with GIS opportunities that are available each year are Azavea’s Summer of Maps and Google’s Summer of Code.