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Caitlin Dempsey has been the editor of GIS Lounge (https://gislounge.com) since 2001. More about Caitlin Dempsey and GIS Lounge on the contact page. Caitlin Dempsey is also the editor of Geography Realm (geographyrealm.com).
Introduction to remote sensing and imagery materials hub

Hub for Free Remote Sensing Materials

January 9, 2021 by Caitlin Dempsey

Esri has launched a hub that will serve as the collection point for free remote sensing and imagery materials

Categories GIS Learning Tags learn remote sensing, remote sensing
Laptop with QGIS. a desktop GIS software program

GIS and Map Contests Roundup

January 4, 2021January 4, 2021 by Caitlin Dempsey

Current map and GIS related competitions listed in order of the competition deadline.

Categories GIS Industry Tags geospatial, GIS competition, GIS contest, map competition, map contest, remote sensing

These GIS eBooks and Videos are on Sale for $5 Each Until January 13

January 3, 2021December 8, 2020 by Caitlin Dempsey

Starting December 15th and running through to January 13th 2021, Packt Publishing is offering these GIS ebooks and videos at a deep discount.

Categories GIS Learning Tags gis books

2020 Gift Guide For the GIS Person in Your Life

November 22, 2020November 22, 2020 by Caitlin Dempsey

Looking for a gift for your favorite GIS person? Here’s a list of geo-related suggestions for a range of budgets.

Categories Maps and Cartography Tags geography gifts, gis gifts
Earth cake

GIS Day and PostGIS Day Are Coming Up

November 16, 2020November 15, 2020 by Caitlin Dempsey

November 18, 2020 marks the 21st anniversary of GIS Day. The following day is PostGIS Day.

Categories GIS Learning Tags geography awareness week, gis day, map galleries, PostGIS day
Import QGIS style files using the Style Manager.

QGIS Style Sharing Repository

November 10, 2020November 10, 2020 by Caitlin Dempsey

A new tool has been deployed that lets QGIS users share style files.

Categories GIS Software Tags QGIS
The Find Your Candidate map interface lets visitors search for Senate and House candidates for their jurisdiction. Screenshot from People for the People.

Black Girls M.A.P.P. Launches a GIS-Powered Voter Information Site

October 28, 2020 by Caitlin Dempsey

Black Girls M.A.P.P. has launched a GIS-powered site called People for the People to provide more voters with the information they need to participate in U.S. elections.

Categories GIS Industry, Maps and Cartography Tags election mapping
Google's Earth Engine Data Catalog lets users discover public geospatial datasets.

Find Public GIS Data with Google’s Earth Engine Catalog

October 20, 2020 by Caitlin Dempsey

The Earth Engine Data Catalog lets users search and discover Earth observation public datasets.

Categories GIS Data Tags earth engine, open data
Participating in the annual 30 Day Map challenge in November hosted by Topi Tjukanov on Twitter is one way for users to improve their cartography skills.

November 2020 Map Challenge

October 20, 2020October 20, 2020 by Caitlin Dempsey

Topi Tjukanov has announced a 30-day map challenge starting November 1.

Categories Maps and Cartography Tags map challenge
An example of the building footprints open data set for Australia. Source: Microsoft.

11,334,866 Building Footprints for Australia

October 20, 2020 by Caitlin Dempsey

Microsoft has released 11,334,866 building footprints covering the country of Australia.

Categories GIS Data Tags building footprints, open GIS data
The left image shows the USDA CDL layer for Corn and soybean classification around Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa in 2001. The right image shows the results of the Corn-Soy Data Layer (CSDL). Figure: Wang et al., 2020.

Mapping Crops: Filling in Data Gaps with Landsat Archives

December 6, 2020October 2, 2020 by Caitlin Dempsey

A recent study analyzed twenty years of Landsat data to look at corn and soybean crops across the US Midwest from 1998-2018.

Categories GIS Data Tags agriculture and GIS, landsat, mapping crops
QGIS on a laptop. Image: Caitlin Dempsey

Survey of GIS Professionals

October 27, 2020September 20, 2020 by Caitlin Dempsey

A quick look at GIS professionals, their educational background, and the software tools and programming languages they use in their jobs.

Categories GIS Career and Jobs Tags GIS skills, gis software, programming language
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