EO College, a platform for accessing MOOC (massive open online courses) about remote sensing along with other related materials was launched today.
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GIS Data
Open Data Site Established for Hurricane Harvey
An open data site has been set up to house GIS data from authoritative sources relating to Hurricane Harvey.
Spatial Analysis
Researchers are Using Machine Learning to Better Predict Weather Patterns
The enormous amount of data from Earth-observing satellites is pushing researchers to use machine learning to mine the information and improve climate models.
GIS Career and Jobs
Survey: Calling all Women in GIS
As Women in GIS (WiGIS) moves to become a nonprofit organization, it is seeking feedback from women who are either working in GIS or seeking to start a career in GIS to provide input.
GIS Learning
New ArcGIS Pro Spatial Analysis Workbook
Esri Press has released Making Spatial Decisions Using ArcGIS Pro: A Workbook.
GIS Career and Jobs
First Practice Exam for GISP Certification Released
A practice exam for the GISP certification has been release which contains 50 questions broken down in the six knowledge categories.
Maps and Cartography
You Can Help the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team With Its Research on Crowdsourced Damage Assessment
The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team recently launched three formal research experiments on crowdsourced damage assessment and is seeking volunteers interested in participating.
GIS Software
Dress Up Your QGIS Install With this Whimsical Plugin
The QGIS hats plugin is a bit of fun that accomplishes no other purpose than to add a hat to the QGIS icon.
GIS Learning
These Two ArcGIS Books are Free from Esri
Esri offers two ArcGIS books for free: The ArcGIS Book: 10 Big Ideas about Applying The Science of Where and the Instructional Guide for The ArcGIS Imagery Book.
GIS Software
Installing QGIS on the Mac
QGIS is an open source GIS software package that can be freely downloaded. Find step-by-step instructions on how to install QGIS on a Mac.
GIS Industry
Be Aware of the Proposed Geospatial Data Act (GDA) of 2017
The Geospatial Data Act (GDA) of 2017 is being reintroduced in Congress. Passage of this bill would have a severe impact on the GIS industry.
GIS Industry
Global GIS Industry Continues to Grow
The latest, a May 2017 report from P&S Market Research, has determined that the global GIS industry will continue to grow.