The World Geospatial Industry Council (WGIC) has launched as a representative body for commercial GIS companies.
Caitlin Dempsey
GIS Learning
GIS Programs
Searchable GIS program directory. Search for GIS certificate programs offered either online or in classroom.
GIS Data
Global Dataset of River Widths Developed from Landsat Imagery
Researchers used a combination of satellite imagery and field measurements coupled with statistical modeling to calculate worldwide river and stream surface measurements which is now available as a GIS dataset.
GIS Learning
Introduction to QGIS Python Programming
Anita Graser has started a tutorial series aimed at teaching users with no programming background how to get started with using Python in QGIS (PyQGIS).
GIS Learning
Access 35 GIS Lectures and Labs for Free
The FOSS4G Geoacademy has released 35 geospatial lectures and labs for free under a Common Creative license.
GIS Industry
Can’t Make the Esri User Conference? Watch the Plenary for This GIS Conference Live Online
This year, Esri plans to stream the Plenary session from its 2018 User Conference live via its Facebook page.
GIS Data
125 Million Building Footprints in the US Now Available as Open GIS Data
Microsoft has made 124,885,597 footprints from all 50 U.S. states available as open data.
Maps and Cartography
The “Larousse Gastronomique” of Cartography
A new 576-page volume about the science and art of cartography has been published.
GIS Learning
Learn to Use GIS to Map and Analyze Surface Water Data
Esri Press recently published a book to teach users how to use GIS to analyze surface water using the National Hydrography Dataset produced by the USGS.
GIS Learning
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.