Snapping involves connecting a geometric vertex or edges of one feature to another when editing a GIS dataset.
Caitlin Dempsey
GIS Industry
A Roundup of Geospatial Podcasts
Here’s a list of geospatial podcasts you can download and listen to.
GIS Data
What is a GeoTIFF?
A GeoTIFF is a public domain metadata standard which has the georeferencing information embedded within the image file.
GIS Data
Open Repository for Geospatial Training Data Released
Radiant Earth has launched Radiant MLHub, a cloud-based open library for training geospatial data used by machine learning algorithms.
GIS Data
Free Online Geocoder
Developed by LocalFocus, this online geocoder will generate lat/long coordinates for a list of addresses for free.
Maps and Cartography
Print and Assemble These Map Tree Ornaments
John Nelson from Esri has posted three map ornament templates you can print and assemble for your Christmas tree.
GIS Data
There are Four Trillion Measurements in this Global Sea Surface Temperature Dataset
Researchers have compiled an enormous global dataset with over four trillion satellite-based measurements of sea surface temperature.
GIS Data
MERIT Hydro: A High-Resolution Global Hydrography GIS Dataset
Researchers have developed a high-resolution GIS dataset of river systems using remotely sensed data and OpenStreetMap data.
GIS Data
Celebrate Shapefile Day on December 3
The parody @shapefiIe account on Twitter has declared December 3 to be International Shapefile Day.
GIS Industry
Map of Geospatial Companies Around the World
Christoph Rieke has assembled a growing list of commercial geospatial companies with offices located all around the world.