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Caitlin Dempsey

A Look at Where the GISPs Are

September 2, 2020September 2, 2020 by Caitlin Dempsey

A recently published study took at look at the geographic, gender, and career characteristics of those that are certified Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Professional (GISP).

Categories GIS Career and Jobs Tags gis certification, gisp

Open Access Novel Coronavirus Data

March 24, 2020 by Caitlin Dempsey

A newly published article in Nature’s Sci Data decribes how epidemiologists collected and curated individual-level novel coronavirus data from a variety of national, local, and news sources.

Categories GIS Data Tags coronavirus
Screenshots from the Kort OpenStreetMap app.

How to Volunteer Your GIS and Cartography Skills

April 18, 2020March 20, 2020 by Caitlin Dempsey

Those with GIS and cartography skills that want to volunteer to help out can do so remotely with these calls for actions as mapping non-profits respond to the coronavirus pandemic.

Categories GIS Industry Tags volunteering

Esri Offering Free ArcGIS Online Six-Month Subscription to Organizations to Assist with COVID-19 Response

March 19, 2020 by Caitlin Dempsey

Esri is making some of its online GIS tools available for free to private and public organizations free for six months to help with COVID-19 response.

Categories GIS Industry Tags coronavirus, ESRI

How Geospatial Conferences are Responding to the Coronavirus Outbreak

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 by Caitlin Dempsey

Here’s a growing list of how geospatial conferences are reacting to the novel coronavirus outbreak.

Categories GIS Industry Tags geospatial conferences, gis conferences, novel coronvirus

GIS and Cartography Material Available for Online Teaching

March 14, 2020March 11, 2020 by Caitlin Dempsey

Several institutions and professors have offered up readily available online resources that can be used to virtual teach cartography and GIS courses.

Categories GIS Learning Tags online GIS

Access Open GIS Data for Almost 11 Million Trees with OpenTrees

November 15, 2020March 7, 2020 by Caitlin Dempsey

Developed by Steve Bennett, OpenTrees.org lets you visualize and download GIS data for almost 11 million city and park trees around the world.

Categories GIS Data Tags open data, tree mapping

Updated Global Elevation Data Released by NASA

June 29, 2022March 4, 2020 by Caitlin Dempsey

A new global digital elevation model (DEM) has been released by NASA.

Categories GIS Data Tags DEM, digital elevation model, nasa

Coronavirus Map and Data Hub Developed by Esri

March 14, 2020February 29, 2020 by Caitlin Dempsey

Esri has launched the COVID-19 GIS Hub to centralize access to maps and GIS data relating to the novel coronavirus.

Categories GIS Data Tags coronavirus, epidemic mapping

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