Claudia Windeck

About the Author

Claudia Windeck is a writer, sustainability consultant and peatland specialist. Claudia is a dedicated change-maker with a background in Earth Science and Environmental Management. In her opinion, GIS and remote sensing applications offer the precision and high temporal resolution in a world were quick results regarding the environment have never been more urgent.

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GIS Learning

Mapping Elephant Distribution with Remote Sensing and GIS

August 12, 2018By Claudia WindeckGIS Learning

A variety of applications using GIS, remote sensing and GPS tracking of individuals per collars have advanced in the last years and are increasingly used for mapping and tracking elephants.

A New Global Peatland Map Expected for 2020

July 19, 2018By Claudia WindeckGIS Data

A new global high-resolution peatland map is expected for 2020.

Ready for Summer – Remote Sensing of Bathing Water Quality

June 17, 2018By Claudia WindeckSpatial Analysis

Remote sensing is being used to help researchers monitor water quality in lakes and coastal areas.

Mapping and Assessing Landscape Suitability for Bee Migration

May 31, 2018By Claudia WindeckSpatial Analysis

Recent studies have showed how GIS and remote-sensing applications could help to assess and map landscape suitability for bees.

Monitoring and Mapping Microplastics in Marine Ecosystems

May 15, 2018By Claudia WindeckSpatial Analysis

Advancements in satellite remote sensing techniques are paving the way toward the development of high resolution and temporal maps of marine microplastic distribution.

Elements of a Map

Map elements such as the map frame, legend, and north arrow are parts of what create a map.

Learn GIS for Free

There are a few online options to learn GIS for free. Take advantage of resources that provide you access to free courses from some of the world’s best universities and institutions.

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.

Open Source GIS and Freeware GIS Applications

An open source application by definition is software that you can freely access and modify the source code for. Open source projects typically are worked on by a community of volunteer programmers. Open source GIS programs are based on different base programming languages. Three main groups of open source GIS […]

Calculating Polygon Area in ArcMap

Here are the steps for calculating the area of a polygon using ArcGIS.