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Maps and Cartography
Automatic Raster Reclassification with ArcMap Model Builder Based on Raster Statistics
Alexandros Voukenas writes about the problem of automatic raster reclassification based on its statistics, using ArcMap’s Model Builder with this step-by-step guide with relevant screenshots and explanations
GIS Industry
How Collecting LiDAR is Being Supported by the USGS 3D Elevation Program
Quantum Spatial (QSI) is currently working on more than two dozen LiDAR collection projects in support of the 3DEP. Here’s a look at three of the projects QSI has worked on in 2018.
GIS Industry
How Texas is Using Geospatial Technologies to Mitigate Forest Fires
Texas A&M Forest Service partnered with Timmons Group, a national geospatial solutions firm, to develop the Texas Wildfire Risk Assessment Portal (TxWRAP).
GIS Software
Using Visual Crossing’s Location Analysis Plugin in Excel
Sean McCafferty provides an overview of Location Analysis, a new Excel Add-in from Visual Crossing, which helps store owners place locations and analyze retail competition.
GIS Software
How Plex.Earth is Used in Teaching: An Interview With Professor Martin Cajade
Eleni Natsi from Plexscape recently interviewed Martin Cajade, who teaches in the Faculty of Architecture, Design, and Urbanism (FADU) in the University of the Republic in Uruguay, about how his students incorporate PlexEarth as a data mining tool.
GIS Data
What Imagery Source is Best for Your Business?
Erin Jepperson, Technical Sales Engineer at Nearmap, outlines how to weigh the pros and cons of aerial imagery and drone imagery.
GIS Software
A Story Map Journalism Experience
Eudel Cepero shares his experience developing a popular story map for Diario de Cuba using ArcGIS Online.
GIS Learning
Cast Your Vote: OS-Tienshanica: Rethinking Mapping Expeditions, Past and Future
Rachele Amerini recently participated in an expedition to Kyrgyzstan that her team documented in a video submitted to the Geography in a Clip contest.
Spatial Analysis
Seeing the World with Data: 3D LiDAR with MapD and Uber’s deck.gl
Dipti Kothari, an intern with MapD, has developed an open source project that uses LiDAR to create a 3D visualization of tree coverage around buildings and the impact of rising sea levels on buildings on Jekyll Island, GA.