The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has set a precedent for public agencies across the country with the purchase of a Strava dataset in order to inform their research. In the fall of 2013, the ODOT bought a one-year license of a dataset that includes over 400,000 individual bicycle trips […]
Rebecca Maxwell
GIS Career and Jobs
Ensuring the Future of GIS with Geospatial Education
The U.S. government is helping to guarantee the future of GIS by investing billions of dollars in geospatial education. The hope is that this funding will go towards developing a workforce that is able to use geographic information in order to solve local, national, and global problems. Of source, the […]
GIS Learning
Creating a Global Heat Map from 41.5 Million Runs
Strava, a GPS running and biking application, recently released a detailed global heat map of popular routes across the globe. The map contains over 160 million activities with 375,000,000,000 data points.
Maps and Cartography
The Sound of Silence: A Noise Map of the U.S.
If you are looking for some peace and quiet, the National Park Service (NPS) has made it a little easier to find. A new map from the NPS displays the noisiest as well as the quietest places in the United States. What they found is not surprising. The east coast […]
Spatial Analysis
Using Satellite Imagery to Track the Ocean’s Acidity
The Earth’s oceans play a vital role in the health of the planet. Ocean dynamics impact weather patterns, it provides food and recreational opportunities, and industry related to the ocean generates significant revenue. The ocean also serves a critical function in regards to easing global warming, and scientists are now […]
GIS Data
Maps Serve to Monitor Global Agriculture
As the world’s population grows, the amount of land available for farming is becoming a major concern. Increasing competition for land is springing up among growers, developers, and many others. This makes it critical to determine how much total land is available for farming across the globe but that completing […]
GIS Industry
Using Geospatial Technologies to Save the World’s Peatlands
Rezatec has developed “Peat spotter”, a service that uses Earth Observation imagery to locate and create initial mappings of peatlands. This information is enriched with ground data collected by field agents using handheld devices.
GIS Industry
Building Better Maps for the Visually Impaired
For those of us who can see, being able to read a map is something that we take advantage of every day. We use maps to navigate our way around the city using public transportation, take a field trip to the museum, and remember the layout of a new office […]
GPS
Saying “I Love You” With GPS
Aspiring Romeos around the world have been employing their GPS tools in order to give a voice to their valentines.
Maps and Cartography
Paper Maps Refuse to Die in the Digital Age
In today’s era of digital maps, the use of paper maps might seem a bit antiquated. When Google Maps are easily accessible through any computer, tablet, or smartphone, pulling out a paper map appears to be as old-fashioned as using a rotary telephone or listening to a vinyl record. There […]