Researchers from Facebook and MIT Labs have proposed a new methodology that uses machine learning and satellite imagery to generate street addresses in areas of the world where individual buildings don’t have a unique address.
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How to Make a Tile Grip Map Using Google Sheets
This tutorial provides instructions on how to create a tile grid map using Google Sheets.
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Celebrate GIS Day on November 14, 2018
GIS Day was first celebrated in 1999. This year GIS Day will be celebrated on Wednesday, November 14, 2018. What are your GIS Day plans?
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GIS and Cartography Quotes
Growing collection of interesting and notable quotes relating to GIS, cartography, maps, and geography.
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Geospatial Data Act Passes With Industry Support
The Act was passed by both chambers on October 3 and on October 5, 2018, the Geospatial Data Act of 2018 (GDA) was signed into law by the President as part of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act (H.R. 302) Subtitle F of Title VII.
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QGIS Map Design, 2nd Edition
Updated to be used with QGIS 3.4, the second edition of QGIS Map Design is now available in its final version.
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How to Populate a Cell with the ZIP Code Based on an Address in Google Sheets
If you have a field containing address information, you can set up a simple function in Google Sheets to be able to populate a separate column with ZIP code data.
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What Makes Maps Go Viral?
The study of viral geography could be a new, emerging field where researchers are now beginning to look at the elements that make a map viral.
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GIS and Security Applications
The use of GIS in security software applications allows greater enhancements not just to monitoring but also planning and forecasting potential security threats, both from physical and cyber threats.
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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.