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.
Case Study: How Brindisi, Italy is Using GIS to Help Preserve its Ancient Architecture
The city of Brindisi, Italy deployed a solution from Pitney Bowes® that provides 80 to 90 percent faster performance, while dramatically improving the user-friendliness of maps and significantly reducing staff time dedicated to mapping.
Free Ways to Learn QGIS
If you want to start learning how to use QGIS, a free and open source GIS software package, there are some excellent free resources out there.
Free Synthetic Aperture Radar Handbook Available for Download
User can download this free handbook which provides insight into how different Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) methodologies can be used for forest monitoring and biomass estimation.
Tutorial: Introduction to Geospatial Analysis in R
Watch this tutorial “Introduction to Geospatial Analysis in R” to learn how to import files into R, overlay layers, reduce spatial extent, select and reclassify values, and make a map.
Free Introduction to GIS in R Online Course
SocialCops is offering a free online course: Introduction to GIS: Manipulating and Mapping Geospatial Data in R, will teach you the ins and outs of how to extract, process, analyze and map geospatial data in R.
How to Make a Tile Grid Map Using Google Sheets
This tutorial provides instructions on how to create a tile grid map using Google Sheets.
GIS and Cartography Quotes
Growing collection of interesting and notable quotes relating to GIS, cartography, maps, and geography.
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.
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.
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.
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.