GIS Industry Archives

Self-employment in GIS

October 8, 2020September 21, 2020 by Mark Altaweel

Self-employment in the GIS industry may seem daunting, but a recent MapScaping podcast with Kurt Menke, founder of Birds Eye View GIS, discusses how to build your own business.

Online COVID-19 Maps and the ‘Infodemic’

September 1, 2020 by Mark Altaweel

Researchers have been evaluating the effectiveness and accuracy of online CoVID-19 maps.

The PurpleAir map crowdsources air quality readings from Internet of Things sensors.

The Spatial Internet of Things

October 14, 2020August 26, 2020 by Mark Altaweel

The development of small sensors is providing a variety of real-time geospatial data.

GIS and Map Contests Roundup

September 4, 2020August 17, 2020 by Caitlin Dempsey

Current map and GIS related competitions listed in order of the competition deadline.

Background photo of oil well: Richard G. Stanley, USGS Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center. Public domain.

GIS: Thinking Beyond the Map

August 16, 2020August 16, 2020 by GIS Contributor

Now more than ever, GIS data is being used among a diverse set of industries and users.

Figure 3. Map of a small arms range on Fort Hood, Texas; Prepared by 2LT Merritt to brief the range plan to higher-ranking commanders. The base map is from the Fort Hood Range Catalog (A pamphlet that lists the ranges and their capabilities).

The Army Engineer Officer and GIS

August 16, 2020August 16, 2020 by GIS Contributor

Kyle Merritt discusses the application and importance of GIS to U.S. Army engineer officers in this article.

An Urban Centre is defined as: all cells with a local population density of at least 1,500 people/km2 or with a local built-up area share of at least 0.50, and clustered in a 4-connectivity object of at least 50,000 people or all cells resulting from 3x3 median filtering or by gap filling < 15 km2 (median filtering and gap filling applied to cluster of cells that met the previous logics).

Improving Urban Decision Making with Open Earth Observations

August 6, 2020 by GIS Contributor

Steven Ramage, Head of External Relations, Group on Earth Observations (GEO), outlines innovative partnerships and activities GEO has been working on globally using open Earth data, GIS, and cloud technologies.