Greg Bunce, from the State of Utah’s Automated Geographic Reference Center, presents a walk through the history of mapping and geospatial advances that led to the early days of GIS.
Maps and Cartography
Maps and Cartography
Thematic Mapping With CARTO
CARTO, which is an open-source software built on PostGIS and PostgreSQL, is an online mapping platform which allows end-users to produce a variety of Web GIS end products, including thematic maps.
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Esri Launches a $5,000 StoryMapper Contest
Esri has just opened submissions for its ArcGIS StoryMapper of the Year Contest.
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Voronoi Diagrams and GIS
Voronoi diagrams can be created by many GIS packages today for understanding spatial patterns.
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Mapping the Human Footprint
The world settlement footprint, created in a online application called Urban Thematic Exploration Platform (TEP) sponsored by the European Space Agency (ESA), is the first map that combines optical and radar satellites to create a human urban footprint map of the world.
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How Refugees are Using GIS to Map Their Geographies and Experiences
Story maps are a powerful tool that visualize events and what has happened to those who are displaced.
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Analyzing the Benefits of Green Space on Mental Health Using GIS
A recent large-scale study in Denmark combined historical Landsat satellite data and a survey that recorded mental health benefits to respondents to analyze the relationship between green space and mental health.
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GISP Certification Exam Revised
The GIS Certification Institute (GISCI) recently announced that it has revised the blueprint for its Geospatial Core Technical Knowledge Exam.
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Gini Coefficient and GIS: Mapping Income Disparities
The Gini coefficient is a long-standing measure used by major organizations, such as the UN and government entities, to measure disparities between income and wealth in countries.
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Real-time Fire Mapping and Satellite Data
New satellites and improved image processing methods are better enabling the ability to provide real-time and near real-time mapping of wildfires.