GIS Software

Information about GIS software and applications including both commercial and open source GIS applications. This category covers desktop GIS (Esri’s ArcGIS suite, MapInfo, QGIS, and GRASS) as well as web mapping, GIS apps, mobile GIS, and component GIS.

GIS Software

How To Use the Equal Earth Projection With QGIS on the Mac

January 2, 2019By Caitlin DempseyGIS Software

If you’ve been eagerly awaiting the ability to try out the Equal Earth map projection in QGIS, here are a couple of quick steps to set up this new map projection.

Google Fusion Tables to Shut Down Next Year

December 11, 2018By Caitlin DempseyGIS Software

Google has announced that Google Fusion Tables, the map and data visualization tool, will be shuttered by December 2019.

How to Fix the Label Language When Using Natural Earth’s Quick Start QGIS Files

November 5, 2018By Caitlin DempseyGIS Software

One quirk with the version 3 of the Natural Earth quick start kit .qgs file is that when you load it in to a session of QGIS, it can display labels in a language you weren’t expecting.

How to Use the Equal Earth Map Projection in Different GIS and Mapping Software Applications

October 27, 2018By Caitlin DempseyGIS Software

Listed here are GIS and mapping resources that have incorporated the Equal Earth Map Projection.

ArcGIS Online and Android

October 18, 2018By Olivia HarneGIS Software

Developers can work with ArcGIS Online in tandem with Android Studio in order to make their applications available to a wider mobile audience.

How to Get the Map View in QGIS to Resize Properly on a Mac

October 16, 2018By Caitlin DempseyGIS Software

One Mac OS specific bug is the map view canvas doesn’t fill the available space in QGIS 3.x versions. Learn how to fix this.

Screenshot from Guardacostas Pro.

Guardacostas Pro: Tracking Illegal Vessels

October 9, 2018By Olivia HarneGIS Software

Argentina’s coast guard, or the Prefectura Naval Argentina will utilize Esri’s platform to create a new, real-time tracking system, aptly titled “Guardacoastas Pro.”

Using Visual Crossing’s Location Analysis Plugin in Excel

October 5, 2018By GIS ContributorGIS Software

Sean McCafferty provides an overview of Location Analysis, a new Excel Add-in from Visual Crossing, which helps store owners place locations and analyze retail competition.

How Plex.Earth is Used in Teaching: An Interview With Professor Martin Cajade

September 10, 2018By GIS ContributorGIS Software

Eleni Natsi from Plexscape recently interviewed Martin Cajade, who teaches in the Faculty of Architecture, Design, and Urbanism (FADU) in the University of the Republic in Uruguay, about how his students incorporate PlexEarth as a data mining tool.

A Story Map Journalism Experience

August 22, 2018By GIS ContributorGIS Software

Eudel Cepero shares his experience developing a popular story map for Diario de Cuba using ArcGIS Online.

Land use map from CARETS Final Report, 1979.

GIS From the Past: CARETS

In the early 1970s, a joint pilot project between NASA and the USGS sought to test out the feasibility of integrating data from Landsat and high-altitude aircraft sensors into a regional land use database.

Geospatial Climate Models Show How Fire Seasons Are Changing

Changing technologies, including new satellite systems, and better climate and fire modeling, including the integration of these tools and data capture methods, will likely mean improved fire modeling in the future.

Elements of a Map

Maps are the primary tools by which spatial relationships are visualized. Maps therefore become important documents. There are several key elements that should be included each time a map is created in order to aid the viewer in understanding the communications of that map and to document the source of […]

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