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

Printing Web Maps

March 19, 2019By Caitlin DempseyGIS Software

An oft-ignored but sometimes important function of web mapping is the ability to convert the view on the screen to a printed map.

LandViewer Has Added New Remote Sensing and Satellite Imagery Analytics

March 14, 2019By GIS ContributorGIS Software

This article by EOS, a company which creates solutions for Earth observation imagery processing and analysis, introduces a host of updated capabilities in its LandViewer tool.

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.