GIS Software Archives

A screenshot showing a transparent green polygon on top of a purple polygon with a dark grey 3D geographic background.

Crowdsourcing Archaeological Data with Participatory GIS

August 2, 2022July 29, 2022 by Ed Jones

People with little or no training in archaeology or geographic computing systems can build GIS data using Humap’s Placemaker.

Side by side comparison of screenshots of a data layer with a simple red outline and black labels as seen in ArcGIS Online and QGIS.

How to Add Data from ArcGIS Online to QGIS

July 22, 2022 by Caitlin Dempsey

Adding data from an ArGIS Online Map Service or Feature Service into a QGIS map project is fairly easy and quick in most instances.

Screenshot showing a CSV file with information about mean centers of population in the US. A shaded relief map is being the text file.

How to Add Latitude and Longitude as a CSV File in QGIS

June 29, 2022 by Caitlin Dempsey

This quick QGIS tutorial takes you through the steps of how to add a CSV file with latitude and longitude coordinates.

Screenshot of a land use map for Ghana in ArcGIS Pro with shades of green for the categories.

How to Use ArcGIS Pro for Supervised Classification

June 12, 2022 by Jeff Oppong

This tutorial is a step-by-step approach for performing supervised classification on Landsat 8 imagery using Remote Sensing and GIS methodologies.

Screenshot of a map visualizing hurricane wind speeds.

Fluid Earth: Open-source Visualization of Weather and Climate Data

May 2, 2022April 29, 2022 by GIS Contributor

Fluid Earth is a web visualization tool developed by The Ohio State University’s Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center (BPCRC) that enables users to view weather and climate patterns.

Screenshot showing how to import an Esri layer package into QGIS from Finder.

How to Import an Esri Layer Package in QGIS

July 22, 2022March 18, 2022 by Caitlin Dempsey

While QGIS cannot directly read an Esri layer package, there is a simple technique to unpack the file and import it into this GIS software.

Map showing evapotranspiration for an area of Idaho.

Geospatial Tools for Agricultural Water Management

August 1, 2022January 12, 2022 by Mark Altaweel

The use of geospatial technologies can help mitigate inefficient use of water and help improve how this precious resource is used in crop production.

A firefly map showing world population by cities using QGIS.

How to Create Firefly Cartography with QGIS

October 4, 2021October 4, 2021 by Omowonuola Akintola

Firefly cartography is a cartographic style used to create maps that glow. Learn how to make a firefly map using QGIS.

A Joy Plot of the San Francisco Bay Area. Created using Peak Map.

Making Joy Plots with GIS

June 8, 2022September 13, 2021 by Caitlin Dempsey

Joy plots is a cartographically creative way to show topography on a map. Learn how to create joy plots using GIS.

Screenshot showing building detection using MapFlow in QGIS.

Run AI-Mapping in QGIS over high-resolution satellite imagery

August 17, 2021 by GeoAlert

Mapflow is a QGIS plugin that lets users extract real-world objects from satellite imagery.

Screenshot from a YouTube tutorial on spatial bookmarking.

6 Open Source Powered Projects to Enrich Your GIS Programming Skills

July 18, 2021June 22, 2021 by Emmanuel Jolaiya and Tek Bahadur Kshetri

This article presents six projects with suggested tools, prerequisites and learning resources that would help you to improve your geospatial programming skills.

GDAL: Geospatial Data Abstraction Library

July 11, 2021June 16, 2021 by Mark Altaweel

The Geospatial Data Abstraction Library (GDAL)[1], a set of software tools, is possibly one of the most essential pieces of GIS software.