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

R Packages for Spatial Analysis

May 2, 2019By Caitlin DempseyGIS Software

Looking for R spatial packages?

Missed the Latest QGIS User Conference? Access the Videos Online

April 22, 2019By Caitlin DempseyGIS Software

Recorded presentations from the 2019 QGIS International User Conference are now available online.

Latest Release of ArcGIS Online Introduces New Features and Enhanced Capabilities

April 5, 2019By EsriGIS Software

Bernard Szukalski, Esri tech evangelist and product strategist, introduces new features and enhancements to the latest release of ArcGIS Online.

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 Change 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.

Elements of a Map

Map elements such as the map frame, legend, and north arrow are parts of what create a map.

Learn GIS for Free

There are a few online options to learn GIS for free. Take advantage of resources that provide you access to free courses from some of the world’s best universities and institutions.

What is GIS?

GIS is a technological field that incorporates geographical features with tabular data in order to map, analyze, and assess real-world problems. The key word to this technology is Geography – this means that some portion of the data is spatial.

Open Source GIS and Freeware GIS Applications

An open source application by definition is software that you can freely access and modify the source code for. Open source projects typically are worked on by a community of volunteer programmers. Open source GIS programs are based on different base programming languages. Three main groups of open source GIS […]

Calculating Polygon Area in ArcMap

Here are the steps for calculating the area of a polygon using ArcGIS.