PostGIS is an Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) compliant software used as an extender for PostgreSQL, which is a form of object-relational database. While PostGIS is free and open source, it is used in both commercial (e.g., ArcGIS) and open source software (e.g., QGIS).
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Why Online GIS for Local Government Is Moving To The Cloud
Chris Brown, the CEO of Mango, discusses the benefits of Mango’s GIS for Local government web mapping application.
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Where is Open Source GIS Going?
Mark Altaweel discusses the growth and direction of open source GIS tools and software in this opinion piece.
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OpenRouteService’s ‘Quiet Routing’ Creates a Less Stressful Route for Pedestrians
Prof. Dr. Alexander Zipf introduces OpenRouteService’s experimental routing option ‘Quiet Routing’ which guides pedestrian travel around noisy urban areas.
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Dress Up Your QGIS Install With this Whimsical Plugin
The QGIS hats plugin is a bit of fun that accomplishes no other purpose than to add a hat to the QGIS icon.
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How to Make a Map in Excel Using the 3D Map Add-in
This tutorial by Nick Williams provides an overview of how to create a map in Excel using 3D Map for Excel 2016 (or Power Map for Excel 2013).
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Insights for ArcGIS 2.0 Released
Insights now has new ways to visualize data with new charts: box plots, data clocks, chord diagrams and heat charts are all now available.
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ArcGIS Runtime 100.1 Now Available
ArcGIS Runtime 100.1, dubbed “Update 1” per ArcGIS’ announcement, is now available for use.
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Connecting Government with Residents With ArcGIS Hub
A new update to ArcGIS Open Data has brought in a new feature for those who wish to engage their communities by providing more data to contextualize their respective communities.
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Installing QGIS on the Mac
QGIS is an open source GIS software package that can be freely downloaded. Find step-by-step instructions on how to install QGIS on a Mac.