atlas of design

Place Your Orders for Atlas of Design, Volumes 1 – 4

August 28, 2018By Caitlin DempseyMaps and Cartography

NACIS is taking pre-orders for the Atlas of Design, Volume 4 as well as orders for the first three volumes.

Maps from the 2012 edition of the Atlas of Design.

Submit Your Beautiful Maps

January 22, 2014By Caitlin DempseyMaps and Cartography

The North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS) has issued a Call for Submissions for the second edition of its Atlas of Design. Described as a “publication dedicated to honoring beautiful and interesting maps from around the world”, the Atlas of Design was created by the NACIS in order to draw attention […]

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.