Greg Bunce, from the State of Utah’s Automated Geographic Reference Center, presents a walk through the history of mapping and geospatial advances that led to the early days of GIS.
ESRI
Maps and Cartography
Esri Launches a $5,000 StoryMapper Contest
Esri has just opened submissions for its ArcGIS StoryMapper of the Year Contest.
GIS Industry
Geo Announcements: State Legislative Districts Data Products Available, Winners of the 2019 Student Paper Competition in Business Geography
May 10, 2019 edition of Geo Announcements features industry news from Caliper, Maptitude, Sparrow Data Solutions, Mapillary, and ThinkWhere.
GIS Industry
Esri Announces Student Rate for Annual International User Conference
For $100, students can attend the entire five-day Esri International User Conference which takes place from July 8 to 12, 2019 in San Diego, California.
Maps and Cartography
Geo Announcements: QField 1.0 Released,NASA’s Spinoff Publication
In this week’s edition of Geo Announcements: QField, mobile GIS app from OPENGIS.ch, is now available, NASA’s Spinoff publication features the benefits of its GPS signal correction software, and the latest in press releases from the GIS industry.
GIS Software
Latest Release of ArcGIS Online Introduces New Features and Enhanced Capabilities
Bernard Szukalski, Esri tech evangelist and product strategist, introduces new features and enhancements to the latest release of ArcGIS Online.
GIS Software
Guardacostas Pro: Tracking Illegal Vessels
Argentina’s coast guard, or the Prefectura Naval Argentina will utilize Esri’s platform to create a new, real-time tracking system, aptly titled “Guardacoastas Pro.”
GIS Learning
Free GIS Books
Most of these free GIS books are available in downloadable PDF format and can be read from a computer or on an eBook reader.
GIS Data
Cyprus Signs an Agreement to Update its GIS with the Help of Esri
Esri has been selected to modernize Cyprus and its cadastre, in hopes of providing the country with a completely modernized, advanced land registration system.
GIS Industry
Can’t Make the Esri User Conference? Watch the Plenary for This GIS Conference Live Online
This year, Esri plans to stream the Plenary session from its 2018 User Conference live via its Facebook page.