This week’s geospatial news summary features GIS industry news from Epson, USGIF, NSGIC, Esri, Quantum Spatial, 1spatial, and thinkWhere.
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GIS Industry
Geospatial News | September 24, 2019
This week’s edition of Geospatial News features news from CoreLogic, Hexagon, and the ESA, as well as information about an upcoming online training on ’10 Tips to Get the Most Out of Your Drone Data’.
GIS Software
Customize ArcMap with Python Add-Ins
Daniel Fourquet walks users through the process of using Python to create Add-Ins for ArcMap.
Maps and Cartography
How Advances in Computer Mapping Shaped the Early Days of GIS
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.
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.”