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Neocartography Can Be Beautiful, Cartography Can Be Fast

July 7, 2015By 1SpatialGIS Learning

Nicolas Regnauld, Product Manager at 1Spatial discuss the debate about neocartography versus traditional cartography and the evolution towards creating more intelligent automation tools for creating maps.

Smoothing a line using the Generalize tool in ArcGIS. Image: Esri.

Generalization in GIS

November 30, 2014By Caitlin DempseyGIS Software

Generalization is the method used in GIS to reduce detail in data. Learn about how to generalize GIS data using QGIS, ArcGIS, and other software tools.

Understanding Scale

September 1, 2011By Caitlin DempseyGIS Data

Scale is the relationship that the depicted feature on map has to its actual size in the real word (more: map scale). All maps are modeled representations of the real world and therefore the features are reduced in size when mapped. In other words, scale is the measurement of the […]

Using Satellite Imagery to Track Volcanic Ash Clouds

Researchers have developed an algorithm that can distinguish between volcanic and non-volcanic clouds using high-resolution satellite imagery.

Using Machine Learning and Satellite Imagery for Street Address Generation

Researchers from Facebook and MIT Labs have proposed a new methodology that uses machine learning and satellite imagery to generate street addresses in areas of the world where individual buildings don’t have a unique address.

Elements of a Map

Maps are the primary tools by which spatial relationships are visualized. Maps therefore become important documents. There are several key elements that should be included each time a map is created in order to aid the viewer in understanding the communications of that map and to document the source of […]

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