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Neocartography Can Be Beautiful, Cartography Can Be Fast

December 18, 2016July 7, 2015 by 1Spatial

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

July 8, 2015November 30, 2014 by Caitlin Dempsey

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.

Marina del Rey area on a county map of the state of California.

Understanding Map Scale

November 5, 2021September 1, 2011 by Caitlin Dempsey

Scale is the relationship that the depicted feature on map has to its actual size in the real word.