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Dress Up Your QGIS Install With this Whimsical Plugin

July 7, 2017By Caitlin DempseyGIS Software

The QGIS hats plugin is a bit of fun that accomplishes no other purpose than to add a hat to the QGIS icon.

Using QGIS to Create a Hexbin Map of GISP Registrations

February 21, 2017By Caitlin DempseySpatial Analysis

It is fairly easy to create a hexbin map using QGIS. This tutorial uses a geocoded database from the GISP Registry to show how to create a bin map in GIS.

How to Create a Non-contiguous Cartogram Using QGIS

February 15, 2017By Caitlin DempseyGIS Software

This article presents a rough idea of how one might mimic a non-contiguous cartogram using QGIS.

Retreat of the Helheim Glacier between 2001 and 2005. Images from Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA’s Terra satellite.

Creating a Time Series Visualization of Two Decades of Changes in a Glacier

NASA has created a time series visualization of Greenland’s Helheim Glacier using 20 years of data from radar, lasers, and high-resolution cameras.

Mapping Noise Pollution

As noise pollution continues to be a major issue for expanding urban areas, novel geospatial technologies have been deployed to better monitor and measure noise pollution.

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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