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How to Get the Map View in QGIS to Resize Properly on a Mac

October 16, 2018By Caitlin DempseyGIS Software

One Mac OS specific bug is the map view canvas doesn’t fill the available space in QGIS 3.x versions. Learn how to fix this.

QGIS Tutorial: How to Change the Map Projection to be Centered Over the Pacific Ocean

June 8, 2018By Caitlin DempseyGIS Learning

This quick tutorial shows you how to recenter your map project in QGIS so that the center of the map view is on the Pacific Ocean.

How to Add a Map from Mapbox to QGIS

January 18, 2018By Caitlin DempseyGIS Learning

This tutorial will show you how to take a map style you have created in Mapbox and load it into a QGIS session.

How to Save a Selection as a New File Using QGIS

November 24, 2017By Caitlin DempseyGIS Learning

Learn how to save a selection from a GIS dataset to a new GIS file using QGIS with this quick video tutorial.

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.

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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