New Esri Workbook Teaches Analysis Skills, Combining Lidar Data and ArcGIS Software
Keep the UAV Devices Away – Create and Register Your Own No Fly Zone
Create a no fly zone around your property? Yep, that’s pretty much what a non-profit is enabling people to do, however, it has yet to be determined how much weight this “no fly zone” would have or if it could be enforced as a private area.
Location, Location, Location: Uses for GIS in Health Care
There is a lot of talk about Big Data and what it means. Geographic Information Systems is a perfect platform for taking advantage of this data. A great deal of mapping data is public information, and can be accessed freely. So what are some of the ways we are using this data, and what opportunities […]
GIS and History: Using the Past to Inform the Present
Using the power of Geographic Information Systems to track trends in everything from demographic information to pesticide and chemical use like the Pesticide Use Reporting (PUR) system in California, used in the study I talked about here
Data Tip – The US Interagency Elevation Inventory
The USGS liaisons are updating the United States Interagency Elevation Inventory (https://coast.noaa.gov/inventory/#). This resource also provides a wealth of information and data
Wider Selection of US Topo Maps From USGS Now Available in Avenza’s PDF Maps App
PDF Maps app provides additional platform for a growing base of digital users to access more than 120,000 current and historic US Topo maps
Career Tips – Common Career Paths for the Student of GIS, an Infographic from USC
The University of Southern California’s GIS Program and Pearson Education have put together an infographic titled “Common Career Paths for the Student of Geographic Information Science & Technology”.
OpenAerialMap – The open collection of aerial imagery
An interesting data tip came into yours truly over Twitter via user @RSchultzSNHU introducing us to a data resource called OpenAerialMap
Using Lidar to Classify Landslides
The Contour Connection Method: Inventorying and Classifying Landslides using Bare Earth Lidar
Feature – How Privacy Concerns Will Shape LiDAR Applications Using UAS
LiDAR has proven to be an effective tool for aerial, terrestrial, and mobile applications. It is conceivable that many current aerial and terrestrial LiDAR applications will be performed by UAS (Unmanned Aerial Systems) in the not-to-distant future.