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Assessing a School’s Economic Background Using GIS gislounge.com
I do pro bono GIS work from time to time, and a recent contribution...
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ArcGIS Now on Android gislounge.com
Esri has announced the availability of ArcGIS on the Android platform: Google Android users can now access data and mapping capabilities on their smartphones with the ArcGIS for Android application. ArcGIS for Android lets...
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The Politics of Google’s Mapping gislounge.com
Being one of the world’s leading online web mapping service means also trying to walk the impossible tightrope between the political bickering of countries. More than a few times has Google found itself in the middle of a...
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GIS Skills Survey gislounge.com
What GIS skills are essential for today’s GIS professional? What technical skills are required? Should GIS professionals learn to work with open source GIS? What soft skills are necessary? What are some unexpected skills...
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GIS Skills and Landscape Architecture Education gislounge.com
The March 2012 issue of Landscape Architecture Magazine reviewed the current state of GIS education at landscape architecture schools and found that although GIS is a “vital tools for large-scale land planning” some schools are...
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5 Low-Stress Career Options education.yahoo.net
By Yahoo! Education Staff Tweet Do you hate your stressful job? Looking for laid-back career options? You're in luck. Laid-back, low-stress careers do exist, according to CNN Money/PayScale, who surveyed more than 40,000...
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St. Patrick’s Day Maps and Geography gislounge.com
St. Patrick’s is a day when everyone can claim a little Irishness about them. Celebrated on the day of this patron saint of Ireland’s birthday, March 17th has transcended its religious origins and become a day to wear green,...
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Where to Look for Historical Maps gislounge.com
The use of extracting data from old paper maps is growing in popularity as a method to understanding historical geography. David Ramsey popularized the method of georectifying historical maps and draping those maps over a DEM...
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OpenStreetMap’s Growth gislounge.com
BeyoNav, which analyzes the growth of OpenStreetMap data (OSM), has released new metrics looking at the growth of street data within the crowdsourced GIS data gathering project. OpenStreetMap data was analyzed using BEYONAV’s...
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GIS Lounge welcomes guest contributors
Articles about open source GIS, case studies about the use of GIS are particularly welcome. GIS Lounge also accepts job listings, GIS ...
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An independent study conducted by mapping analytics firm PetersonGIS shows that locations with the highest obesity rates contain the fewest farmers’ markets. To produce the analysis, data from the US Department of Agriculture...
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What Competencies Should GIS Managers Have? gislounge.com
URISA wants your input on its proposed Geospatial Management Competency Model (GMCM). The model is a list of 74 essential competencies and 17 competency areas that geospatial managers should have. The GMCM builds upon U.S....
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GIS Scholarships gislounge.com
The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) is accepting applicants for its 2012 Scholarship program until April 20, 2012. Open to high school seniors, undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students, the...
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Unmanned vehicles are becoming more widely available both in the military and civilian sectors for their usefulness for remotely acquiring a variety of data. Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), previously referred to as Unmanned...
