Tag Archives: GIS
Esri CityEngine: What Is It?
These past few weeks I’ve been trying to do some clever augmented reality stuff with Unity involving putting an object on the floor and ensuring it doesn’t wobble when you walk around it. (Yay for SLAM in mobile devices.) Although in software like Unreal and Unity you can download or buy models, what do you...
Cool School
Siberian State University of Geosystems and Technologies Editor’s note: The name, “Siberia” evokes visions of a vast, cold, and perhaps foreboding place. Vast, yes, but also beautiful, steeped with fascinating history and resources and home to a diverse population imbued with a pioneering spirit. To meet the demands for qualified surveyors for the region, a...
Using OpenStreetMap Basemaps with QGIS 3.0
QGIS 3 is a new wave of open source GIS. Not only is it extremely quick and efficient, allowing you to use almost every type of geospatial data you can throw at it, but it also includes a 3D renderer and ways to export your creations straight to the web. And let’s not forget the...
AIS: Using Shipping Data in GIS
We’ve all been dazzled by those awesome maps that animate ships or aircraft using AIS, as they move in near real time, but how do they work? What magic sits beneath the hood? As luck would have it, whilst working with the offshore wind farm industry I had to do a lot of vessel analysis,...
Monica Stephens
Assistant Professor, the State University of New York at Buffalo New York, USA Big data, the geoweb, the influence of maps and mapping on society, and volunteered geographical information (VDI) are some of the subjects taught and researched by Dr. Monica Stephens. A popular educator and guest speaker, Monica is also a geo-blogger, tackling map...
Natalie Dobbs
Vice President, Spatial Innovision Ltd. Trinidad and Tobago Natalie Hobbs serves on the Vanguard Cabinet of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA), the international nonprofit association of GIS practitioners. The Cabinet, formed in 2011, seeks to engage and support young GIS practitioners and professionals. Internationally recognized and lauded for her work in these...