May 21, 2014

Top Ten Online
GIS Master's Degree Programs

Top Ten Online GIS Master's Degree Programs

If you're looking to earn a graduate degree in GIS and are considering distance learning, Justin Holman has recently published his top ten picks for online graduate degree programs. Earlier this year, Holman posted his list of the top ten GIS graduate programs in the United States.  Holman presents his overall ranked listed of GIS programs as well as subcategories …

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Crowdshipping: the
Newest Development in Mobile GPS

Crowdshipping: the Newest Development in Mobile GPS

Crowdshipping is the delivery of goods based on the selection of a courier closest to the delivery route. The service was inspired by crowdsourcing, or the act of enlisting a group of people to help with a project, and is already growing quite rapidly. Couriers typically provide one-day shipping (or less) and the cost is frequently less expensive than traditional …

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Making Color
Blind Friendly Maps

Making Color Blind Friendly Maps

It's estimated that about 7% of males are color blind in some form (as compared with 0.4% of females).   While a very small percentage don't see color at all, the most common form of color blindness is the inability to differentiate red and green colors.  One area that color blindness can be challenging is in reading and interpreting maps. …

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Understanding
GIS: An ArcGIS Project Workbook

Survey: GIS Books

Looking to build your geospatial reference library with GIS books? Listed here are essential books about geographic information systems and cartography.

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Claremont Graduate University, Center for Information Systems and Technolog's Location Analytics program.  

Through a collaborative partnership with Esri, CISAT students learn about the latest in GIS software advances and its applications in business settings. The program boasts a robust research curriculum, with hands-on projects in a variety of substantive areas including business location analytics, health, environment, transportation, and humanitarian assistance.  Visit: http://gis.cgu.edu  

Claremont Graduate University, Center for Information Systems and Technolog's Location Analytics program.  

Through a collaborative partnership with Esri, CISAT students learn about the latest in GIS software advances and its applications in business settings. The program boasts a robust research curriculum, with hands-on projects in a variety of substantive areas including business location analytics, health, environment, transportation, and humanitarian assistance.  Visit: http://gis.cgu.edu

Upcoming GIS Events

    • Safe Cities 
      Date(s): May 27 – 30, 2014 
      Location: Singapore
  • CARIS 2014 
    Date(s): June 2-5, 2014 
    Location: Brest, France

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