Subject: ‘arcgis’
April 30, 2012 How To Make Area Cartogram Maps in ArcGISCartographyIf you have data with disparate values between areas, making an area cartogram is an effective way to map out those values. Unfortunately, making area cartogram maps within ArcGIS can’t been done natively so external scripts and programs are needed. In this article, I review one ToolBox that is available from Esri’s Arcscript’s site called ... read more April 16, 2012 Using GIS to Showcase College AcceptanceSpatial AnalysisEvery June, my local paper is filled with the local private school announcements containing lists and lists and lists of where students have been accepted to. With all the private schools competing with each other to showcase college acceptances for that year, creating a map showing the locations of colleges and universities that have accepted ... read more March 13, 2012 Geospatial Redux: ArcGIS SP 4 Released, Soldiers and Geotagging, Moho MappingGIS NewsEsri recently released Service Pack 4 for ArcGIS 10.0, which according to the release notice, “many fixes for targeted issues.” Asking, “Is a badge on Foursquare worth your life?”, the U.S. Army has posted a warning to its service members that geotagging photos on social media sites like Facebook is a severe security risk. Soldiers ... read more February 28, 2012Spatial Humanities: Step by Step GIS InstructionsCommunity, EducationThe Spatial Humanities site has a growing list of step by step instructions on how to create and work with GIS data using such spatial technologies as ArcGIS, HyperCities, Google’s Fusion Tables, and Google Maps. The latest set of instructions provides downloadable sample files to run the user through heads up digitizing in order to ... read more December 8, 2011 Sample Esri Technical Exam QuestionsCareerEsri is now offering sample questions for Esri’s ArcGIS Desktop Exams. The sample questions are accessible from Esri’s Training page. The sample questions mimic the multiple choice style of Esri’s technical exams although don’t expect to find any of the sample questions on the real exams. The areas covered in the sample questions are the ... read more October 26, 2011 ArcGIS Now on AndroidSoftwareEsri 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 users find and share maps as well as deploy GIS data and functionality on Android devices. The free app is now available and ... read more July 1, 2011 New GIS WorkbookPublicationsEsri Press has released a new GIS tutorial book: Understanding GIS: An ArcGIS Project Workbook, explains the methods, tools, and processes needed to apply full-scale GIS analysis to a spatially based problem. Readers are guided through a hypothetical project of selecting a suitable location for a park near the Los Angeles River in California. “This book ... read more June 30, 2011 ArcGIS on the CheapSoftwareIf you’ve been wanting to get into using ArcGIS but can’t afford the commercial price tag, Esri is offering a very cheap alternative. The ArcGIS for Home Use Program allows non-commercial personal use of the ArcView (soon to be called ArcGIS for Desktop Basic with the release of ArcGIS 10.1) and seven extensions including ... read more June 28, 2011 GIS News: ERDAS Plugin for ArcGIS, New World Map EditionGIS NewsThe latest geospatial industry news includes software announcements from ERDAS, SuperGeo, PCI Geomatics, and Esri. GfK Geomarketing announces new world data, and Geosparc will be hosting technology sessions at FOSS4G. ERDAS ERDAS announces the release of new version of ECW Plug-in for ArcGIS Desktop. The ERDAS ECW/JP2 SDK plug-in provides a means for ArcGIS for Desktop ... read more June 15, 2011Name Changes for ArcGIS 10.1SoftwareAmong the changes planned for the early 2012 release of ArcGIS 10.1 will be the names of the various levels of the software program. ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo are being dropped for the more self-explanatory nomenclature of ArcGIS for Desktop Basic, ArcGIS for Desktop Standard, and ArcGIS for Desktop Advanced (via APB and James Fee). The reason for ... read more |
