Bringing paper maps to life with Mapbox GL

Bringing paper maps to life with Mapbox GL

Traditionally, maps have been static images on paper that were only referred to when requiring specific locations. They seldom change and had large print runs in frequency cycles of three to five years. The industry changed with the advent of online mapping services and libraries from technology providers like Google, HERE Technologies, Esri, Mapbox, and…

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Google Analytics spatial data visualised with BigQuery and CARTO

Google Analytics spatial data visualised with BigQuery and CARTO

Google Analytics is a staple component in most business intelligence team’s decision making processes. It provides insights about traffic sources to your website, tracks the success of your paid Ad campaigns and monitors the buyer’s purchasing behavior.  However, despite the wonderful insights you can glean using Google Analytics, the location data attached to each prospect’s…

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Transform, store and analyse your GIS data with FME and BigQuery

Transform, store and analyse your GIS data with FME and BigQuery

Good news Feature Manipulation Engine (FME) users! If you want to crunch your GIS data in BigQuery, it’s now possible with FME available in the Google Cloud Marketplace. This announcement is a gamechanger as it means that geospatial data processing power can now be performed at a previously unmatched level. GIS professionals are really excited…

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The merits of using the Python API in Google Earth Engine

The merits of using the Python API in Google Earth Engine

My own GIS weapon of choice was born of a development by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Construction Engineering Research Laboratory over 35 years ago – and I attest that GRASS GIS is still one of the best GIS desktop tools in my opinion (but that’s for another Geotech Friday).  However, two other weapons that have…

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Building an Indigenous digital cultural recording

Building an Indigenous digital cultural recording

A digital cultural recording is the use of mapping technology and other digital technology recorders, such as video and audio clippings, to document and map the cultural knowledge in the minds of Indigenous Elders. These recordings are crucial as (a lot of the time) Elders can sometimes be too sick to go out on country…

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How can GIS technology help you work remotely?

How can GIS technology help you work remotely?

For years, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and remote sensing methods have been utilised in various industries for visualisation, monitoring and management. However, the potential to use GIS to work from home or the office is increasing in popularity as we face various levels of restrictions and safety precautions due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. These…

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Training your machine learning models properly

Training your machine learning models properly

Machine learning (ML) is when algorithms learn from data to find patterns, make decisions and evaluate their performance using a specified dataset. This is useful for applications such as image analysis in remote sensing work. Recently, deep learning – a subclass of ML – has become increasingly popular for image processing and computer vision problems….

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What’s new in Esri’s ArcGIS Pro 2.5 release

What’s new in Esri’s ArcGIS Pro 2.5 release

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NGIS hits new heights with EO Data Science

NGIS hits new heights with EO Data Science

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Simple no-code mapping tools for teams

Simple no-code mapping tools for teams

We live in a world where location and maps have become a core component to an organisations value offering. Uber’s entire operation is based on the strength of its mapping capability for their customers who need to get a ride, Domino’s use maps to show their customers exactly where their pizza is on the delivery…

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