Tag Archives: GIS
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...
Minimum and Maximum Z Values in ArcGIS Pro
In ArcGIS Pro, why are my minimum and maximum Z values wrong, and how do I fix it? Until recently, this isn’t the kind of question you would expect a GIS user to ask. Of late there have been many innovations in the geospatial software world, and the GIS user is now having to come...
Paul Georgie
Founder and Principal Technologist, Geo.Geo, United Kingdom This geospatial visionary works at the intersection of GIS and smart cities, but Paul Georgie considers himself to be a lifelong geographer. His background is in international development, and at Geo.Geo the main focus is emergency and disaster response. Geo.Geo lowers the barriers of access for governments, organizations, and...
Ainura Temirova
Post-graduate Geomatics Student, University of Glasgow Kazakhstan The large, beautiful, and resource-rich central Asian country of Kazakhstan is the home of Ainura Temirova and where she began her quest for a career in geography. Her studies began at Eurasian National University, the premier technical university in the region, and she began working for the Geotechnical...
