A set of maps that show the world´s global biodiversity of different animal species is available online. A group of researchers in the US just published very precise biodiversity world maps; at least 100 times more accurate than other similar works. […]
Sightsmap is a GIS that quantifies the most photographed places in the world through heat maps. This is, it generates high resolution heat maps that illustrate the number of pictures regarding sites worldwide. […]
Some of you have been wondering how to visualize and use information included in projects created with ArcView. If you have ArcMap on your computer, you can import this information and open it in a project with *.mxd extension. […]
Once again, Geographic information demonstrates its large applications for great initiatives as the one seen in the Global Fishing Watch: a tool to observe fishing fleet activity around the world. […]
The Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos ssp.) is a subspecies of the brown bear, mainly located in Canada and the United States. Being a main priority in conservation, let´s read more to learn how arcGIS can help us measure protection efforts applied to wildflife species. […]
Geographic Information Systems have turned out to be a potential tool for the support in decision making inside environmental projects. The course starts from the very beginning; helping consolidate basic knowledge to work with geolocation information, such as a correct definition of the coordinates system and the editing and generation of new information. […]
It is quite probable that for some of our analysis we will need to include the distance between two given points, measured in a straight line. We will need to value if we need to take into account the topography of the study area to calculate this data. If this is so, we can easily do [...]
Setting limits of areas with the same value, can come in handy when representing continuous phenomenon such as temperature, pollution or elevation. […]
Today we are going to learn where and how to download basic cartography information from any country around the world. […]
In this short tutorial we will show you how to create a vector point layer using coordinates data, stored in an excel sheet. We are going to map the museums located in the central part of Madrid (Spain). […]
