Is a GIS degree worth it? What types of jobs can I get with a GIS degree? Are there alternatives for GIS certification, online programs and diplomas? A lot of people tend to ask these questions. Well, we only have one answer for you and that’s a big, YES If you’reContinue Reading
The study of the environment, the understanding of the water cycle / atmospheric processes and the interaction with the aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems needs advanced analysis tools. It is important to understand how the environment works and the potential impacts of our actions in the future. This goes further thanContinue Reading
Geographic Information Systems crime mapping technology enables lawenforcement agencies to analyze and correlate data sources to create a detailed snapshot of crime incidents and related factors within a community or other geographical area. Interest in this technology within the law enforcement community appears to be gaining momentum. Crime mapping allowsContinue Reading
Often we hear people mention some terms in GIS which are aligned to their line of work and we start wondering what they might be saying. Depending on where they placed the word in a sentence some might take a wild guess at what their colleagues are actually saying. ForContinue Reading
Complied & Written By:JAYEOBA EMMANUEL TEMITOPE(Spatial Coordinator, InformSpatial team)Email It is no more a doubt that there has been yet uncontained health challenges all over the world. Ranging from terminal sicknesses to recurring health conditions, infection and many more. Series of approaches have been applied to identify causes and henceContinue Reading
At times you might find yourself in a position whereby you just need to create quick maps ( usually small scale) for an audience. In this case we will take for example creating a country map which shows the different provinces within that country but with a little added dataContinue Reading
Geospatial analysis can essentially be described as the gathering, display, and manipulation of imagery, GPS, satellite photography, and historical data. This information is usually represented in terms of geographic coordinates or implicitly, in terms of a street address, postal code, or forest stand identifier as they are applied to geographic models.Continue Reading
GIS stands for Geographic Information system. It is a computer system that collects, analyzes, stores and disseminates geographic information for use by different entities to facilitate informed and smooth decision making. GIS has important uses in different fields, including in the environmental field. Below are some of the importance ofContinue Reading
With the growing world of technology, people have moved from paper to digital. The mapping industry is also one of the industries that took the transformation step. In modern day we now see a lot of maps being shared digitally and these have so far proved to be efficient thanContinue Reading
A lot of questions have been asked how attribute data can be viewed but without displaying a coordinates column. If one is to export the default data into another format (i.e. CSV format) without generating coordinate column and without having an address which is recognized in the Geocoding system itContinue Reading
