Open Source Mapping Platforms
Studying Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in college, I had taken a special interest in the famous premium ESRI products for creating maps and doing spatial analysis. In fact, one of the first...
View ArticleMaking Sense (and Style) with Maps and Life
While I love words, one of the things that fascinate me in my practice as geodetic engineer is the visual analysis that I get from making maps. Maps bring me a different level of intellectual orgasm. I...
View ArticleMotif Swatches and Population Symbologies
The best thing in life is when you engage in an activity that holds a fusion of multiple goals. When you hit two or three birds in one stone, you accomplish more and the joy is double. Today, in my...
View Article(Almost) Digitizing Zen
One of the most mechanical procedures in the mapping practice is called digitizing. Some people already play with Google Earth and do not know that they are already digitizing when they create...
View ArticleMaking 3D Maps Using ArcScene 10
Today, I consider this as a milestone at work and in GIS practice because I was finally able to construct my first set of 3D maps. The Original Problem: Produce a map of population values at barangay...
View ArticleThoughtson Expertise,Web GIS, and Open Source
Ever been subjected to that awkward moment where someone was dying to impress you about how superbly expert he is about something but he ended up doing the total opposite? Around five months ago,...
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