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Geomatics Engineering Magazine | GIS Jobs Canada | GoGeomatics. List of GIS-related Blogs - GIS Wiki | The GIS Encyclopedia. Blogs. Esri Mapping Center. GIS and Science. Kelso. I prompted a flurry of PostGIS hate (and some love) on Twitter last week, documented via Storify. I’ve been using PostGIS for around 2 years now both at Stamen and before that at The Washington Post. Let me say upfront that PostGIS is amazing and is definitely in the top 5 best FOSS4G (free and open source software for geo) out there.

It is a super powerful spatial data store that is free to download, install, and use (even in commercial projects!). It’s can also be mind numbingly difficult to install and use. It doesn’t matter how awesome something is unless it’s usable. Besides the specific issues outlined below, PostGIS lacks basic functions required for spatial analysis found in ArcToolbox. @PostGIS asked me for details on how it could be friendlier and I’ve itemized around 20 below. If a project that is considered core to the FOSS4G stack (eg Mapnik, PostGIS, etc), the project needs to act like it. As of today, the latest LTS is 12.04, before that is 10.04. 2.

Shp2pgsql import.shp. GIS Wiki | the GIS Encyclopedia. Digital urban | modelling, visualising, sensing and visualising urban environments. GIS. A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods. GeoViz Toolkit | GeoVISTA Center. Portal. ArcGIS Explorer | Download. Epi Info™ What is Epi Info™? Physicians, nurses, epidemiologists, and other public health workers lacking a background in information technology often have a need for simple tools that allow the rapid creation of data collection instruments and data analysis, visualization, and reporting using epidemiologic methods. Epi Info™, a suite of lightweight software tools, delivers core ad-hoc epidemiologic functionality without the complexity or expense of large, enterprise applications. Epi Info™ is easily used in places with limited network connectivity or limited resources for commercial software and professional IT support. Epi Info™ is flexible, scalable, and free while enabling data collection, advanced statistical analyses, and geographic information system (GIS) mapping capability.

Since its initial release, Epi Info™ users have self-registered in over 181 countries covering all continents including Antarctica. More than one million users are estimated. How is Epi Info™ Used? OpenModeller - Home. FrontPage - OpenBUGS. Insider. Story Maps for “Bread and Butter” Applications Story Maps are fun, easy, and informative. Their popularity is documented by the many interesting examples you will find at the Story Maps Gallery.

An enduring favorite of mine is not the most sophisticated, or provocative, or one that required … Continue reading Does EarthCube Hold the “Keys to the Kingdom” of Earth Science Data? With all the recent excitement and good hopes over the White House Climate Data Initiative, and the ongoing progress of the Group on Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS), there is another huge data initiative that bears mention: EarthCube. I have used the word “initiative” for EarthCube but it has also been described as a vision, as a multi-faceted, multi-layered partnership, and also as a “virtual organization.” Supporting the White House Climate Data Initiative Yesterday the White House announced a Climate Data Initiative that encourages innovation from the private sector and the general public.