As part of our tool series, this article will discuss a fundamental tool you may have never heard of, called the Minimum Bounding Geometry. I recently helped a client with a simple request. They wanted to have a polygon drawn around groups of points by an attribute value but didn’t want to construct the polygons […]
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Get to Know Your Toolbox – Map Series in ArcGIS Pro
The Map Series, in my opinion, is one of the most underrated tools in ArcGIS Pro. It is a fantastic way to customize reports that summarize data within a polygon layer. The ability to use queries and dynamic text that provide answers to the questions being asked for multiple areas of interest is a breeze. […]
Same Tools, Different Worlds
Have you ever laid in the grass on a warm summer night and looked up at the stars and wondered about what was waiting out in all that darkness? Did you ever wonder what it would be like to walk on another world and look back at our blue-green world through another sky? I have […]
Geocaching: Treasure Maps for the Modern Day Explorer
Do you want to find hidden treasure? When you were a child, did you ever pretend that you had a map to some long lost hidden treasure that would take you on a grand adventure across distant lands? I know I did. My friends and I could spend hours on a bright, warm, Saturday afternoon […]
That Time GIS Stopped a Serial Killer
A crime happens and the chase to find the offender is on. We have all seen our share of crime dramas, documentaries, and news stories. We have all heard of psychologically profiling offenders in order to understand what drives them to commit crimes. Psychology tells us that serial offenders are creatures of habit. They […]
Why “Drone” Is a Dirty Word: The Difference Between Drones and Professional UAV Equipment
Common terms and abbreviations: UAV = Unmanned Aerial Vehicle sUAS = small Unmanned Aircraft System (less than 55lbs) RTK = Real Time Kinematic, high accuracy gnss positioning using local controls for correction and validation. GNSS = Global Navigation Satellite System(GPS-United States, BeiDou-China, Galileo-Europe, GLONASS-Russia) Photogrammetry = science and technology of making measurements using photographs. This […]
Sharing (GIS Data) is Caring
Sharing data can be a touchy subject. In general, it seems that people and institutions do not like their research and findings being freely accessible to the public. If you have worked on any project requiring data you could not collect on your own, you have more than likely jumped onto the World Wide Web […]
Canines, Cats, & Story Maps
Many people enjoy the perks of having a pet in their life. As geographers, it was only a matter of time before we tried to map them. The GEO Jobe staff has more geopets, as we’ve come to call them, than we initially realized, which made us curious about all the geopets other geographers may […]
Father’s Day Maps – Create a Custom Sports Map for Dad Using his Favorite Team Colors!
I have to send a thanks to Esri’s John Nelson @john_m_nelson for the inspiration on this! John recently shared a tutorial that teaches you to create a beautiful “hand drawn” style map of any place of interest for your Dad – a perfect Father’s Day idea! It got me thinking about custom vector basemap styles […]
Things You Can Map – NFL First Round Draft Picks by Birthplace #MapThis
The NFL draft is here and yes, the Browns have done it once again with the #1 pick – let’s just wait and see how this one pans out! But have you ever wondered, where do the best players in the country come from? Indeed a good question and ideally answered with a map! Enter […]