Found via the Cascadia Users of Geospatial Open Source (CUGOS) website.
Very recent paper accepted by the International Journal of Geographical Information Science depitcs the current state of the art in FOSS Desktop GIS and much more. The staying power in the article however, IMHO, is the detailed explanation of the various FOSS license agreements which [...]
ScapeToad provides an amazingly easy to use interface for creating cartograms. Accepting shapefiles directly as input, it has a wide variety of fine-tunable settings in addition to its presets. The ability to utilize multiple layers as weights also seems like a pretty exciting feature. Written entirely in java, it’s platform-independent, another plus for mac and [...]
So, like many GIS users, I find myself scouring google for tips / tricks / solutions to problems. These searches regularly lead me to GIS course webpages from various universities. Hurrah for the internet! Right?
Some of the best that I have found are in regards to both commercial as well as open source software. I’ve [...]