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5 Cool Things You Didn’t Know About Topo Maps
Here are five things you may not have known about topo maps (though you’ve likely suspected #5). Article.
Top 7 Maps That Ultimately Explain Map Projections
Map projections are cool but they might be a bit scary. It’s difficult to understand how can you put a very complex round-shaped surface of the Earth on a flat plane. After reading this post everything should be clear! Article courtesy of Aleks Buczkowski, Geo...
GIS Jobs of Today: Should you have programming skills?
The eternal question for new (and old) GIS professionals: Should you have programming skills? http://www.directionsmag.com/entry/gis-jobs-of-today-should-you-have-programming-skills/473296
GIS As Your Career
Get the scoop on all things GIS Jobs related at the following Link.
What is GIS
Need to explain what you do for a living or present to a non-GIS crowd?!? Then check out this video from ESRI: http://video.esri.com/watch/3558/what-is-gis
GIS and Archaeology; An Interview with Susan Winchell-Sweeney
By Sheri Norton, GIS Coordinator, Ontario County Introduction From the early years of archaeology (picture Indiana Jones scrutinizing the 3D city model of Tunis looking for the Arc of the Covenant), maps have played a vital role in recording human history. This is...
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