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Citing ArcGIS Desktop when writing papers?

When writing papers, is there a standard style that should be used for citing ArcGIS, specifically ArcMap? In particular, how do you reference a specific tool that you used in your analysis. I'm not referring to the citation style being used…
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Switching career from GIS Technician/Analyst to GIS Web Map Developer/Programmer?

I am a GIS Analyst at work that dabbles in python scripting in ArcGIS and the Google Maps JavaScript API V3. My professional goal is to either be in web mapping development or desktop/server GIS application development. I have seem to hit a…
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Seeking options for Spatial ETL (Extract, Transform, Load)

This question has been converted to Community Wiki and wiki locked because it is an example of a question that seeks a list of answers and appears to be popular enough to protect it from closure. It should be treated as a special case and should…
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GeoJSON too bulky

I am using leaflet.js to allow web users to select a region. Valid regions are US states, Canadian providences, and world countries (except for US and Canada). I constructed a shapefile myself using Qgis and saved it as a geojson. I simplified the…
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Seeking freely available GIS books?

Do you know any free available books related to GIS ?
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Adding/Removing GeoJSON layers using Leaflet

I am trying to show different GeoJSON layers at different zoom layers using the Leaflet API. I can load and display all three layers at once (though I do not actually want them all to show at once). I can load and display them at different zoom…
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Visualisation of spatio-temporal data set?

I'm investigating visualisation of a spatio-temporal data-set. What examples are available, online or offline, of high-quality spatio-temporal data visualisation?
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Converting point sets to polygon boundaries?

I'm trying to convert sets of points to their respective polygon boundaries. I think this is something like a Voronoi diagram or Convex Hull, but not quite. I'm sure there's a technical term for it, but I'm a beginner to GIS. It's probably best…
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How to perform Random Forest land cover classification?

This is a follow-up to a previous post: Machine Learning Algorithms for Land Cover Classification. It seems that the Random Forest (RF) classification method is gaining much momentum in the remote sensing world. I am particularly interested in RF…
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Sharing Open Source Python/ArcPy Code and Models for ArcGIS Desktop?

I will be writing scripts for ArcGIS Desktop in Python with ArcPy. Is there a community or open source project where code and models can be shared?
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Can you point me to an example of a modern-day John Snow?

It's become pretty much a custom to start spatial epidemiology or medical geography textbook / lecture with an example of John Snow's cholera investigation in 1854 Soho. He's definitely still remembered in the current literature and even appeared…
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OpenLayers - redrawing map after container resize

In my web application, I want to enable users to set the size of the map container. Everything worked fine when the container was expanded slightly (apparently this is because the tiles that were just behind the border were already loaded). However,…
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Can I reproduce this classic cartographic hillshade relief effect (hachures) electronically using modern DEM data?

I own a number of old cetral-European maps and I always liked the classic hand-drawn cartographic hillshade relief presentation that these maps feature. I am not wanting to reproduce the shading (which is similar to swiss shading) but the…
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What software do you use as complementary to your GIS desktop/server?

What software do you use as complementary to your GIS desktop/server in your work as GIS programmers/analysts and what programs are an absolute must you can't do without?
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Changing language of QGIS Interface

I want the QGIS interface in English, in order to share information with the GIS community. Using another language, when chatting with the GIS community, makes things more difficult. When I installed QGIS, it automatically set the language to…
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