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King County GIS enthusiast reaches out to teach GIS around the globe

Robert Catherman does the good work of enabling college students around the world to learn modern GIS techniques using open source software. Working with MEDRIX, a Redmond-based non-profit humanitarian organization, Catherman has spent the last few years developing a four-volume GIS curriculum paying special attention to English syntax so the text can be easily translated…

September 30, 2019 in General News.

A Free and Open Source Geographic Information System

As a founding member of the Puget Sound QGIS User Group (PSQGIS), I am often asked why one would want to use QGIS in place of the ubiquitous6 Esri GIS software. I have two responses to this question, the first based on the ideology of software freedom and the second based on value for the dollar.

May 21, 2018 in General News, Resources for GIS Professionals.

Public data meets open data

OpenStreetMap (OSM) is a digital map of the world to which individuals, corporations, and government agencies contribute geographic data which can then be freely used by anyone under two conditions.

January 31, 2018 in Data, General News, GIS for Equity and Social Justice.

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