Visualizing Large Wildfire Activity in Montana from 1980-2016
The 2017 wildfire season shattered records and cost the U.S. Forest Service an unprecedented $2 billion. From the Oregon wildfires to late season fires in Montana, and the highly unusual timing of the California fires in December, it was a busy year in the Western...
Save up to 20% on GIS Training During our 15th Annual Holiday Sale
Our 15th annual holiday sale begins today, November 13th. You can save up to 20% on any GIS training that we provide including our Annual GIS Training License and any of our live training events. Simply use the discount code ‘holiday‘ when checking out online to apply...
Free Chapter: Data Visualization and Exploration with R
My latest book, Data Visualization and Exploration with R, has been published, and you can download a free chapter. The book is available in both hard copy and digital formats. You will also want to download and install the exercise data. This book uses RStudio, so...
Accessing Geospatial Data with PyShp, Shapely and Fiona
The new 1.5 version of the ArcGIS API for Python integrates the PyShp, Shapely and Fiona packages, so that vector data from other libraries can be accessed through the API as well. Let’s have a look at the these three Python libraries and how they are used within the...