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How to Learn GIS for Free

Today, we’re going to show you the art of how to self-learn GIS. Even if GIS doesn’t run through your veins, you can inject these strategies.

25 Map Types: Brilliant Ideas to Build Unbeatable Maps

From cartograms to contour maps, cartographers are like heroes. And every hero has a secret. If you want to build unbeatable maps, here are 25 map types.

How to Show Map Scale with Scale Bar, Inset Map and Ratio Text

There are several ways to help readers understand map scale and distance. For example, cartographers use scale bars, locator maps, stated and ratio scale.

How to Create Flow Maps and Link Movement with Direction Lines

Cartographers use lines to show the movement of phenomenon (people, ideas or money) in flow maps. To show the magnitude, they change the width of flow lines

Cartogram Maps: Data Visualization with Exaggeration

Cartogram maps distorts reality to convey information. It accomplishes this by resizing and exaggerating any variable using a polygons geometry.

What is a Voronoi Diagram?

In a Voronoi Diagram, when you take a point in any given Thiessen polygon, it indicates that it’s closer to that generating point than to any other.

Choropleth Maps – A Guide to Data Classification

Equal intervals, quantile, natural breaks, pretty breaks- data classification methods generate different choropleth maps. We explain the types of maps here.

What Is a Map Legend?

A map legend is used to define features in a map. Point, line and polygon symbols in a legend key is the driving-force to understand what is found in a map.

GIS Career

Cartographer Jobs: Are They Still Relevant in the 21st Century?

We give you a job profile of the modern cartographer. Cartographers specialize in graphic design, color history and often Geographic Information Systems

33 Map Elements to Include in Cartographic Design: A ‘How to’ Guide to Map Making

This guide is like your compass – these 33 mapping tips will guide you in the right direction and show you how to create stunning cartographic maps.