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How to get started with mapping the flow of natural gas using GIS?
I'd like to get involved with GIS, im a marine engineer and clueless about it and although i've tried to research it, I'm overwhelmed by the amount of programs available & information.
I wanted to ...
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GIS and Public Health
I am starting to research on the topic related to use of GIS in Public Health. I have started with Wikipedia articel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIS_and_public_health
I would like to apart from ...
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How do you explain what a .lyr file is?
My organization uses .lyr files consistently as a means for our users to view the data and build their mxds. It works great for our purposes, but we have run into an issue where we don't think the ...
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Are there any terms for using the QGIS in a company?
We are plannig to use the QGIS in our company to reduce software coasts.DO we have to take permission or make a payment?
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What are the most common functions a GIS web app should have?
I'm a programmer making his first steps in the GIS world. In order to get to know this world I wrote some map based apps using WMS / OSM , OpenLayers and MS-SQL (non spatial).
Now I want to put it all ...
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Is it better to define object properties or layer properties?
I have a question, but it is difficult to phrase. I am picking up GIS methods as I go, and I have run into this problem frequently. Please excuse me if I am in the wrong place.
When organizing ...
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What are the “must read” academic articles every GIS professional should read?
There was a related question a while back that dealt with the top GIS blogs, but I'm also very interested in "academic" sources of GIS information. I'm currently updating my repository of information ...
