Cartography

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How are Spatial Cognition and cartography interrelated? What are their major uses and functions in field of cartography?

Major details about their interrelations, their major uses and functions.

23 September 2020 10,009 4 View

How to get a research journal map style?

I have seen this style of map images repeated in several articles, but was never able to find the software required or a method to reproduce them. Does anyone know how to obtain them?

16 April 2020 3,258 5 View

Zeeman Doppler Imaging - ZDI code/program (Stellar Surface Cartography)?

I'm currently looking for data analysis program to conduct the stellar cartography/doppler imaging. Kindly, anyone provide me the tool to extrapolate for my on-going research?

18 March 2020 4,496 2 View

Does anyone know how to indicate a free reference on free geotechnology? Which conceptually encompasses all free geotechnologies?

04 June 2019 2,838 10 View

Which are the best ways to map accurately dinosaur trackways?

I must do it myself, in paper, I mean, no drones or anything like that. Thanks a lot.

29 January 2019 7,732 12 View

How to develop predictive cartography using Random Forest models?

Hi all, I have built predictive models with the Random Forest algorithm. Now I want to create predictive cartography with these models. I have read about the R package "ModelMap" but I suppose...

28 January 2019 7,491 2 View

Can someboday tell me, whether Cartosat DEM provides Ellipsoidal or Orthometric Height?

I wish to utilize cartosat DEM, publicly available form bhuvan site. However, I have analyzed and seen that the elevation values from cartosat DEM are very similar to ellipsoidal height of...

07 November 2018 4,876 3 View

Is there a simple method to use pslegend (GMT) to create a legend for 2-D plot?

I am new for Generic Mapping Tool (GMT), but I would like to work through a few simple examples of generating legends (ie. multiple points or lines plotted on a single figure using psxy). In the...

27 April 2018 8,422 3 View

Any books on the cartography of the British Empire?

Dear colleagues! Would you kindly name books or maybe articles on the history of the cartography of the British Empire and / or spatial perceptions in it? How the British created maps of their...

07 March 2018 7,856 3 View

How to check discrete data for similarity (How to statistically compare discrete data)?

Suppose you have a set of point data which contains two variables (say var1 and var2), both of which have discrete values (say 1, 2, and 3). You try to map them (see attached files var1.jpeg and...

27 September 2017 7,041 2 View

Land Subdivision using Parcel Fabric

Kindly someone to help,how i can use fabric tool in ArcMap to subdivide a parcel of land into equal portions of equal known area. if i just have the polygon of the bounbary of the area of...

25 July 2017 1,491 1 View

What is the acronym for DIVA-GIS?. A mapping and visualization software

DIVA-GIS is a mapping and visualization software

07 July 2017 2,563 5 View

Dear all, Can you please suggest how to extract street names from google map into shapefiles? Thanks in advance

I have OSM data of the streets but, some of the features have missing names which could be seen on google map. Thank you for your kind attention.

24 June 2017 1,402 3 View

Is there a website where all natural history museum collections can be accessed at once, rather than going to the website of each institution?

I am trying to get morphometric data on Ouachita map turtles from a particular river system and going from website to website is inefficient if there is a one-stop-shopping alternative online.

23 May 2017 8,611 3 View

How to resample a lower resolution rainfall data to higher resolution e.g 5km to 1km?

Am resample all dataset to 1km, and the available 1km rainfall data has missing records of 1990 and 1995

18 May 2017 3,048 3 View

Which projection is better LCC OR ALBERS for morphology study of yamuna river from himalyas to uttar pradesh plains?

Need a common projection for yamuna river shapefiles covering himalayas and plains of uttarakhand,uttar pradesh.

17 May 2017 3,400 1 View

How to interpolate wind direction in GIS using transformation?

Hello. I have a point shapefile representing the location of weather stations; for each point, the wind speed and wind direction (in degrees) is recorded. I need to create a cotninous surface...

27 April 2017 5,908 10 View

Is DEM and DTM is synonymous? What is the difference between these two?

is DEM and DTM is synonymous? What is the difference between these two?

15 April 2017 733 15 View

Does anyone have expertise using Getis-Ord hotspot analysis?

I would like to apply Getis-Ord hotspot analysis on a tiff image of IHC but do not have the know-how in this area. I was hoping to collaborate with someone that has the expertise in this...

15 March 2017 706 2 View

Why does Census Bureau use a wide range of units and divisions for collection of information?

I studied in detail files published by BTS about CTPP files. I found following subdivisions are used: 1-State2-State-County State-County3-State-County-County Subdivision ...

01 March 2017 5,648 3 View

Are there any GIS data or open street maps available for Varanasi, India?

Are there any GIS data or open street maps available for Varanasi, India? Similar to that of Dharavai Mumbai.

28 January 2017 5,400 4 View

Problems for mapping slope from a DEM in ArcGIS and QGIS?

The problem happens after having the DEM, then I do the process of determining the slope and I get a new map in which the data do not correspond, it does not calculate it, then in percentage,...

19 January 2017 3,571 4 View

How to cluster companies into several groups based on their distances/closeness to each other?

I have the information of 150 companies in terms of their location (latitude and longitude) throughout the UK. I would like to identify the location for the waste collection centre for all of...

17 January 2017 6,986 10 View

Seeking access to Important Bird Area (IBAs) shapefiles-- anyone have files to share?

I'm looking for shapefiles for all IBAs in Turkey, Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan. I have contacted BirdLife with no response. Anyone have files to share or know of where I can get them? Thanks-

15 December 2016 3,250 4 View

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