Using ModelBuilder to automate a repetitive task No question – GIS can certainly be frustrating. And it doesn’t get any less frustrating as you get better; the problems just morph into more complex things. Lately, I’ve been wrestling with a particularly vexing problem that on the surface should have been easy but in practice made […]
We quickly cover how best to incorporate map layouts into written reports In this special edition, I’ll cover how you can better incorporate your maps into things like reports or theses, or wherever they need to end up. We often focus on stand along maps where everything that is needed. Maybe they end up as […]
Using Bivariate Symbology on a map of housing prices We’ve been looking at different mapping strategies lately and this time we’ll look at an uncommon one, uncommon enough that people are likely to be curious about how it works. I will admit that I, too, have been curious, having never really used it before. The […]
As most everyone will be aware, the Burns Building is slowly being demolished. I doubt that many will mourn its passing, but I’m no architectural critic. What I can be critical about is views. In my new digs in far reaching Forbistan (Ed. you mean the Forbes Building, right?), I was checking out the view […]