3D Symbols in your 3D Visualisations
This post covers how to insert 3D symbols into an ArcGlobe scene. So you’re doing some analysis of the best place to put a windfarm and would like to really wow your client (or lecturer…) with some 3D visulisations. We’ve probably all seen the kinds of point symbols that we might put on a 2D […]
ArcMap Menus – The Last of the Unsung Heroes
In this post we’ll delve into the ArcMap Menus to see what they have to offer. For a few posts we’ve been looking at some of the basics of ArcMap, particularly the Menus and Toolbars: In previous posts we’ve looked at the Standard and Tools toolbars. For this view into the unsung heroes of ArcMap […]
The Standard Toolbar – Another Unsung Hero of ArcMap
This post covers the tools available on the Standard toolbar in the ArcMap window. In a previous post we looked at the Tools toolbar. This time around we’ll look at the Standard toolbar and what can be done with it. Once again we’ll start with the upper left hand corner of your ArcMap window: The […]
The Tools Toolbar – An Unsung Hero of ArcMap
This post covers some of the basics of the Tools toolbar on the ArcMap window, an unsung heros of using the application. The GIS Blog has focused on a lot of technical uses of GIS, but sometimes just making your way around in ArcMap can be a challenge. So in this post we’ll look at […]
Sticking to the (Python) Script
In this post, we’ll go over how you can use a Python script to get ArcGIS to do something it doesn’t currently do. This post comes courtesy of the suffering of a postgrad (like most things in the academic world.) As part of a class project, the postgrad in question, Daniel, wanted to do […]
Anatomy of a Web Map
In this post, we’ll have a closer look behind how web maps combine map services with web pages. In an earlier post we looked at some of the web maps working off of our GIS server. In this post, we’ll have a closer look at just how web maps work. We’ll use the staff/student addresses […]
Our (Web) Maps
The Lincoln GIS Server allows us to make GIS data and maps available to anyone with a web browser. In this post, several of the web maps we’ve developed are presented. In a previous post we covered the idea of web services, which allow data layers to be served up to web browsers without needing […]
A Map of a Disaster
This is a post about the use of maps to tell a story. One of the most famous maps ever produced recounts Napoleon Bonaparte’s invasion of Russia in 1812. So I’ve been reading a novel recently that revolves around Napoleon’s invasion of Russia, which by all accounts, was the final nail in the coffin of […]
Spatial Thinking – the Legal Case
This is a post about Spatial Thinking in the context of the application of justice in New Zealand. Only a few pretty pictures to go with this one I’m afraid. Growing up in relatively small-town America, I always knew to be a bit careful when driving through the wop wops – one could never be […]
On-Line Training Courses for ArcGIS
This post covers the on-line tutorials available to LU users. The GIS team is often asked how people can learn how to do more stuff. One of the perks of our ArcGIS site licence is that we can free access to a range of on-line tutorials from ESRI, the creators of ArcGIS. These range from […]
