#GISChat… Twas the night before GIS Day 13 Nov 2018 Todd Barr wrote an excellent GIS Day tale but I felt it was a slight bit unkind, so came up with my own version, I hope you enjoy:…
3D GIS… When normals aren’t normal 20 Jun 20183 Dec 2019 Hey, it's been a while since my last post and I'll take a second to tell you why....I got a new job as CTO of a little company called The…
3D GIS… Using Stereo Imagery (Digital Aerial) in ArcGIS Pro 11 May 2018 With the new version of Esri’s ArcGIS Pro software there is the capability to use stereo imagery, something of great use to those looking to digitize and use 3D vector…
ESRI… Calculating geometry outside ArcGIS Pro 22 Jan 2018 Posted in xyHt Jan 18th 2018: http://www.xyht.com/spatial-itgis/calculating-geometry-outside-arcgis-pro/ Let's be clear, this isn't a stab at the new all singing and dancing Esri software, this post is to help those who are…
3D GIS… Intergeo 2017 9 Oct 201723 Oct 2017 As you may already know, a week or so ago I went to the Intergeo event with the amazing guys over at xyHt magazine, after all, I am their European…
ESRI… Explain Georeferencing To Me as If I Were a Five-Year-Old 31 Mar 2017 Blog post copied from Adrian Welsh on GeoNet 30/11/2016 - Too good not to share!! Explain Georeferencing To Me as If I Were a Five-Year-Old I really liked how…
3D GIS… Using 3D Web Mapping to Model Offshore Archaeology 27 Jul 2016 Ever since I started working in the renewables industry on offshore wind farms over 8yrs ago and had to analyse shipwrecks, I thought about how much more interactive and informative…
Cartography… How to Grayscale ArcGIS Pro Vector Symbology 20 Jun 2016 Most of the time, ESRI software is great, it does [mostly] what you ask it and as long as you aren't doing anything too crazy it behaves. We all know…
ESRI… GIS Tips – Quickly Scroll Through ArcMap Icons 29 Mar 2016 It's been a while since I posted a "GIS Tip" but this is a goody, especially if you spend HOURS scrolling through the ArcMap icons looking for that symbol which…
ESRI… QGIS 2.14 v ArcGIS 10.4 22 Mar 2016 Posted in xyht magazine 21st March 2016 This post almost didn't happen, for over 7yrs I've been comparing GIS software in the hope that someone would be reading and take…
3D GIS… New Job, New Goals, same Dragons8mycat 17 Jan 2016 In case you aren't on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, YouTube, Instagram or Geonet (don't laugh I hear there are users) I decided that I needed a new challenge and to…
3D GIS… 3D GIS is a thing and let's embrace it 3 Dec 2015 “The world we live in is a three dimensional world, so why do we map it and analyse it in just two dimensions?” - Dragons8mycat 2013 In the last…
Cartography… Lacking geoinspiration? Might be worth looking here…. 6 Oct 2015 Every now and then we all lack a little inspiration, whether it is a new client looking for that special something or a personal goal to get your work noticed,…
ESRI… The thing that is damaging the GIS industry the most….. 7 Aug 2014 A while back (names will be changed to protect the not so innocent) I was at a conference and bumped into an ESRI employee & introduced myself as Dragons8mycat, they…
ESRI… How do smartphones know where North is?….. 3 Jun 20143 Jun 2014 Conversation on Twitter, where someone pulls a statement on you and you KNOW it's true but at the same time your brain is wondering why, you hadn't thought about it…
