3D GIS is game changing, it can change the way you view your analysis, it can provide insights which you may have overlooked….but there is a little problem which I may had not shared in my deluge of blogs about how great 3D GIS is….. …Sometimes it can be hard work. What I mean by […]
Tag: GIS Tips
How to Grayscale ArcGIS Pro Vector Symbology
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 that it has it’s ‘unique-ness’ about it, after using it for a few years you start to ask “why don’t they do this….” or “How […]
GIS Tips: Make QGIS DEMs more “3D”
Applying a hillshade effect to QGIS DEMs Relief shading gives a DEM a more “3D” look. In the popular ESRI ArcGIS, there is a function to apply “z” amplification to the hillshade effect, this is quite easy to replicate in QIGS. To use relief shading in QGIS, follow the steps outlined below: Ensure that you […]
GIS Tips – Repair broken links using python
I’m not going to lie, I don’t like python, probably because I’m turning into my dad and slowly find myself finding things a little harder to learn….I think being able to cope with C++, C#, VBA, HTML, CSS, Ferranti Fbasica, Cobal & (My favourite) Sinclair Basic, should be enough for anyone, python just tips me […]
GIS Tips – GIS and the Law
I love my job, whether creating works of art or building a new tool for automating some mundane task, it keeps me busy and stops me from causing trouble. One thing I don’t enjoy though, is the legal side of GIS. Every data has a source, which someone, somewhere has created and owns rights to […]
GIS Tips – Speed up ArcCatalog Start Up
Disconnect your folders!! Why? When you open ArcCatalog, a set of entries are inserted into the Catalog tree and a complete scan of your connected folders occurs to identify files of the type you’ve instructed ArcCatalog to show. Of course, many of us may not be aware that we instructed ArcCatalog to do such a […]
GIS Tips – Create and Share layer packets (.lpk) in ArcGIS Explorer
I’ve currently been inundated with projects that need the ability to share GIS data in their projects and most of them don’t really understand why they pay £10,000 for a survey and then £75k – £100k for a server solution to share it, let alone understand what GIS really is and WHY they need it […]
