gis blog

Aug
06
⏳ Geospatial Volunteer Opportunities in 2025

⏳ Geospatial Volunteer Opportunities in 2025

If you are looking for ways to give back to the GIS community, develop skills, build relationships and learn about new needs in the location tech world volunteering can be a great way to contribute.
2 min read
May
26
🔰 getting started with api's

🔰 getting started with api's

The first step is to get familiar with json. You no doubt will be working with json a lot. Understanding json structure and the structure of your data will make building your application with an api much smoother.
3 min read
May
10
Why you need a GIS Dashboard 👨‍💻

Why you need a GIS Dashboard 👨‍💻

Geospatial tech has come a long way since static charts and plotters. With the advent of web apps, a countless array of api tools, and web services for navigation and location, the geospatial world (much like the rest of the world) has been trending towards real time data.
3 min read
Apr
08
🗾 Quick React.js Maps with Pigeon Maps

🗾 Quick React.js Maps with Pigeon Maps

Continuing my use of Glitch.com this week with a few more packages to create and design a kiosk app for a fictional hotel in japan. This was done with Glitch.com for testing and quickly working with React.js.
5 min read
Mar
30
👨🏻‍🔬 how to create a React.js Mapbox Project in Glitch

👨🏻‍🔬 how to create a React.js Mapbox Project in Glitch

One of the most challenging aspects I've found when working with React.js is the environment setup. I wanted to create a React.js Mapbox project in Glitch and here's how I did it.
5 min read
Mar
14
Geospatial Gifs & notion ai - Newsletter

Geospatial Gifs & notion ai - Newsletter

If you are creating visualizations online, video's and gifs are a phenomenal way to share change over time. If you want to learn to create these types of visualizations, take a look at this great tutorial.
2 min read
Feb
01
3 Geospatial Uses for ChatGPT (GPT3) 🧩

3 Geospatial Uses for ChatGPT (GPT3) 🧩

ChatGPT is being used in many ways. Right now it can feel like the wild west, but I wanted to give you a few ideas as to how you can use ChatGPT today for some of your everyday geospatial processes.
3 min read
Jan
21
🗽 A tale of three cities - an overview of The Death and Life of Great American Cities Introduction Summary

🗽 A tale of three cities - an overview of The Death and Life of Great American Cities Introduction Summary

As the year has begun, I've been reading through Jane Jacob's book The Death and Life
4 min read
Oct
29
The Essential Geospatial Resource Kit 🛸

The Essential Geospatial Resource Kit 🛸

This is a Notion template combining what I feel are the essential resources for learning and developing your geospatial skills.
1 min read
Oct
10
Do you hate your heatmaps? 🔆 ep. 20

Do you hate your heatmaps? 🔆 ep. 20

Earth Engine Book 🗒 One of the most detailed Google Earth Engine Resources I've seen in years. This is
2 min read