Part 1 covers installing QGIS and then goes through some definitions and theory of geospatial basics. I also discuss finding geospatial data, some of the licenses and Terms of Use attached to data found online, and a few common file formats that are used.

Introduction Hello! It is November, which means that it is the 30 Day Map Challenge 2022! GIS professionals, hobbyists, and general users of any skill are participating by creating maps with whatever software and data they have available. I will be trying to complete as many days as I can this month, and will be using QGIS for most of the maps I make. I will be using data from a variety of sources:...

Introduction This week my boss asked me to gather and produce some LIDAR layers for the island that his family has a cabin on, and I thought it would be a great opportunity to show the workflow for processing compressed LAS point cloud data. You can download all of the files used in this tutorial by cloning this repository. Included in the repo are the JSON pipelines, the LAS tiles I used, and some scripts to run some of the steps I cover below....

Hi there! Thanks for visiting my website. Those that have been here before may have noticed a bit of a change: I restructured the site to be more like a blog, allowing me to post content about the things I work on and am interested in, and be able to share things with whoever wants to hear it. I decided to make this blog because I wanted a place to discuss the things I am interested in, and I wanted to share my knowledge with others....