GIS and geography

I studied geography in university. In my everyday, I'm a GIS (Geographic Information Systems) analyst. I work with spatial data, analytics, and cartography. I get to play with statistics and be a little creative with design too!

"A geographic information system (GIS) is a computer system for capturing, storing, checking, and displaying data related to positions on Earth’s surface." _{National Geographic}

This page is home to interesting software, theory, and other tidbits I want to save or share.

Articles and Links

An Historical Materialist Manifesto (David Harvey, 1984) - an interesting article I read in grad school about capitalism and the field of geography.
Adventures in Mapping - helpful (ArcGIS) cartography blog posts by Esri employee John Nelson.
Kenneth Field's "Maps in the Wild" project. Super fun!
... and also Kenneth Field's actual map projects and info. I just think the California snow map is extremely neat.
California as an Island in Maps- a free-to-browse collection of maps that erroneously depict the U.S. state of California as an island.
The End of Public Space? People's Park, Definitions of the Public, and Democracy- An example of "public space" being privatized. What type of public is actually allowed in public space? There are more recent articles about public space in this location, but I haven't read them yet; this college read will do for now!

Free Resources

I love free and open-source alternatives to company monopolies, but most of my GIS experience is in Esri products. Here are some resources I've seen around and dabbled in.

Open Source GIS Roadmap
QGIS - free GIS software
GeoDa - free GIS software
Grass GIS - free GIS software
Tethys Platform - free platform to develop geospatial web apps