10 Best Articles on GIS
The most useful articles on GIS from around the web—beginners to advanced—curated by thought leaders and our community. We focus on timeless pieces and update the list whenever we discover new, must-read articles or videos—make sure to bookmark and revisit this page.
Top 5 GIS Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved on GIS by Refind users in 2023 so far.
Videos
Watch a video to get a quick overview.
Jack Dangermond: An ever-evolving map of everything on Earth
What if we had a map of ... everything? Jack Dangermond, a visionary behind the geographic information system (GIS) technology used to map and analyze all kinds of complex data, walks us through the…
How to ...?
How to Implement GIS Techniques with JavaScript and HTML
In this article, I’ll examine how to implement GIS techniques with JavaScript and HTML, focusing on lightweight tools for specific tasks.
Short Articles
Short on time? Check out these useful short articles on GIS—all under 10 minutes.
Hexagon releases machine-learning GIS tool for smart cities
Hexagon’s Geospatial division has launched M.App Enterprise 2021, a significant update to its platform for creating geospatial and location intelligence applications.
Urban Logistics Network Simulation in Python
Building Anylogic’s GIS-Feature w/ SimPy, OSMnx and Leaflet.js
Movement data in GIS
The “Movement data in GIS” series discusses all things related to working with movement data aka. trajectories in GIS, covering concepts, libraries, desktop GIS, databases, and big data…
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles on GIS.
Creating Beautiful River Maps with Python
Forget GIS and analyse your Polygons, LineStrings and Points with Python
Interactive Data Visualization of Geospatial Data using D3.js, DC.js, Leaflet.js and Python // Adil Moujahid // Data…
Adil Moujahid, Data Analytics and more
Walkthrough: Mapping GIS Data in Python
Improve your understanding of working with geospatial information as a GeoPandas DataFrame within Google Colab.
Publications
We monitor hundreds of publications, blogs, newsletters, and news sources in GIS, including:
Anita Graser 🇪🇺🇺🇦
@underdarkGIS@fosstodon.org #SpatialDataScience | #MovementDataAnalysis | @QGIS PSC | Creator of @MovingPandasOrg | Scientist @AITtomorrow2day. She/her
Towards Data Science
A Medium publication sharing concepts, ideas, and codes. Share your insights and projects with like-minded readers: http://bit.ly/write-for-tds.
HackerNoon | Learn Any Technology
how hackers start their afternoons. where 25k+ tech pros publish stories & expertise for 4M+ monthly readers. have a dope story? 👉http://publish.hackernoon.com
TED Talks
TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas. 🔴 Get TED ideas delivered straight to your inbox — sign up for a TED newsletter today: http://t.ted.com/mnZ3Z9A
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