Goodbye ArcMap
my largest reservoir of sadness is held for those technicians and analysts and developers that, at each iteration, choose to opt out
Continue reading »Yukon NTS Index
A commonly used dataset that’s not readily for available for download in ways I find useful is the Canadian National Topographic Series index for the […]
Continue reading »A map is worth ____ of words
Sooner than later, every GIS user in the territory will need to convert spatial data into our standard Yukon Albers projection and be presented with a dialog that has no less than 17 choices and wonder “What is the right choice??”.
Continue reading »Always ask for the source files, not just the final product
I’ve been asked to make a map of the final admin plan for Dàadzàii Vàn (Summit-Bell) Territorial Park for Cabinet submission. So an important map […]
Continue reading »A comet flies on by, and out
A response to Leaving the GIS industry: bye for now Alexey Tereshenkov has done more in 10 years than I have in 27, and what […]
Continue reading »Fix labels on top of linework
Fix some labels-on-linework problems using Maplex Labelling toolbar >> Weight Ranking. I’ve been using Maplex label engine for years, but didn’t really pay attention to […]
Continue reading »QGIS and Mapservices.gov.yk.ca #2
I’ve had this sitting in draft for over a year, waiting for me to come back to it and add missing details. That’s not going […]
Continue reading »QGIS and Mapservices.gov.yk.ca #1
I’ve had this sitting in draft for over a year, waiting for me to come back to it and add missing details. That’s not going […]
Continue reading »Spatial Data Summit – Oct 2, 2018
[Geomatics Yukon] would like to invite you to the 3rd Canadian Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) Summit. Co-hosted by the Canadian Council on Geomatics and the […]
Continue reading »Arcmap: no more jaggies
For smooth background images in ArcMap turn on Bilinear or Cubic Convolution. To make this the default, see “Arcmap >> Customize >> Arcmap options >> […]
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