Geographic information systems

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What makes a colour scheme readable for colour-blind map readers? How do cartographers decide what to leave off a map as the scale shrinks? How do you document a geographic dataset so that a stranger can reproduce your map? Why do many national cadastral systems still run on software from the 1990s? How can mixing up a spatial reference system shift your data hundreds of metres? How do you draw a realistic service area around a fire station? How do you write a legend that readers understand without being taught? Reference map vs thematic map: how does the design brief change? Are commercial parcel datasets worth the licence fee compared with open alternatives? GIS in the classroom: getting students past the software and into the question Which geography subfields have the strongest job market outside academia? How do you tell whether a crowdsourced dataset such as OpenStreetMap is accurate enough for research? QGIS vs ArcGIS Pro: which should a student learn first? How do you weight criteria in multi-criteria site selection without making the result arbitrary? What counts as geographic technology beyond GIS and GPS?

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