Bird's Eye View GIS

Discover QGIS 3.x - A Workbook for Classroom or Independent Study is now available digitally & in paperback! https://locatepress.com/dq3 15 of the 32 exercises are brand new. Features a new Data Visualization section & Appendices covering: Keyboard shortcuts | Plugins | Getting involved

Given that it's I thought I'd put together a post about my favorite features so far. I've been using the nightlies for months and this is what I've found...and I know there's a ton more beyond this! QGIS

My Favorite Features of QGIS 3.0...To Date I've spent the last couple months test driving the nightly releases of QGIS 2.99. I have used it in a production environment for paying clients and it works really well. I've crunched data and made maps. So for I thought I'd quickly run through some of my favorite new features. Note: This

My "Harper's Index" for 2017

My Harper's Index for 2017 Overview Number of clients served: 22 Percentage of clients which were new: 41% Approximate number of maps made: 256 Minimum number of weeks it took me to complete my GeoHipster interview: 10 Percentage of GeoHipster calendar submissions accepted: 50% Percentage of blogs authored vs the number I hop

A blog post about two recent trips to the Shorecrest neighborhood in Miami to map and document king tide flooding.

Mapping King Tides in Post-Irma Miami In the last three weeks I've flown to Miami twice, each time for the Community Health Maps (CHM) project. This is a project I've been working on for years. The goal is to empower underserved populations with low cost, intuitive mapping tools. The work is funded by the National Library of Med

Had a great turn out for a Community Health Maps workshop at UConn. Everyone learned how to use Fulcrum, Carto & QGIS.

https://www.birdseyeviewgis.com/blog/2017/5/1/at-least-10-reasons-you-should-be-using-qgis

At Least 10 Reasons You Should Be Using QGIS Last Friday I gave a talk at the spring New Mexico Geographic Information Council (NMGIC) meeting. There were ~100 people in attendance. I asked at the outset for people to raise their hands if ArcGIS was their primary GIS software. About 95 people raised their hands! I then asked who used QGI

I'm excited to announce my latest QGIS book. Called Discover QGIS, it is the workbook for the award winning GeoAcademy curriculum. It is essentially 5 college courses full of labs! It comes with all the data, challenge exercises and solution files. Great for learning GIS, QGIS or for use in the classroom.

The GeoAcademy is the first ever GIS curriculum based on a national standard—the U.S. Department of Labor’s Geospatial Competency Model—a hierarchical model of the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to work as a GIS professional in today’s marketplace.

Originally written for QGIS v2.4, the GeoAcademy material in this workbook has been updated for use with QGIS v2.14, Inkscape v0.91, and GRASS GIS v7.0.3. This is the most up-to-date version of the GeoAcademy curriculum. To aid in learning, all exercise data includes solution files.

https://www.amazon.com/Discover-Qgis-Kurt-Menke/dp/0989421767/ref=zg_bsnr_10806632011_1

Discover QGIS coming soon !
https://locatepress.com/dqw

Locate Press Get your hands on the award winning GeoAcademy exercises in a convenient workbook format. The GeoAcademy is the first ever GIS curriculum based on a national standard—the U.S. Department of Labor’s Geospatial Competency Model—a hierarchical model of the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to wor…

It's official...Mastering QGIS is now available from both Packt Publishing and Amazon (although Amazon doesn't have the cover image up yet). So exciting!
https://www.packtpub.com/application-develop…/mastering-qgis