Open Source GIS Blog

Step #1: Open New Print Composer QGIS print composer can be a bit daunting and confusing. It is equivalent to the Layout View in ArcGI...

This is a QGIS vs. ArcGIS throwdown.  It has been a while since I did the last one on kernel density  and Thiessen polygons .  Recently, I...

QGIS 2.8 Wien was released, so it is a good time to review QGIS's basic spatial analysis capabilities for vector data--starting with poi...

ESRI recently announced its open data website ( http://opendata.arcgis.com/) , which was in beta in mid-2014, so I decided it was a good ti...

I took a second look at the Luxor Hotel but this time with LAStools in QGIS .  If you missed the first post, check it out here: http://op...

What can you look forward to from the Open Source GIS Blog--in the year ahead?  Well I hope to get the New Year off to a good start by finis...

Many spatial analyses begin with using kernel density in GIS.  In ArcGIS, kernel density is part of the Spatial Analyst Extension.  However,...

This is the first of a few showdowns, or throwdowns if you prefer, comparing open source GIS' spatial analysis tools to ArcGIS.  This we...