The Geospatial Files and Tools directory provides GIS users with access to a wide range of software utilities, scripts, viewers, and add-ins designed to support spatial analysis and mapping workflows.

The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that digital mapping files known as geographic information systems must be released under the state’s public records law. The decision could make it easier ...

If you've ever zoomed around the globe with Google Earth, you know how much fun it can be to work with geospatial data. When I need a diversion, I often fire up Google Earth and float above the ...

A Shapefile is a GIS file in which vectors like points, lines, and polygons are used to represent geo locations like rivers, lakes, country boundaries, well, and more. Each of its elements or items ...

This user guide is designed for both general users and experienced researchers and coders. No coding skills are necessary to work with this dataset, but a basic working knowledge of tabular data files ...