GeoTalks Express

As we kick off the 2022 GeoTalks Express series, we turn our attention to the classroom. Over the last decade, GIS has made significant inroads into an ever-widening range of academic disciplines resulting in an increased need for tools that are accessible to non-GIS specialists. As this hour-long overview of the key areas of the software will aptly illustrate, Global Mapper is ideally suited for this task. Incorporating an extensive collection of geospatial processing, analysis, and visualization tools, this all-in-one GIS application has become the go-to GIS software for countless teachers and faculty members throughout the world. To help facilitate the deployment of Global Mapper into the classroom, this presentation will also introduce the free and inexpensive software licensing options as well as the complementary Global Mapper academic labs and teaching resources.

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At the time of writing, Blue Marble’s development team is busy writing lines of code that will eventually morph into new and updated functionality in Global Mapper. Coinciding with the version 23.1 release, this hour-long GeoTalks Express session will introduce the latest additions to both Global Mapper and Global Mapper Pro, with new and improved functionality throughout all aspects of the software. Not only will you have a chance to see the new tools in action, but you will have an opportunity to ask questions and learn about what’s in store in future releases.

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A wise person once suggested that we should measure twice and cut once. This metaphoric maxim can be applied in many situations but is particularly fitting when embarking on a major engineering or infrastructure upgrade project. As many transportation and public utility agencies begin the daunting task of revitalizing or replacing the rapidly decaying and crumbling infrastructure upon which we depend, we take moment to consider the importance of mapping and spatial data analysis in this rejuvenation process. Exploring various components of Global Mapper Pro, Global Mapper Mobile, and Geographic Calculator, this hour-long presentation will illustrate that the most important work in any project is done long before the shovels are sunk into the dirt.

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The most popular GeoTalks Express sessions over the last couple of years have been those in which we have shared some Global Mapper tips and tricks or revealed some of the software’s hidden gems. For April’s GeoTalks Express session, we turn our focus to some of the less well-known lidar or point cloud processing tools. In this hour-long session, we will show how to apply a custom shader to a point cloud, how to determine the average point elevation within a defined area, how to apply elevations from a point cloud to vector polygons, how to filter lidar using a reusable query, how to edit points in a cross-sectional view, how to transform a point cloud into a mesh or 3D model, and much more.

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