437 Answered Questions for the topic geography
03/27/19
Several questions about using spatial data?
1. If you have spatial data for SQL server, can you use the spatial data (both geometry and geography) in another application for instance ESRI ArcGIS?
2. Is spatial data a standard that every GIS...
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03/27/19
Learning classical geography - recommended literature etc?
I've been working in the field of GIS for a few years now, and there are some disciplines of knowledge where I lack a good degree of education.
My educational background is that I've studied...
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03/27/19
Characterizing territory according to its relief using ArcGIS Desktop?
I want to characterize the territory according to its relief with ArcGis 10. I'm trying to define a wide territory by its relief, but I would like to do it in an automatic or semiautomatic form...
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03/27/19
PostGIS - st_intersects using polygons that cross antimeridan/equator?
New to using PostGIS and have two situations that I'm working with.
In the one case, I have a polygon that crossed the antemeridian and was detecting whether a two separate points located within...
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How to use use_spheroid=false in ST_DWithin?
I have created 2 geography columns and indexed them using `GIST`. I am looking to use `ST_DWithin` for a larger dataset and to make it faster trying to use the `use_spheroid=false`.
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Shapefiles for US city and Zip level?
I already have the information for US states and Counties. I have the information in the JSON files. I want the information for **ALL** US city and Zip Code information.
I can't really navigate...
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03/26/19
SQL 2012 - How can I convert MultiLineString to Geography?
I have a Geometry LineString that I wish to convert to Geography.
Since the Geometry isn't valid , When I use MakeValid on it, SQL convert it to MultiLineString and than the Geography creation is...
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Geography
03/23/19
Square inches to sq miles
I have a graphic image that is 256 pixels X 256 pixels . Each pixel represents 2 inches on the earth's surface (ground) . What I need to know is how many these graphic images I will need to make...
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03/19/19
Where can I get (USA) county neighbour relationship data?
I need a graph where each node is a US county and each edge represents a border shared between counties. I do not particularly care about the absolute position or shape of each county (though that...
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03/19/19
Calculate vertices' coordinates of a rectangle, given midline and broadth of rectangle?
I have latitude and longitude of two points making the midline of a rectangle. Now I want to determine coordinates of 4 vertices of that rectangle. I know how to calculate on plane geometry by...
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03/18/19
Why is the capital of Turkey Ankara rather than Istanbul?
Turkey's predecessor state, the Ottoman Empire, had its capital in Istanbul. Are there any reasons for the capital's move when it became Turkey?
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03/18/19
How is Geographic Information system used for Marketing Research?
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Malaria Mortality Rate GIS Data?
Can anyone direct me to GIS data for malaria mortality rate?
I am looking for countries in South Asia, but not looking for country level numbers but smaller level numbers like district level.
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03/18/19
Trying to convert geometry to geography keep failing in MSSQL 2012?
In MSSQL I have LineString in Geometry type.
When I try to convert it to geography using :
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Needing to find parent zip code of a bunch of missing zip codes in the US?
We're using MapPoint to export zip code / territory combinations. Unfortunately, the export doesn't include PO Box zip codes which mean that we're missing a lot of zip codes
The PO Box zip codes...
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03/14/19
What was an upper and a lower region?
What made a region an upper, or superior region, or a lower, or inferior region?
Examples:
- Upper and Lower Egypt
- Upper and Lower Austria
- Moesia Superior and Inferior
- Upper Volta (now...
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Geography
03/14/19
How to easily remember orientation of latitude and longitude?
Ever since the 3rd grade, I've been troubled by the inability to remember if Latitude runs East/West or runs North/South. I would always stress out **BIG TIME** during my Geography class.
I'm...
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03/14/19
I've been told one state in the US is the easternmost, westernmost and northernmost state. How to visit the points?
According to what I've been told, one state (Alaska) has land which is considered the easternmost, northernmost, and westernnmost in all of the USA. What are the three points that allows it to...
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