Vermont Center for Geographic Information

Welcome to the Vermont Center for Geographic Information on Medium - a blog about mapping, data, and all things geospatial in the Green Mountain State.

Welcome to VCGI on Medium - a blog about mapping, data, and all things geospatial in the Green Mountain State.

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Past and Future of Vermont’s Imagery Program

A short history of the Vermont orthoimagery program and some questions for its future.

Steve Sharp

Aug 13, 2019

Mount Mansfield: Mapping the Alpine Tundra

Using Object-Based Image Analysis to Extract Alpine Tundra Features on Vermont’s Highest Mountain.

Cale Kochenour

Aug 6, 2019

A Treatise on Maps (1956)

What’s in a (mapped) name? We dug up an old essay from Vermont Life to find out.

John E. Adams

Jun 17, 2019

Cale Kochenour

May 21, 2019

Georeferencing Vermont’s Historic Aerial Imagery in QGIS: How-to and Lessons Learned

Mapping Vermont’s Water-Use

There are many human demands for water in Vermont from industrial…

Kendall Fortney

Aug 1, 2018

3D Printing with LiDAR Data

My fascination with maps, especially relief maps, goes back to childhood. Both of my parents were teachers…

Dealing with Time in Geospatial Data

It is easy to forget how important time in when it comes to understanding the world. Change…

Vermont Center for Geographic Information

Feb 23, 2018

We’re Hiring a GIS Professional

The Vermont Center for Geographic Information is seeking a creative individual with strong communication…

Stephen R. Smith

Feb 2, 2018

Let’s Improve That Map

My personal best practices for better map design

John E. Adams

Jan 3, 2018

What happened in 2017 and what to look forward to in 2018 at VCGI

Vermont Election Results at the Precinct Level…Can We Map Them? (Yes, We Can…Now!)

Jenny Bower

Dec 21, 2017

The view from above: old photos help us see Vermont through new eyes

Past and Future of Vermont’s Imagery Program

Mount Mansfield: Mapping the Alpine Tundra

A Treatise on Maps (1956)

Georeferencing Vermont’s Historic Aerial Imagery in QGIS: How-to and Lessons Learned

Mapping Vermont’s Water-Use

There are many human demands for water in Vermont from industrial…

3D Printing with LiDAR Data

Dealing with Time in Geospatial Data

We’re Hiring a GIS Professional

Let’s Improve That Map

My personal best practices for better map design

What happened in 2017 and what to look forward to in 2018 at VCGI

Vermont Election Results at the Precinct Level…Can We Map Them? (Yes, We Can…Now!)

The view from above: old photos help us see Vermont through new eyes

Hackathons: Bringing Different Industries Together Around Open Data