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A Geographic Information System (GIS) captures, stores, analyzes, manages, and presents data that are linked to location(s). The GIS Stack Exchange should be considered for questions with this tag.

Geographical boundaries of states/provinces -> Google Maps Polygon

I'm building a web application that is going to dynamically highlight certain U.S. states and Canadian provinces on a …

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GIS: PostGIS/PostgreSQL vs. MySql vs. SQL Server?

EDIT: I have been using Postgres with PostGIS for a few months now, and I am satisfied. I need to …

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Determine timezone from latitude/longitude without using web services like Geonames.org

is there any possibility to determine the timezone of point (lat/lon) without using webservices? Geonames.org is not stable …

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How to convert from UTM to LatLng in python or Javascript

I have a bunch of files with coordinates in UTM form. For each coordinate I have easting, northing and zone. …

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Join multiple line segments into one line - GIS

I have a map that I have digitised and converted to a vector layer (the rivers only). The problem is …

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Calculate distance between Zip Codes... AND users.

This is more of a challenge question than something I urgently need, so don't spend all day on it guys. …

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Where can I get postal codes for all countries?

I once read about an open source database for postal codes with geolocation data but now I can't remember its …

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How do you know what SRID to use for a shp file?

I am trying to put a SHP file into my PostGIS database, the the data is just a little off. …

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How do I find the lat/long that is x km north of a given lat/long?

I have some C# code that generates google maps. This codes looks at all the Points I need to plot …

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Difference between GeoJSON and TopoJSON

What is the difference between GeoJSON and TopoJSON and when would I use one over the other? The description of …

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