Attributes of a Skilled GIS Team

By John Steed
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Federal agencies rely on geospatial data to understand the where and the what for their projects around the world. Geospatial data helps agencies decide where to set up security perimeters…

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Data Visualization for Federal Agencies: Data Specialists Bring Your Information to Life

By John Steed
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The novel War and Peace has 587,287 words. If you randomly strung those words together, you wouldn’t end up with one of the best novels of all time. You’d end…

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Why is Data Visualization Important? To Better Understand Data

By John Steed
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Why is data visualization important? It helps you tell a story with your data so you can use it for better decision-making.

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Using Knowledge Management to Present Your Data With Impact

By John Steed
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Data is often unorganized and overwhelming. It could be difficult to recognize significant connections and trends and even harder to grasp a clear picture of what your data is trying to tell you.

This is why data visualization often becomes a key part of your knowledge management program.

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Distilling Your Data to What’s Important

By Andrea Castle
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In our previous post, we looked at how knowledge management can solve your information overload. More isn’t always better. Deep down, you know it’s true. But it’s easy to forget, especially when it comes to collecting data.

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Choosing the Right Image Format for the Web

By Joe Fitzgerald
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Whether you’re a seasoned web content manager or a newbie blogger, you’ll likely find yourself asking this question: what is the best image file format to use for my web…

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When In Doubt, Make A Graphic

By Geoff Openshaw
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Managing information often results in cumbersome data sets that are not friendly to readers or the poor saps curating them. Whether working through thousands of pages of coded results from…

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