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Questions tagged [geoprocessing]

Geoprocessing is a GIS operation used to manipulate GIS data. If you are performing geoprocessing using ArcGIS then the tag Geoprocessing-framework is specific to that software and should be used instead.

"... A typical geoprocessing operation takes an input dataset, performs an operation on that dataset, and returns the result of the operation as an output dataset. Common geoprocessing operations include geographic feature overlay, feature selection and analysis, topology processing, raster processing, and data conversion." --Wikipedia

If you are performing geoprocessing using ArcGIS then the tag is specific to that software and should be used instead.

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Ways of expressing geographic questions in machine readable form

A core concept of GIS is answering questions about datasets. From the point of view of a database; SQL with spatial extensions is a way of asking such questions. What other ways can questions be expressed in a machine readable text based form? What…
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Examples which use map reduce to process GIS data?

Have anyone have a few examples how to use mapreduce effective with GIS data?
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Does Google Earth Builder support server-side geoprocessing?

Is there a feature in Google Earth Builder that supports server-side geoprocessing? For example, say I upload two large geo datasets to Google's cloud: one with lots of points and another with lots of polylines. Is there some way I can write a…
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Is there any open-source building squaring tool?

I have a set of detached building polygons and I can merge them together in order to form a single building polygon. However, when merged output polygon may not preserve the orthogonality of building sides depending on the orientation of the…
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How can you map counties to congressional districts?

Given county A, I need to know what congressional districts are within it.
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How to find names of Unincorporated parts of a county in Navteq data?

I am currently using Navteq Data and am unable to find how to label unincorporated places within the LA County. Most of these spots are small and spread throughout the entire county however they do have well known names, most times these are same as…
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What is a good formula for calculating if a LatLong is within a radius (in miles) of a second LatLong?

If I have two LatLongs, what is the best way to determine if the first one is within a 10 mile radius of the second?
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Buffer aggregation method in OpenCarto library

What is the use case of this function? Can it be used to aggregate building polygons as well?
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Given a geocode or geo location in US, how to find exits that are within some distance from the geo location for US?

We have a need to find the geocodes of US highway exits that are within some distance from a given geocode. I do not know how to do this? Can one please direct to the right source or provide a solution to me?
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