Frequently asked questions
You are not alone
Chances are that if you are having an issue with part of the Texas A&M GeoServices, someone else has already had the same issue.
We maintain regularly updated frequently asked question and knowledge base sections that cover most of the topics that people
usually have issues with. This site http://geoservices-kb.tamu.edu is
regularly monitored by TAMU faculty, staff, and students for new questions or hot topics that lots
of users are having issues with.
Lots of topics for you to get help on
Uploading Databases
Uploading data for batch processing is by far the most trickiest part for most users.
If you are struggling to get your data uploaded or validated, it is quite likely that you can find
and answer to your issue in our knowledge base.
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Service Usage
We get lots and lots of questions about what is and what is not OK to do with our services
as well as questions about price, data storage, and re-selling.
The most frequent answers are "Yes, you can do that without services".
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Technical Questions
If you have questions about how our services work, what data sources we use, what algorithms we've developed, or anything along these lines,
chances are that many people have the exact same question and we have very detailed answers available for your perusal.
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General Geo stuff
Our students, staff, and faculty are experts in all sorts of geographic information systems, programming, very large databases, mobile development, and web-based GIS.
If you have a question about any of these topics or other related topics, we may be able to help.
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