2023

According to Leesburg Tree Commission Chair Earl Hower, the lanternfly slowly spread throughout the mid-Atlantic states since it was first discovered in Pennsylvania in 2014. In the last two years, it has been found more commonly in D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia. There’s a new invasive species locator map to see where the lanternflies are ...

Scientists have documented the widespread exposure of more than 600 animal species to toxic “forever chemicals,” in a new interactive map released on Tuesday. As contaminated wildlife crop up in every corner of the planet, humans may be playing a sentinel role in transmitting the adverse effects of these compounds — known as per- and ...

Já está disponível a plataforma Geoespacial, um novo instrumento que permite conhecer em tempo real a cobertura de redes de comunicações – de todos os operadores – no território nacional. Até agora a aplicação tem.REDE? fornecia informação apenas sobre a cobertura móvel. Já a nova plataforma agrega informação mais completa e com maior grau de ...

Tarım ve Orman Bakanı İbrahim Yumaklı, Türkiye Arıcılık Haritası’nın güncellendiğini belirterek, “Böylece arıcılarımız, illerin flora çeşitliliği ile bitkilerin çiçeklenme dönemlerine, bal ormanı alanları ile kovan kapasitelerine ulaşma imkanı bularak arılarını hangi bölgeye, hangi dönemde, hangi çiçek için götüreceklerini belirleyebilecekler” dedi. Bakanlığa bağlı Hayvancılık Genel Müdürlüğü tarafından arıcılığın geliştirilmesi ve bal üretiminin artırılması amacıyla projelendirilen ve ...

Bats use the same neurons for social navigation as they do for spatial navigation. The study involved wireless neural recording and imaging of groups of Egyptian fruit bats flying in a large room. The bat’s “place” neurons in the hippocampus fired not only to indicate the animal’s location but also the identity of other bats ...

Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas and is the second-largest contributor to climate warming after carbon dioxide. A tonne of methane, despite its shorter lifespan of about 10 years in the atmosphere, can retain an astounding 30 times more heat than a tonne of carbon dioxide over the course of a century. This means that ...

Balko Tech, a Canadian innovator in the geospatial industry, has announced the launch of Connectiv, the next evolution of its modular drone Lidar system. This release also includes the introduction of the e-Connect application. Following the success of the e-ONE system in 2021, Connectiv represents a significant leap forward in technology, designed to offer geospatial ...

Merseyside Police is using technology to answer the “where and why” of serious violence across the region, to support crime prevention and to enhance public safety. Risk Terrain Modeling (RTM), powered by Simsi, focuses on places, not people, to prevent crime. Simsi is a startup out of Rutgers University in New Jersey. Analysts from Merseyside ...

전문가부터 일반인까지 활용 가능한 국토위성 산출물을 9월 22일부터 국토정보플랫폼(map.ngii.go.kr)을 통해 누구나 사용할 수 있다. ’21년 10월부터 국토위성이 촬영한 영상은 위치정확도, 해상도 등이 보정된 위성정사영상으로 가공되어 국내 최초로 공공서비스를 하고 있음에도 불구하고, 여전히 위성영상 활용에 전문성과 많은 데이터 전처리가 요구되어, 누구나 편리하게 데이터에 접근하고 분석에 즉시 활용할 수 있는 기반을 마련해야 한다는 필요성이 제기되어 왔다. 새롭게 ...

The Guelph Lab, a collaboration of The College of Social and Applied Human Sciences, University of Guelph and the City of Guelph, is working with the university’s Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics to identify areas in the city without public washroom access so that facilities can be considered for the future. Guelph Lab facilitator ...

Vegetation is a crucial part of terrestrial ecosystems and an important indicator of climate change. A team of Chinese researchers has reported that the structural complexity of vegetation may influence satellites’ remote sensing monitoring. Vegetation indices (VIs), derived from satellite data, are widely used for monitoring terrestrial ecosystems and tracking plant properties, vegetation changes, and ...

While laboratory-based emissions testing can help keep polluting vehicles off the road, they alone are not enough. What is needed is new technologies, such as remote emission sensing (RES). RES uses sensors and cameras to automatically measure exhaust emissions from vehicles in real-world operation. While RES may be a proven technology, it is not widely ...

Real-time crop monitoring has become increasingly important, particularly for addressing climate-induced losses and damages, as discussed during the last United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (CoP27). Initiatives like GEOGLAM and the Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) have traditionally contributed to monitoring global food security by relying on existing data ...

Jak podkreśla GUGiK, nowa odsłona strony www.geoportal.gov.pl, która oparta jest o nowoczesny System Zarządzania Treścią (CMS), charakteryzuje się przejrzystą szatą graficzną. Nowa strona jest w pełni responsywna, co oznacza, że zapewnia komfortowy dostęp zarówno z komputera stacjonarnego, jak i urządzeń mobilnych. Dostępna jest także anglojęzyczna wersja serwisu. Wraz z aktualizacją strony dodano nową kompozycję mapową ...

Land Information New Zealand has made 20TB of aerial imagery available for free for the first time in a cloud-optimized format on Amazon Web Services (AWS), making it easier and faster to access these large datasets over the internet. It includes the latest high-resolution imagery of the New Zealand landscape and imagery flown for emergency ...

The family of a North Carolina man who died after driving his car off a collapsed bridge while following Google Maps directions is suing the technology giant for negligence, claiming it had been informed of the collapse but failed to update its navigation system. Philip Paxson, a medical device salesman and father of two, drowned ...

Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, has added new capabilities to the Leica BLK2FLY. It now has the ability to scan indoors, providing expanded coverage for complex scanning projects, and the ability to create digital twins for entire structures, both indoors and outdoors. Hexagon upgraded the autonomous UAV scanning system to allow for safe, effective indoor ...

Egyptian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has signed an agreement with the geographic information system (GIS) software firm Esri North Africa (Esri NA) to provide the latter’s latest GIS programs to the Egyptian universities, a statement showed. The deal also aims to build the capacities of the Egyptian staff in the field of GIS ...

Dubai Municipality has launched an innovative ‘Services 360’ policy digital platform, leveraging cutting-edge technologies and Geographic Information System (GIS), to provide its senior leaders and executives with real-time insights into customer requests and communications. This innovative platform empowers executives to oversee the progress of specialised tasks, ensure adherence to the highest service standards, and accelerate ...

A Swedish research group has found that using deep machine learning to identify solar energy systems in aerial images may not be so accurate in non-densely populated countries such as Sweden. They have also found, however, that this technique may be trained via an iterative process and achieve satisfying results. According to the research group, ...

Non-profit organization CTrees launched Land Use Change Alert (LUCA), the world’s first global radar-based forest disturbance alert system. Unique in its ability to cover all forest biomes, LUCA leverages data from the European Space Agency’s Sentinel 1 radar satellite system to fill a critical gap in global forest monitoring. It revolutionizes the understanding of forest ...

Using a laser gyroscope, scientists have measured variations in Earth’s rotation rate smaller than a millionth of a percent. The technique could help scientists understand the complex flows of water and air that cause the tiniest of tweaks to the planet’s spin. Earth’s rotation isn’t perfectly steady. The planet speeds up and slows down as ...

Hexagon’s Safety, Infrastructure & Geospatial division announced the launch of Power Portfolio 2023, the latest version of its leading GIS, remote sensing, photogrammetry and geospatial data management products. Power Portfolio 2023 brings the most extensive upgrade to ERDAS APOLLO in a decade. Now built on LuciadFusion, a scalable platform for geospatial data management and publication, ...

Esri Canada, today announced its acquisition of Ratio.City, a Toronto-based urban planning software and data company. This acquisition expands Esri Canada’s community planning solutions portfolio, enabling customers to better collaborate within the land development and planning community, and accelerating the design and approval of more affordable housing. “Ratio.City’s extensive expertise in planning, design and development ...

HySpecIQ, a hyperspectral imaging and data analytics company, today announced a partnership with Bayanat, an ADX-listed public company and provider of AI-powered geospatial solutions. The relationship between HySpecIQ and Bayanat will support the creation of hyperspectral data applications as well as the development of systems that can combine hyperspectral with other geospatial data to produce ...

사천시가 지난 13일 한국국토정보공사(LX) 경남지역본부(본부장 배종욱)와 ‘디지털트윈 기반 스마트도시 구축을 위한 업무협약’을 체결했다고 14일 밝혔다. 양 기관은 이번 협약을 통해 디지털트윈(가상모형) 플랫폼 구축 및 서비스, 인프라 지원·협력과 3차원 데이터 구축 등에 대한 상호협력을 약속했다. 주요 내용은 △디지털트윈 기반 스마트도시 실현을 위한 정보 및 기술 공유 △한국국토정보공사(LX) 플랫폼 기반 행정 및 산업서비스 모델 공동 활용 △스마트 ...

Responsible recycling in Allegheny County just got easier. County officials this week launched the Recycling Drop-Off Finder, an online database and map that identifies drop-off locations, including places to take hard-to-recycle items. The site, a collaboration between county health, sustainability and information technology departments, is now live. The tool will also be helpful for residents ...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released a new interactive map series showcasing, in localized detail, where clean energy investments are occurring across the United States thanks to President Biden’s Investing in America agenda. This new interactive tool will serve as a valuable resource for tracking the industrial revitalization happening across the country, fostered ...

Recent advances in artificial intelligence and deep learning have revolutionized many industries, and might soon help recreate your neighborhood as well. Given images of a landscape, the analysis of deep-learning models can help urban landscapers visualize plans for redevelopment, thereby improving scenery or preventing costly mistakes. To accomplish this, however, models must be able to ...

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