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Experts in authoritative geospatial data, cartography and GIScience have today (29 August 2023) announced a new international collaboration to demonstrate the power of location. Members of EuroGeographics, the not-for-profit association for European National Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registration Authorities, and the International Cartographic Association (ICA) will use their collective expertise to support the public good. ...

As growing seasons become hotter and drier across the region, farmers are increasingly challenged to grow and sustain their crops. Now Oregon State University is close to launching a dry farming map project. Lucas Nebert, a research associate at OSU, heads the project. He told KLCC that a lot of farmers are interested in alternatives ...

Chief Secretary of Nagaland, J. Alam, has unveiled two significant online statistical data collection applications developed by the Directorate of Economics & Statistics, Nagaland. The launching programme was held on August 22 at the Chief Secretary’s Conference Hall in Kohima. According to a DIPR report, the first application is the Village Level Development Indicators (VLDI), ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will collect water samples from about 180 wells in St. Louis County for use in the development of a Groundwater Atlas of St. Louis County. Selected well owners will be contacted by mail or phone to request permission to sample their wells. The process involves collecting a water sample ...

Geospatial artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning models are set to transform the monitoring of air quality in major Indian cities, including Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, and Kolkata. This groundbreaking development was announced by a senior scientist during the India Clean Air Summit (ICAS) 2023. “We must link up SDGs and air pollution indicators, as ...

In addition to datasets based on mercurial census tracts and census blocks, the U.S. Census Bureau will soon begin publishing datasets in a more reliable gridded format, an agency geographer said during an online event Thursday. Joshua Coutts, a geographer with the bureau’s geography division, told attendees of a National States Geographic Information Council webinar ...

Using satellite images, scientists at the British Antarctic Survey were able to see that sea ice in the central and eastern Bellingshausen Sea region last year broke up long before the start of the birds’ fledgling period, when penguin chicks would have developed their waterproof feathers. The research, published Thursday in the journal Communications Earth ...

Technology is helping folks with their daily lives find their basic needs. The Find Food IL Map is a digital tool created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but it will likely stick around as food insecurity becomes more prevalent. When the pandemic hit, many families found themselves grappling with a new reality – a ...

ENEA ha sviluppato un nuovo servizio in grado di mappare le aree costiere a rischio inondazione per il cambiamento climatico che abbina modelli ad alta risoluzione, tecnologie satellitari e rilievi sul campo. Il nuovo servizio climatico è stato messo a punto da un team di ricercatori composto da climatologi, esperti GIS, oceanografi e geologi ed ...

The Oklahoma Broadband Office launched a new, interactive broadband map on Tuesday that details the availability, speed and equity of internet service across the state. The map shows locations in Oklahoma that either have slow internet speeds or don’t have access to internet at all. It aims to aid the state in planning how to ...

The mobile app Khanan Prahari, which allows citizens to report incidents of illegal coal mining through geo-tagged photographs and textual information, is a significant step taken by the Ministry of Coal towards curbing illegal coal mining activities. The corresponding web portal called as Coal Mine Surveillance & Management System (CMSMS) has been developed in association ...

Ninety-two confirmed overdose deaths and 199 more suspected deaths have occurred in the province this year as of Aug. 1, according to a report from Saskatchewan’s Coroner. Now, a new project between the University of Regina and AIDS Programs South Saskatchewan (APSS), called Project Reportneedles.ca, was launched on Wednesday, which will aim to change those ...

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) has released the first iteration the Integrated Geospatial Information Framework (IGIF)-M (Marine) Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) Maturity Roadmap for both marine and terrestrial domains. Developed as part of OGC’s ongoing Federated Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure (FMSDI) Initiative, the IGIF-(M)SDI Maturity Roadmap is a quick-start guide for nations and marine organizations ...

Stadtplan war gestern: Die Straßen, Gebäude und Grünflächen von Trier wurden jetzt in ihren Höhen vermessen und zu einem dreidimensionalen „digitalen Zwilling” der Stadt zusammengesetzt. Auch die Bürgerinnen und Bürger können mit ihm am Bildschirm die Stadt aus allen Blickrichtungen neu erleben. Über 100.000 Gebäude wurden für das 3D-Portal in ihrer räumlichen Darstellung automatisiert erfasst, ...

Mehr als nur ein Stadtplan: von Bebauungsplänen über Schulen bis hin zu Wanderwegen – das Geoportal der Stadt Heidelberg bietet alles auf einer Karte. Der altbekannte Online-Stadtplan wurde überarbeitet und bietet Bürgerinnen und Bürgern jetzt als erweitertes Geodatenportal zusätzlich zum bewährten Amtlichen Stadtplan, den Luftbildern und der Liegenschaftskarte viele weitere nützliche Informationen und Themen. Das ...

The Interactive Map Generator (IMAGE) is a web-based tool that allows users to quickly make professional statistical maps in several predefined map layouts. You can add your data, or load data directly from the Eurostat database. What’s special about our map generator is that it offers a wide variety of options. For example, you can ...

Ordnance Survey (OS) has revealed the top four new symbols people would like to see added to its leisure maps following a survey. The Southampton-based mapping agency said, of more than 2,400 responses, the top symbol more than half want added is gate and stile fence crossings. Nick Giles, managing director of Ordnance Survey Leisure ...

This list includes all geovisualization (static and interactive) python packages. The list updates weekly.

La Secretaría de Gestión de Riesgo Climático, Catástrofes y Protección Civil presentó la nueva cartografía provincial de Índices Meteorológicos de Peligro de Incendios. Se trata de una serie de mapas en los que se incluye información técnica y visual de toda la geografía provincial con indicadores que determinan la ocurrencia, comportamiento y efectos probables de ...

En el marco de la cooperación bilateral entre Colombia y Corea del Sur, se empezaron a definir las acciones que se desarrollarán conjuntamente para avanzar en la implementación del Sistema de Administración del Territorio-SAT, una de las principales apuestas planteadas en el Plan Nacional de Desarrollo 2022-2026,“Colombia, Potencia Mundial de la Vida”. El SAT es ...

Settlements with more green spaces have a lower rate of bipolar disorder, a Taiwanese research team found. The researchers of the study shared the results yesterday at a press conference held by the Science Media Center Taiwan. The research team, using satellite remote sensing, machine learning and data analysis, found a significant negative association between ...

Wildfire Analytics, the University of Alberta’s wildland fire research team, has developed a new tool that assesses directional vulnerability to wildfires in communities. The tool looks at what drives fire across a landscape, according to PhD student Air Forbes. Forbes is using directional assessment in her PhD thesis. She has created the directional vulnerability assessment ...

El área metropolitana de Mendoza cuenta con más de medio millón de árboles censados y catalogados de acuerdo al lugar, especie y sustentabilidad. Con la presencia del sector público, académico y científico, autoridades de Ambiente y Unicipio, presentaron los datos preliminares y avanzados del Censo de Arbolado Público del Área Metropolitana y de la aplicación ...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has released a compilation of national-scale geological, geophysical and mineral resource datasets from Australia, Canada and the US through a collaboration between the three countries’ federal geological surveys. “Geology doesn’t stop at the border and neither does our data,” said USGS scientist Anne McCafferty, who led the effort. “Scientists will ...

El Centro de Fotogrametría, Cartografía y Catastro (CEFOCCA) de la Facultad de Ingeniería de la UNSJ ha preparado, en el marco de su 50 aniversario, una serie de actividades de extensión y difusión. Este martes 15 de agosto hubo en el Edificio Central de la UNSJ una conexión interactiva con el Dr. Ever Castillo Osorio, ...

Nominations are open for the She Maps Geospatial in Schools Awards, which seek to recognise the “engaging, creative and innovative contributions” of outstanding Australian teachers and students. The awards aim to recognise high achievement in geospatial learning and teaching, highlight students and teachers who are making a contribution to geospatial learning beyond the classroom, and ...

Das Hessische Statistische Landesamt hat eine neue interaktive Karte im Hessenatlas veröffentlicht, die Informationen zur öffentlichen Wasserversorgung bietet. Eingesehen werden kann einerseits die absolute Wassermenge als auch die durchschnittliche Abgabe pro Tag und Einwohner der einzelnen Landkreise und kreisfreien Städte. Andererseits kann für jede Kommune die Entwicklung der Wasserabgabe im Zeitverlauf von 2001 bis 2019 ...

Las autoridades del Atlántico le atribuyen a una herramienta tecnológica parte de la reducción de los accidentes de tránsito en el departamento. Se trata de uno de los territorios de Colombia con menores tasas de siniestralidad vial por cada cien mil habitantes. Con corte a abril de 2023 registraba un índice de 3,21 mientras que ...

O Observatório dos Povos Indígenas Isolados e de Recente Contato (Opi) lançou a plataforma Mopi de monitoramento dos povos em isolamento voluntário que vivem na porção brasileira da Amazônia. Conforme esclarece o observatório, o Mopi é uma plataforma geoespacial, que abrange os 114 povos isolados reconhecidos pelo Estado brasileiro, além de um povo que vive ...

GEM has been producing low-speed electric vehicles for more than 25 years and has sold more than 65,000 of them. LSVs are more than a golf cart—they are street legal on most roads posted 35 mph or less. Yet knowing where those roads are and where a GEM can take you can be a challenge. ...