Urban

People who live near the Region of Waterloo International Airport know it can get noisy there and that intrigued a group of third-year geography and aviation students at the University of Waterloo. As pilots, Matthew Toy, Chase Cardoza, Nikith Challa and Isabelle Mazzoco know planes can get loud and wanted to look into just how ...

The City of Paso Robles is trying to make it easier for residents to get information about road conditions and future repairs in their neighborhoods. The new interactive street maintenance map application was developed after damage from last year’s storms. Residents now have the opportunity to check a street’s pavement condition index rating, the last ...

وحید مهدویان، معاون شهرسازی و معماری شهرداری اصفهان گفت: تهیه تصاویر و به‌روزرسانی نقشه‌های هوایی این کلانشهر پس از یک دهه به‌وسیله هواپیمای تخصصی پایش و نظارت بر اراضی انجام خواهد شد. برنامه ریزی لازم به‌منظور تصویربرداری هوایی و پوششی از کل شهر با استفاده از هواپیمای تخصصی مستقر در فرودگاه شهید بهشتی در سال ...

İzmir Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi (DEÜ) Mühendislik Fakültesi Jeoloji Mühendisliği Bölümü Öğretim Üyesi ve Deprem Araştırma ve Uygulama Merkez (DAUM) Müdürü Doç. Dr. Ökmen Sümer, İzmir iç ve dış körfezindeki tüm kıyıların ve koyun geometrisini çıkartıp, depremlerin tsunami etkilerini araştırdıklarını belirtip, sonunda oluşturulacak tsunami baskın haritalarıyla, risklerin azaltılmasına imkan sağlanacağını söyledi. Doç. Dr. Sümer, “Bu proje ...

Drei Jahre nach den letzten Aufnahmen hat die Stadt Bern neue Luftbilder der gesamten Gemeinde erstellt. Sie setzt damit eine Zeitreihe mit Aufnahmen von 1999, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 sowie 2020 fort. Die Luftaufnahmen wurden am 30. Mai 2023 gemacht und anschliessend zu einem Orthofotomosaik verarbeitet. Künftig dienen sie als Hintergrund- und Referenzdaten für Arbeiten ...

A groundbreaking study by researchers from a number of institutions in China introduces a novel hyperspectral remote sensing technique capable of hour-hectometer level horizontal distribution of trace gases, offering an advanced tool to accurately identify emission sources. The study was published in the Journal of Remote Sensing on 14 November 2023. The research introduces a ...

With widening research, doctors have even more reasons to tell patients to spend time in open spaces for better mental health. Now, a statewide study suggests even small differences in nearness to urban green spaces and access to waterfronts have ties to improved self-reported mental health among people 65 and older. Such proximity to open ...

A new analysis shows how much Chula Vista residents’ access to parkland depends on where they live. The analysis, conducted by geographic information systems (GIS) researcher and Chula Vista resident Jacob Helfman, visualizes how areas east of Interstate 805 have over three times more parkland per person than those west of the freeway. Helfman’s analysis ...

İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi (İBB) Bilgi İşlem Dairesi Başkanlığı Coğrafi Bilgi Sistemi (CBS) Şube Müdürlüğü ve Akıllı Şehir Şube Müdürlüğünün iş birliği ile hayata geçirilen GIS Hackathon 16-17 Aralık tarihlerinde Tech Istanbul Başakşehir’de gerçekleştirildi. İstanbul gibi tarihi ve kültürel bir şehir için yeni fikirlerin geliştirilmesi amacıyla hayata geçirilen GIS Hackatona; CBS teknolojilerine ilgi duyan üniversite mezunları ...

NOAA’s National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS), in partnership with CAPA Strategies LLCoffsite link, is now accepting applications from organizations interested in participating in the 2024 Urban Heat Island (UHI) mapping campaign program. In the eighth year of the program, NIHHIS and CAPA Strategies will support community science campaigns in cities and counties across ...

Municipal Corporation of Delhi has made geo-tagging of all kinds of properties mandatory to avail of the property tax exemption, an official statement said on Tuesday. If any taxpayer fails to geo-tag their properties by 31 January, they will not be able to avail 10 per cent rebate on lump sum advance payment of tax ...

To keep the public up to date on snow removal efforts, the City of Hastings is launching an online snowplow tracking system. The tracking system gives the almost-real time location of city snow-removal vehicles, and identifies with a color coded system where snow-removal vehicles have been. Two years ago, the city implemented AVL (Automatic Vehicle ...

¿A qué huele Málaga? A esta pregunta tratará de responder la Fundación Aula del Mar Mediterráneo (FAMM), que realizará el primer mapa de olores de la ciudad gracias a la colaboración ciudadana y técnicas de ‘big data’, es decir, de macrodatos. La iniciativa se enmarca en el proyecto LifeWatch Eric y en ella pueden participar ...

Genesys International Corporation’s subsidiary in Saudi Arabia, Genesys Middle East Ltd., has been awarded the prestigious contract for the 3D Digital Twin mapping of the Holy City of Mecca by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This pioneering project, valued at Rs. 26 crores in this phase marks a historic venture into utilizing digital twin mapping ...

To inspire artists and creators to learn about and use Google’s new Geospatial Creator in Adobe Aero, Google Arts & Culture partnered with Global Street Art and three reknown artists to bring city streets in London, Mexico City and LA to life. The results picked up the AR/VR Award at The Drum Awards for Out ...

New York City is poised to get a lot more trees. Last month, the city council passed a measure calling for 30% canopy cover by 2035, up from its current cover of 22% – which could mean 250,000 new trees. More trees, with all their cooling benefits, is a clear win for the environmental justice ...

In a pioneering study published in Geo-spatial Information Science, a research group led by Yuyu Zhou from The University of Hong Kong developed an integrated framework that achieves 94% accuracy in mapping building functions across 50 U.S. cities using multi-source web-based geospatial data, offering potential for worldwide application. The team utilized TripAdvisor.com and Google Maps ...

As Philadelphia plants thousands of trees to help cool heat-stricken sections of the city, residents can use a new online tool to see how the decade-long project might help their neighborhoods. You can slide between two overlapping maps of the city: one that reveals how bad the summer heat problem is on a detailed, block-by-block ...

Dark streets and risky intersections as well as well-lit parks and vibrant night-time destinations will be mapped in New South Wales for the first time in an effort to improve women’s safety. Women and gender diverse people are being asked to contribute to a digital crowd-mapping project by anonymously identifying places where they have felt ...

Quanti sono gli alberi mancanti nelle strade di Roma? Non è semplice rispondere a questa domanda. A Roma manca un censimento aggiornato degli alberi e per farsi un’idea di quale sia l’effettiva carenza, si dovrebbero incrociare i dati dei tagli e delle nuove piantumazioni. Ma sono informazioni che saranno disponibili solo con il prossimo bilancio ...

El proyecto DATAPASS de cooperación transfronteriza, en el que participa el Gobierno de Navarra y Nasuvinsa-Lursarea, ha elaborado un mapa interactivo que integra las bases de datos de los organismos implicados en el diseño de políticas públicas en ordenación del territorio y urbanismo, en el marco de un estudio sobre vivienda y territorio en el ...

Zaprezentowane właśnie narzędzie zapewni mieszkańcom i odwiedzającym Gdańsk dostęp do bardziej zaawansowanych, wszechstronnych map oraz informacji o mieście – pozwoli na jego odkrywanie w zupełnie nowy sposób. GeoGdańsk to kompleksowy i intuicyjny portal mapowy, który oferuje użytkownikom znacznie więcej niż tradycyjne mapy on-line. Portal umożliwia szybkie przeglądanie map, lokalizowanie ważnych punktów, dostęp do informacji o ...

Track-a-Truck is a pilot program with the City of Hendersonville. This online application available on the City’s website shows the near real-time location of garbage and recycling trucks as they drive along their collection routes. It is also a way to see what day of the week your garbage will be collected in an interactive ...

A new crowd management system will be put to use as the government attempts to ensure that a tragedy like last year’s Itaewon crowd crush does not happen again. The safety ministry announced on Thursday that the system will undergo a trial run from Friday to December 15, using mobile data to track crowd density ...

Un appel d’offres relatif au recensement et à l’expertise des bâtiments menaçant ruine au niveau de la préfecture d’arrondissements de Casa-Anfa a été lancé récemment, à l’initiative de l’Agence nationale pour la rénovation urbaine et la réhabilitation des bâtiments menaçant ruine. Concrètement, cette opération va permettre de recenser et d’expertiser un parc de 5.000 bâtiments ...

On October 12, 2023, Department of City Planning Director Dan Garodnick announced that the NYC Street Map will now include access to the original street mapping of the City. Users can see the width, angles, and other dimensions of the City’s over 32,000 streets when utilizing the interactive map for requests to change their street, ...

A new online map has been created to show where contaminated rain water from roads is polluting rivers in London. Environmental charity Thames21 has launched the site to help local authorities, as well as local communities, identify problem areas. Thames21 said contaminated run-off was caused by oil spills and tyre wear on the roads which ...

A Prefeitura de São Paulo está levando a dez cidades ibero-americanas seu conhecimento na utilização de georreferenciamento de dados e a sua contribuição para o incentivo de políticas públicas. As cidades participam de um workshop on-line, que teve a primeira aula realizada nesta terça-feira (10) com o tema “Geoprocessamento de Dados para o Planejamento Urbano”. ...

The city of Greenville has unveiled an ambitious, one-of-a-kind app to increase access for all. For the past two years, city staff has partnered with the Barbara Stone Foundation to create an accessibility app for downtown. ‘“Greenville has so much to offer,” said risk manager and ADA coordinator Mike Jank. “We want to make sure ...

Model cyfrowego bliźniaka Zamościa powstaje w ramach międzynarodowego projektu naukowego „Zero energy buildings for zero energy neighbourhoods ZEB4ZEN”. Jego budżet to ponad 2 miliony euro. Głównym celem przedsięwzięcia jest opracowanie ponadnarodowej metodologii i regionalnych planów działania, które pokażą, jak do roku 2050 przekształcić historyczne dzielnice miejskie w dzielnice o niemal zerowym zużyciu energii. „Miasta idealne” ...