In the early 1970s, a joint pilot project between NASA and the USGS sought to test out the feasibility of integrating data from Landsat and high-altitude aircraft sensors into a regional land use database.
Maps and Cartography
Geospatial Climate Models Show How Fire Seasons Are Changing
Changing technologies, including new satellite systems, and better climate and fire modeling, including the integration of these tools and data capture methods, will likely mean improved fire modeling in the future.
Maps and Cartography
Draft Equal Earth Physical Map Open for Public Comment
Tom Patterson, one of the developers of the recently released Equal Earth map projection, is asking for feedback from the public on his draft physical wall map based on the Equal Earth projection.
GIS Industry
GIS and Map Contests Roundup
Current map and GIS related competitions listed in order of the competition deadline.
GIS Data
Mapping Where Norway is Moving
Norway is using Copernicus Sentinel-1 data to detect ground movement across the country.
GIS Software
How To Use the Equal Earth Projection With QGIS on the Mac
If you’ve been eagerly awaiting the ability to try out the Equal Earth map projection in QGIS, here are a couple of quick steps to set up this new map projection.
GIS Data
Mapping Coral Reefs
Scientists have been developing better ways to fuse data from different satellite systems and data capture, while also developing classification algorithms to better map coral reefs.
GIS Data
PACE: NASA’s Earth Observation Satellite to Launch in 2022
NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem) is a planned earth observation satellite with an anticipated launch in 2022.
Maps and Cartography
GEDI: A New Tool for Forest Carbon Maps
Maps created by the GEDI satellite system will enable a detailed measurement of the carbon content of forests, allowing scientists to determine how forests are releasing or taking up carbon.
GIS Data
GIS Data for California Public Schools
California School Campus Database (CSCD) offers a GIS dataset that contains all of the public school locations from K-12 grades for California.