Automatic Acquisition of 3D City Models
This concept paper on the automatic acquisition of 3D city models was written by Venugopalan Nair who is the Senior Manager of Geo Spatial Services at SBL.
South Dakota’s Custom Enterprise System to Increase Wildlife Management
The Wildlife Inventory and Land Management Application (WILMA) is a web-based application allowing habitat managers to map, track, and report various land management activities on Game Production and Water Access Areas in South Dakota.
Commercial GIS Software Applications
Listed below are GIS software packages that provide all-encompassing mapping and spatial analysis capabilities via the desktop.
Learning ArcGIS Pro Book
A recently released book by Tripp Corbin teaches readers how to use ArcGIS Pro, Esri’s latest iteration of its GIS desktop application.
Seafloor Mapped Using Measurements of the Earth’s Gravity Field
Researchers have developed a gravity map used to see the sea floor based on Earth’s gravitational field.
The Role of Open Source Imagery in Monitoring Nuclear Activity
A recently released report by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre focuses on analyzing how repositories of open source aerial and satellite imagery can be used to help monitor nuclear activity.
This Antenna Helps Tracks Ships from Space
Built compact enough to fit onto a minisatellite, this antenna successfully tracked Automatic Identification System (AIS) signals emitted from commercial sea vessels during a test run abroad the International Space Station in 2010.
Free Do-It-Yourself Geo Apps Course
Esri is offering a new MOOC course geared towards teaching participants how to build geo apps using the software company’s ArcGIS Online platform.
Preparing for Urban Pandemics Using GIS and Resilient IT Systems
Geospatial modeling has found that if 30% of the population voluntarily isolated themselves for 8-10 weeks, the total people infected would drop by almost half.
Creating Administrative Choropleth Maps Using R
Learn how to create Administrative Level 1 Choropleth Maps in R with this tutorial by Ari Lamstein.