Mapping Social Vulnerability to Natural Hazards
Geospatial technology can be used to map social vulnerability to natural hazards, which can aid in disaster planning and response.
Geospatial technology can be used to map social vulnerability to natural hazards, which can aid in disaster planning and response.
New satellite imagery techniques make it easier to observe plant biodiversity and map changes over time, allowing conservationists to plan for the future.
To improve accuracy and signaling of GPS and GNSS, a new technique that depends on ground-based systems has been developed.
A new collaboration initiative, called coastTrain, helps to provide data so that scientists can better address challenges coastal regions face.
The USGS’ Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection (LCMAP) initiative is helping to better monitor the Earth and long-term land use change.
Using satellite data and artificial intelligence, researchers have developed a way to rapidly map hurricane destruction.
The use of spatial interpolation methods in GIS have proven vital from areas such as public health to interpreting weather patterns.
Machine learning, satellite imagery, and data on forest ecology can be brought together to create better information for resource managers by mapping forest resources.
Mapping swarms of jellyfish has significantly improved due to a combination of remote sensing data, UAV and satellite data, and algorithms that estimate jellyfish migration based on current data.
Remote sensing and geospatial technologies are being harnessed for carbon offsetting efforts.
Satellites are being used to measure heat not only on urban heat islands, but also on farms and other locations where rising temperatures are having an impact.
Over 95% of the world’s lakes, rivers, and freshwater reservoirs will be measured by a new satellite mission called Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT).