Geospatial Data Available: Global Sea-surface Salinity
Data from three satellite missions has been merged to produce a global time-series showing sea-surface salinity measurements between 2010 and 2018.
Thanksgiving Maps and Geography
Thanksgiving maps about this holiday involving major feasting. Maps shown include distribution of turkey, green beans, sweet potatoes, and cranberries by Zellmer and a similar interactive map by Esri.
DNA Science and GIS
In recent years, spatial analysis has supplemented our understanding of genetic variation and DNA studies.
Mapping the World’s Islands
A new United States Geological Survey (USGS) and Esri project has now mapped 340,691 islands of the Earth’s islands and created a GIS dataset that is publicly available.
Geospatial News | October 3, 2019
This week’s geospatial news summary features GIS industry news from Epson, USGIF, NSGIC, Esri, Quantum Spatial, 1spatial, and thinkWhere.
Help Identify Tree Stems from Drone Data
The Tree Mapping project uses crowd sourcing to accurate identify tree stems from laser scanning point cloud data acquired via UAV.
Geospatial News | September 18, 2019
September 18, 2019: geospatial news featuring DMI, CoreLogic, INTERGEO, Septentrio, Artisense, and USGIF.
Call for Maps: GeoHipster 2020 Calendar
GeoHipster has put out a call for submissions for its 2020 Calendar
How Advances in Computer Mapping Shaped the Early Days of GIS
Greg Bunce, from the State of Utah’s Automated Geographic Reference Center, presents a walk through the history of mapping and geospatial advances that led to the early days of GIS.