A study that analyzed traffic around hospitals using satellite imagery and Baidu search queries suggests that the coronavirus outbreak may have started earlier in China than in December of 2019.
Scientists are using satellite data to measure and map the amount of snow on Arctic sea ice.
Satellite-based remote sensing is proving to be a useful tool to allow effective monitoring of lakes around the world.
Given the limitations of testing, companies and researchers are using different proxies to better understand the extent of COVID-19.
Using a combination of satellite and UAV monitoring, the impact of locusts can be minimized by anticipating where swarms are likely to form next.
With more than three decades of experience working in the geographic information systems field, Nader Soubra, Ph.D., shares a few of the GIS-related projects that he has worked on.
Johns Hopkins University has launched a new GIS dashboard that maps confirmed COVID-19 (coronavirus) cases within the United States.
Computer vision is emerging as a promising set of techniques such as enabling rapid detection of COVID-19 and the better monitoring of social distancing practices among people.
Satellite imagery also confirms many countries are seeing a strong downward trend in air pollution during the coronavirus outbreak.
New satellite technology achieved in in the last decade are helping scientists to more accurately map the universe.
The University of Vermont Spatial Analysis Lab used spatial analysis to map out how the city of Philadelphia’s tree canopy changed between 2008 and 2018.
We will see more migration of spatial and GIS work to cloud-based platforms in the near future.