New satellites and improved image processing methods are better enabling the ability to provide real-time and near real-time mapping of wildfires.
fire mapping
GIS Data
Fire Danger Reanalysis Dataset
Researchers have made 38-years worth of global fire danger reanalysis available as an open dataset.
Spatial Analysis
Forecasting Fire: Earth Observation and GIS
New techniques in GIS, remote sensing, and machine learning are incorporating land-based data along with temperature, precipitation and other weather factors in developing more accurate fire prediction models.