paleogeography

PaleoDEMs: Map the Earth’s Changing Topography Over the last 540 Million Years

August 19, 2018By Caitlin DempseyGIS Data

Users can download paleogeographic datasets reconstructing paleotopography and paleobathymetry dating back to 540 millions years ago

When AI Goes Wrong in Spatial Reasoning

Machines can learn ‘wrong’ or more accurately biased information, creating sometimes large problems and poor conclusions when it comes to spatial data.

Google Fusion Tables to Shut Down Next Year

Google has announced that Google Fusion Tables, the map and data visualization tool, will be shuttered by December 2019.

Maps are the primary tools by which spatial relationships are visualized. Maps therefore become important documents. There are several key elements that should be included each time a map is created in order to aid the viewer in understanding the communications of that map and to document the source of […]

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