viral maps

What Makes Maps Go Viral?

September 26, 2018By Mark AltaweelGIS Learning

The study of viral geography could be a new, emerging field where researchers are now beginning to look at the elements that make a map viral.

Using Satellite Imagery to Track Volcanic Ash Clouds

Researchers have developed an algorithm that can distinguish between volcanic and non-volcanic clouds using high-resolution satellite imagery.

Using Machine Learning and Satellite Imagery for Street Address Generation

Researchers from Facebook and MIT Labs have proposed a new methodology that uses machine learning and satellite imagery to generate street addresses in areas of the world where individual buildings don’t have a unique address.

Elements of a Map

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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