Facebook has used a combination of existing GIS data, high resolution imagery, and artificial intelligence to develop a detailed population map of the world.
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Maps and Cartography
Help Bearded Germans with Their Bucketlist Map
This kickstarter project by German bearded cartographers Simon Schuetz and Lars Sieffert seeks funding to create a global map shows the world’s bucketlist locations.
GIS Data
New Map of the Earth’s Night Lights
NASA has released an update of its popular Earth at Night composite imagery. The last global composite of the earth’s night lights was created in 2003. The latest release of nighttime imagery has been greatly improved through the use of the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) satellite which was launched in October of […]
Maps and Cartography
7 Billion: Statistics and Map of the World’s Population
Depending on which source you reference, the world has either just passed or will shortly pass the 7 billion mark in terms of the total global human population. The Population Reference Bureau has already proclaimed that the world contains 7 billion people and provides a World Population Data sheet supporting […]
GIS Data
Mapping the Earth – the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
Space Shuttle Endeavour lifted off on February 11. One of its missions is an ambitious mapping of the earth. Approximately 80 percent of the Earth will be mapped, an area that covers 95 percent of the Earth’s population.