Esri's new ArcGIS feature is live. Will terabytes of new open data follow?
Originally Published by e-pluribusunum – Esri pushed ArcGIS Open Data live, instantly enabling thousands of its local, state and federal government users to open up the public data in their systems to the public.
Promoting Volunteered Geographic Information to Solve Real-World Problems: A Pre-conference Workshop at GIScience 2014
The 8th Annual International Conference on Geographic Information Science will be held this September in Vienna. In recognition of the increasing role of citizen scientists and crowd-sourced information in geospatial research, the conference will be preceded by a workshop on Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI).
I Seaweed, Do You? Using Landsat and Open Source GIS to Locate Sargassum
Project Team: Coastal Texas Oceans Team Team Location: Stennis Space Center, Stennis, Mississippi Authors: Shelby Barrett, Project Lead (William Carey University) Emma Strong (University of Southern Mississippi) Jeffrey Frazier (Texas A&M University at Galveston) Brandon Hill (Texas A&M University at Galveston) Kirsten Stokes (Texas A&M University at Galveston) Mentors/Advisors Joseph Spruce (Senior Research Scientist, Computer Sciences Corporation; Science Advisor) Dr. … Read More
Disaster Damage Validation: Bridging Remote Sensing and GIS
Team Location: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California Authors: Judy Cheng (University of California at Los Angeles), Project Lead Sara Lafia (California State Polytechnic University at Pomona) Rodell Allan Zorilla (University of California at Los Angeles) Mentors/Advisers: Sang-Ho Yun, Ph.D. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology) Abstract: Year after year, natural disasters such as earthquakes, fires, floods and hurricanes claim the … Read More
Mapping Post-Wildfire Neighborhood Recovery: Integrating Spatial Video with GIS for Data Collection and Analysis
Until recently, no systematic, dynamic, and cost-effective data collection strategy has been available for use in the study of post-disaster neighborhoods. In order to address this concern, we employed a geospatial approach, ÛÏspatial video,Û which links video with coordinates acquired by a Global Positioning System receiver. This advance enables new study of the dynamic spatial and temporal scales of post-wildfire recovery.
Abstracts and Papers being accepted for joint GSDI/AfricaGIS Conference
A combined GSDI 14 and AfricaGIS 2013 conference is planned for November in Ethiopia, and a deadline for abstracts is fast approaching. The conference theme is ÛÏSpatial Enablement in Support of Economic Development and Poverty Reduction.Û
Applications of NASA EOS and GIS to Study Wildfires in Coahuila, Mexico
How bad was the worst fire in Coahuila? Can it be quantified and extrapolated to future fires? Is it even possible to know when there would be a next fire, or extinguish one if it starts today? These are a few questions addressed in this project, taking into consideration the April 2011 fire, one of the worst in the history of Mexico.
Congestion in Earth's mantle: Mineralogists explain why plate tectonics stagnates in some places
– Seismic measurements show that in some regions of the Earth’s mantle, plate tectonics stagnates. The causes of the ‘congestion’ of the subducted plate are still unknown. In a new study, mineralogists from Germany explain the phenomenon for the first time.
New Assessment Tools for Landscape Ecologists
New operational tools for landscape management were recently presented and showcased at the IUFRO Landscape Ecology Working Group International Conference, held in ConcepciÌ_n, Chile.