August

La solución, creada por Vexiza, compañía española especializada en desarrollo de soluciones GIS y partner de Esri España, ya está implementada en las soluciones para la gestión de incendios forestales de organismos como la Unidad Militar de Emergencias (UME) y, a nivel regional, en Navarra y Castilla y León, permitiendo hacer una monitorización y gestión ...

The University of South Florida has received a $1.5 million National Science Foundation grant which will allow researchers at the university to develop an application to identify flood risks. The app will combine volunteered geographic information and community crowdsourced data such as photos, and videos, with near real-time data on flooding. Using dynamic modeling and ...

Earlier this month, Planet Labs PBC, a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, completed its previously announced acquisition of the business of Holding Sinergise d.o.o. (“Sinergise”), a leading developer platform for Earth observation (EO) data. The purchase of the Sinergise business, based in Ljubljana, Slovenia, accelerates the advancement of Planet’s Earth Data ...

NYC Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch famously said in 2022 that “the rats don’t run this city, we do” — but a newly launched map showing rodent-related violations shows it may be closer to a 50/50 split. The color-coded and searchable map was introduced Tuesday. It breaks down at a building-by-building level what places passed their ...

A new online map showing trees planted in Haringey over the last year has been launched on the council’s groundbreaking tree web pages. The interactive map highlights the type and location of each new tree planted in the borough’s green spaces and streets in 2022/23. Its user-friendly design enables website visitors to zoom in to ...

The Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture Eng. Abdulrahman Al-Fadhli, who is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Center for Vegetation Development and Combating Desertification (NCVC), has launched a program to monitor, evaluate and study the vegetation cover areas using remote sensing techniques and artificial intelligence. The program will also ...

Police are urging travellers to properly prepare before driving in the outback after botched Google Maps directions left an Alice Springs nurse stranded in the Central Australian desert without food or water. The 22-year-old, who asked their name not be used, was driving solo from Alice Springs to the popular Harts Range rodeo late at ...

Mapbox, a maps and location platform, has released new platform updates to enhance user’s 3D mapping experience by adding powerful dynamic lighting capabilities and landmark 3D buildings. The new ready-to-use platform aims to enhance wayfinding and spatial orientation for users and provides a polished canvas for custom location data. Mapbox Standard is now accessible in ...

INFOMAR (Integrated Mapping for the Sustainable Development of Ireland’s Marine Resource) has launched the Blue Scale Map Series, a collection of 18 high-resolution bathymetric maps of Ireland’s coastal waters. Developed by a dedicated team of hydrographers, data processors and cartographers, the maps highlight the topography of the coast in unprecedented detail. Ireland’s coastline is 3,171km ...

An interdisciplinary team from San Diego State University analyzed the accessibility of public restrooms along transit lines countywide and found a shortage of facilities, particularly in the busiest stations, and a lack of important features in existing restrooms. Their project, “Where Can You Go On the Go?” was an initiative of SDSU’s Project for Sanitation ...

Neuralangelo, a new AI model by NVIDIA Research for 3D reconstruction using neural networks, turns 2D video clips into detailed 3D structures — generating lifelike virtual replicas of buildings, sculptures and other real-world objects. Like Michelangelo sculpting stunning, life-like visions from blocks of marble, Neuralangelo generates 3D structures with intricate details and textures. Creative professionals ...

Образовательная программа «Юная смена геологов» стартовала во Всероссийском детском центре «Смена». Проект объединил 150 школьников из 29 регионов России от 11 до 17 лет. В рамках программы сменовцы освоят базовые дисциплины и получат практические навыки по направлениям топография, ориентирование на местности, минералогия, кристаллография, петрография, палеонтология, основы горного дела, экология и геодезия. Образовательные занятия для проведут ...

”Nous sommes tous piétons à un moment.” Partant de ce constat, Sébastien Rochedy s’est penché sur la question du vécu des piétons et surtout sur l’amélioration de l’expérience de la marche. L’inspiration lui est venue de France. Lors d’un voyage, il remarque des panneaux qui indiquent le temps de trajet à pied pour atteindre certains ...

El Ayuntamiento de Pamplona dispone de un Visor Ciudad en el que se puede consultar online de manera gráfica la infraestructura ciclista de la ciudad, permitiendo que las personas interesadas pueda planificar sus itinerarios en bicicleta. Esta herramienta informática, disponible en la web municipal, recoge todas las vías ciclables de la ciudad y sus características, ...

Happening on the Welsh version of Wikipedia has led one man to create a brilliant online tool that allows people to learn how to pronounce Welsh placenames. Dafydd Elfryn has created Map Llais (Voice Map) which features more than a thousand audio files of placenames in Wales, pronounced in local dialect. It has become a ...

„Trotz aller Herausforderungen ist es uns gemeinsam gelungen, für das Eisenbahn-Bundesamt eines der größten deutschlandweiten Geodatenmanagementprojekte termingerecht abzuschließen. Ein derart komplexes Projekt erfordert auch ein professionelles Projektmanagement. Durch die Bündelung erfahrener Lärmexperten, Qualitätsmanager und Datenspezialisten konnte das eingespielte Kompetenzteam Risiken bewerten und passgenaue Lösungen entwickeln“, blickt Claus Hofmann, Geschäftsführer von Disy Informationssysteme, auf die gut ...

Oroquieta City in Misamis Occidental province is the newest recipient of a tax mapping technology of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the Caraga State University (CSU) that could help boost its income. Calago was referring to the “MapX,” a broad real property mapping and assessment solution that uses advanced geoinformatics technologies. “The ...

The UN-GGIM Committee of Experts has formally endorsed Part Two of the Operational Framework for Integrated Marine Geospatial Information Management (UN-IGIF-Hydro) during its 13th session. This endorsement, coupled with the adoption of both Part One and Part Two, marks a significant milestone as they together constitute the comprehensive UN-IGIF-Hydro. This momentous decision was made at ...

China has launched the world’s first synthetic aperture radar satellite in high-altitude orbit, according to the China National Space Administration. Dedicated to natural disaster prevention and mitigation, the remote sensing satellite, Land Surveyor 4A, was carried into orbit on a Long March 3B rocket that blasted off at 1:26 am on Sunday from the Xichang ...

Donato Kofel has quantified the positive and negative effects of trees on outdoor air quality in Geneva Canton. His method can be used by city planners to design their large-scale planting programs more effectively. For his Master’s project at the end of his degree program, Kofel developed a new way to use the GIS application ...

The City of Midland spends $2.5 million a year to bring water to Midland. On Tuesday, the Midland City Council approved a contract that will help make sure more of that water reaches the city and its customers. City leaders approved $212,000 in costs with Asterra of La Jolla, California, and that Asterra will perform ...

The Wyoming State Geological Survey has developed a new interactive map that will make it easier to research the state’s extensive mineral resources. The online Mineral Resources of Wyoming map will be routinely updated as new data become available. The map is an update and expansion of the WSGS’s 2018 Mines and Minerals map. New ...

O Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia da USP (MAE) está usando soluções de uma startup baseada em tecnologia blockchain no mapeamento e registro do patrimônio arqueológico de São Paulo. A solução foi desenvolvida para Museu pela Quipo Tech, empresa residente na Incubadora do Laboratório Nacional de Computação Científica (LNCC), ligado ao Ministério de Ciências Tecnologias ...

La Secretaría de Cultura del Gobierno de México, a través del Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH), firmó un convenio de colaboración con el Instituto Nacional del Patrimonio Cultural (INPC) de la República del Ecuador, para coadyuvar en la protección, preservación, promoción y administración de la herencia cultural de ambos países. Los intercambios de ...

El objeto del acuerdo es la cooperación en el campo de la geología, proporcionando un marco institucional para el intercambio de conocimientos y mejorar las competencias técnicas y geológicas entre ambos organismos. En este sentido, ambas instituciones coincidieron en promover la cooperación científica y técnica en temas de prospección geológica, geofísica y evaluación de recursos ...

While some parts of the world suffer extreme heat and persistent drought, others are being flooded. Overall, continental water volumes vary so much over time that global sea levels fluctuate significantly too. By combining the hydrological model WaterGAP with GRACE satellite data, a team of geodesists at the University of Bonn have come up with ...

Having somewhere to cool off on a hot day in Austin is crucial to staying safe during the summer. Knowing where you can go to cool off is now easier for Austinites and visitors thanks to an interactive Google Map on the City’s Alerts page. During the summer months, City facilities like Austin Public Library ...

Las tecnologías de inteligencia artificial que permiten “entrenar” un sistema para que sea capaz de diferenciar entre tierras ocupadas por viñedos y aquellas que no lo están serán utilizadas por la Xunta para actualizar la información sobre parcelas vitícolas. Hasta ahora son los técnicos los que tienen que comprobar y, en su caso, descartar las ...

The U.S.–China Economic and Security Review Commission issued a solicitation for an unclassified report on China’s remote sensing technologies and applications. The commission, established in 2000, is an independent agency of the U.S. government that directly reports to Congress and the president. The request for proposals, issued Aug. 8, seeks a report that assesses China’s ...

Is the Indian government looking at having about 130 earth observation satellites under the public-private-partnership model, an idea mooted by the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) in its consultation paper? It seems yes, based on the kind of imagery that is required and the number of revisits a satellite has to make ...