This was republished from an original post on safegraph.com: Geometry: The Anchor of SafeGraph Places If you’ve heard of SafeGraph, you’re most likely familiar with our foot traffic insights and data for COVID-19 response. These […]
Whether you’re using a traditional GIS (geographic information systems) software that is commercially available or developed by the open source community, many workflows still require outputs including production quality maps. While these traditional GIS platforms […]
Archaeologist Brings 18th Century Fort to Life with LiDAR and 3D Modeling. Dr. Jonathan Fowler, a Canadian archaeologist at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax is using historic maps combined with a modern terrain model of […]
Last year, almost at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, I attended a Python programming course for almost five weeks. It was hosted by Stanford University and freely accessible to all people around the world. […]
Australia’s first satellite that can help detect bushfires within one minute of ignition set for launch An Australian company is planning to launch a satellite which is specialized to detect wildfires next year from the […]
A Climate Change Problem: The Communication Gap between Citizens and Authorities At a time of rising climate change impacts, there is a vital and growing need to prepare for, respond to, and recover from natural […]
Geared towards the general public, Soar.Earth presents an online platform that resembles a digital, free-of-charge atlas. Pooling in from crowd-sourced content, including satellite imagery, hobbyist drone photos and environmental remote sensing data, it almost feels […]
Canada has always been a leader in the geospatial community, from Roger Tomlinson’s pioneering work creating the first computerized GIS in 1963 to the leadership we provide with RADARSAT and other programs today. Canadian schools […]