New online master’s degree in spatial data science Pennsylvania State University has launched a new online master’s degree in spatial data science. Starting January 2021, the program is designed to arm students with skills to […]
The Géoclip observatories are web applications for statistical mapping to promote the analysis of territorial data sets. A Géoclip observatory is where territories, geographical data, statistical results and metadata meet. The purpose of such an […]
Using Data Visualization to Quickly Forecast Avalanches and Enhance Public Safety Avalanche prediction requires location and elevation specific weather data that is most often only available from multiple sources and in multiple formats. This makes […]
Facebook buys start-up in latest push to take on Apple and Google at street-level mapping To take on Apple and Google at mapping the world, Facebook has acquired a Swedish start-up, Mapillary. The seven-year-old start-up […]
The summer of 2017 marked one of the worst fire seasons in British Columbia’s history. By October, wildfires had covered approximately 1.2 million hectares, prompting the province to spend $649 million in fire suppression costs […]
GEO Software is Business Geografic’s innovative and powerful GIS and Business Intelligence platform. GEO technologies, protected by an international patent, are the result of a unique initiative in France carried out with several research laboratories […]
Scientists armed with new tech and cool gadgets face off against wildfires More extreme weather each spring makes wildfires a growing threat. Technology plays a crucial role in the fight against the threat. A researcher […]
Highlights There is a tendency to use aerial photographs and digital images as the cartographic product!These pictures are the primary mapping data. And require a transformation from its conic into an orthographic projection. The transformation […]