Subject: ‘USGS’
June 9, 2011 Arizona Wildfire Satellite ImageryGIS NewsThe USGS has released a Landsat 7 image of Arizona showing the Wallow Fire which began on May 29th and continues to burn. The image, taken on June 7th, shows burning in the mountains of eastern Arizona near the border with New Mexico. The Wallow Fire is the second largest fire in Arizona history, having burned 389,000 acres at ... read more May 11, 2011 Of Interest: Chinese GIS Use, Vote in the Mashathon, Mapping ConnectionsGIS NewsChina Economic Net has an article on the rise of Chinese-based GIS software by the public. The focus of the article is on the increased use of Chinese developed GIS software, pointing to the 2005 as the “end to the long history of depending on foreign software in large GIS projects.” The English language article ... read more April 13, 2011 USGS Launches a MashathonCommunityThe USGS has launched a competition to showcase The National Map data, products, services, and viewers in use. A geospatial ‘mashathon’ is similar to “map galleries”, just digital mashup galleries.Submissions can be live or in ‘beta’, working demo or screenshots, maps or applications, in your favorite tools or in The National MapViewer. Submissions can be web ... read more March 11, 2011 Sendai (Japan) Earthquake and Tsunami Mapping ResponseCommunityThe 8.9 magnitude Sendai earthquake and resulting tsunami that struck Japan just east of the island of Hoshu today has resulted in a slew of mapping resources to help understand the geography of this natural disaster and coordinate the response. Japan Earthquake Map Viewer – Researchers at Texas Tech’s Center for Geospatial Technologies has created a ... read more March 9, 2011 Moderate-Resolution Satellite Imagery: USGS Open ReportDataThe USGS has issued an Open Report that looks at the uses and users of Moderate-resolution imagery (MRI), particularly Landsat. The report is the result of a survey of U.S. based MRI by social scientists at the USGS Fort Collins Science Center. The study aimed to understand who the users are and what the benefits are of ... read more September 22, 2010 Pen Display Technology Adds Precision and Speed to USGS Volcanic MappingPublicationsWhite paper from Wacom In an effort to map volcanoes and assess eruption risks, The United States Geological Survey (USGS) turned to Wacom interactive pen display technology to streamline GIS data updates and editing workflows. The Wacom pen display enables agency geologists to streamline, and in some cases eliminate, several steps in transferring data from paper maps ... read more September 1, 2010Astronomy – GIS For Other PlanetsLink LibraryNot just for landlubbers, the use of GIS technology has applications in astronomy. Browse this list for GIS and mapping resources related to outer space. Deep Space Sky Mapping Mapping software containing “the 250,000 star NASA Skymap database, the 18-million star Guide Star Catalog, the Saguaro Deep Sky database with about 10,000 objects, and about ... read more December 1, 2009 USGS Celebrates 125 Years of Topographic MappingData, Features, GIS NewsDecember 3rd, 2009 marks the 125th anniversary of the national program for topographic mapping for the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The USGS was founded in 1879 by an act of Congress and tasked with the “classification of the public lands, and examination of the geological structure, mineral resources, and products of the national domain“. ... read more October 18, 2009 USGS Twitter Earthquake DetectorDataThe USGS is now testing out Twitter to collect early response information about earthquakes: “the USGS is developing a system that gathers real-time, earthquake-related messages from the social networking site Twitter and applies place, time, and quantity data to provide geo-located earthquake detection within 60 seconds of an event’s origin time.“ Social media can be ... read more |
