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Google’s PlaNet: Geolocating Photos Using Artificial Intelligence
Google and researchers at the RheinischWestfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen University have developed an artificial intelligence system capable of identifying locations more consistently accurately than a human is able to do.
Geography and Racial Justice
Rashad Shabazz’s book "Spatializing Blackness" explores racial geographies' role in understanding slavery, segregation, and violence.
How Continents are Slowing Down Sea Level Rise
The continents of earth are helping slow down sea level rise, a new study shows. Melting glaciers and ice sheets are causing sea levels to change around the world, but the continents are actually absorbing a lot of this excess water.
Eartha: The World’s Largest Revolving Globe
Eartha, housed in the lobby of DeLorme's headquarters is the World's Largest Revolving Globe.
Fortune 1000 Companies for 2013
Sortable list of the top 50 Fortune 1000 companies from 2013. Fortune 1000 companies can be filtered by state.
A Look at GIS Salaries
Learn about the average GIS salaries for GIS technicians, analysts, developers, and more.
Using GIS and a Century of Data to Create a New Geologic Map of Alaska
In 2016, the USGS completed a new geologic map of Alaska using GIS.
Landlocked Countries in South America
Learn about which countries in South America are landlocked.
Geographic Profiling of Banksy
Scientists at Queen Mary University of London have used spatial profiling techniques in an attempt to discover the real identity of enigmatic graffiti artist Banksy.
Geography of Fortune 1000 Companies in 2013
A quick look at the geography of Fortune 1000 companies in 2013. Includes a list of the Fortune 1000 rankings for 2013 which can be filtered by state.
MyShake App: Detecting Earthquakes Using Smartphones
The MyShake app uses a feature of smartphones called the accelerometer which can be used to detect the unique seismic vibrations of an earthquake.
Transcontinental Cities
A transcontinental city is a city that exists on land over more than one continent. There are more than a few transcontinental cities in the world. Learn about cities that straddle continental divides.
GIS and Artificial Intelligence Used to Build Facebook’s World Population Map
Facebook has used a combination of existing GIS data, high resolution imagery, and artificial intelligence to develop a detailed population map of the world.
Take Map Design to the Next Level with QGIS
QGIS Map Design provides step-by-step instructions covering both basic styling and labeling and advanced cartographic techniques such as illuminated contours and dynamic masking.
What are Ghost Nations?
Ghost states are states that function just like any other nation, but for various political reasons go unrecognized by the rest of the international community.
Secure Geocoding
World Geocoder for ArcGIS allows users the ability to secure map out addresses and locations from behind a firewall.
Free Trial of Drone2Map: Turn Drone Imagery into GIS Ready Data
Esri has released its beta version of Drone2Map will enables user to quickly develop GIS ready data from drone imagery.
Open Source Big Spatial Data with GeoMesa
Bob DuCharme, a technical writer with CCRi, writes about how open source GeoMesa can help users with managing large spatio-temporal datasets. GeoMesa can stored petabytes of GIS data and serve up tens of millions of points in seconds.
Calculating Nature’s Tipping Point
A recent paper published in Nature describes a new tool that may provide the answer to modeling collapse in biological and technical systems on Earth.
Volunteer to be a Digital Humanitarian and Help With Mapping Projects
The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team is able to provide mapping services in large part due to its army of volunteers. Find out ways that you can get involved with HOT.
The Future of Jobs
Although the third industrial revolution (IR) is still progressing, and our world continues to be shaped in many ways by the results of the first two, the World Economic Forum has begun to refer to some developments happening now in cyberphysical systems as the fourth IR.
Addressing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals
As part of the Shaping Davos series, one dialogue titled “A ‘Glocal’ Approach to Sustainable Development” addressed the United Nations’ sustainable development goals (SDGs).
What are Sprites?
Although not much is known about sprites or the factors that create them, scientists do know that sprites are created by neutrally charged cloud discharges.
Developing Earthquake Damage Maps from Satellite Imagery
Researchers are working on developing remotely sensed maps that may assist locals in assessing damage and managing the aftermath with future earthquakes.
Poachers Use Academic Journals to Target Newly Discovered Species
Academics have now started to omit the geographical information from their articles in order to protect endangered species from exploitation.
Impacts of Dams on Biodiversity
A.J. Rohn discusses a report in Science which investigates the impacts of dams on the biodiversity of the Amazon, Congo, and Mekong river basins.