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Keeping Up with the Times: Applying GIS Tools for Flood Disaster Mitigation
GIS is a powerful resource as it is accessible, free, and relevant for multiple stakeholders. Anyone can use GIS software to develop flood disaster mitigation strategies and avoid high-cost, flood-related damages on their property.
Automated Point Cloud Analysis for Forestry Mapping
Pointly has developed AI solution, that takes point clouds as input and outputs a shapefile with the location of tress for forestry mapping.
Remote Sensing and GIS for Sustainable Forest Management
The data needed for forest management include wood procurement potential, forest cover, growing stock volume, and biomass carbon balance.
Landsat 9 Satellite – Latest and Powerful Satellite in the Landsat Series
Landsat 9 carries two science instruments – the Operational Land Imager 2, and Thermal Infrared Sensor 2.
How Remote Sensing and GIS are Used to Build Check Dams Under MGNREGA?
Remote Sensing and GIS are useful to identify and choose a suitable site or probable locations for check dams. This helps to ensure best site for check dam’s construction and to prevent unscientific construction.
Forest Cover Monitoring In Urban Agglomeration Using Google Earth Satellite Image – A Case of Bhubaneswar City, Odisha
Combining several remote sensing technologies to estimate forest
cover attributes will greatly improve resource assessment.
Benefits of GIS for STEM Education
Geographic information systems can come in handy during STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) classes if they involve spatial science. GIS can help STEM students…
Upcoming Self-Driving Volvo Cars to be Supported by LiDAR for Safety
In collaboration with technology firm Luminar, leading automobile manufacturer Volvo is releasing a new car in a couple of years with cutting-edge perception technology that could finally see self-driving cars on public roads.
A Career in GIS
Increasingly, GIS careers have evolved to beyond just having people who only have technical roles, as highlighted by Adam Carnow, community evangelist at ESRI, in the Mapscaping Podcast.
What is SLAM Algorithm and Why SLAM Matters?
SLAM or Simultaneous Localization and Mapping is an algorithm that allows device/robot to build its surrounding map and localize its location on the map at the same time.
