Sturfee’s disruptive approach makes your smartphone cameras recognize streets using AI and Satellgery; major Japanese telco KDDI is already incorporating the production-ready tech for 5G services Milpitas, Calif. – Sturfee, a computer vision/AI solutions company,...
Study the Science of Surface Water
Redlands, California—Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics, has publishedGIS for Surface Water: Using the National Hydrography Dataset, the only book of its kind detailing how to use geographic information system (GIS) technology to visualize and analyze the...
Study Tackles Public Health in Bangladesh Using Geospatial Tools
Geospatial information sciences (GIS) can help determine where diseases are spreading and where to target the resources needed to stop them, but spatial data isn’t widely used for health decision-making in many developing countries. That lack generated the idea for...
Study Suggests Rainfall Triggered 2018 KÄ«lauea Eruption
Volcanoes erupt when molten rock called magma rises to the surface, and many factors, from the shape of the volcano to the composition of the magma, factor into the timing of eruptions. In the case of KÄ«lauea, a new, NASA-funded study published April 22, 2020, in the journal Nature points to another eruption factor: prolonged, sometimes heavy rainfall in the months leading up to the event.
Study Pinpoints Areas of New York City Sinking, Rising
Parts of the New York City metropolitan area are sinking and rising at different rates due to factors ranging from land-use practices to long-lost glaciers, scientists have found.
Study Maps Hidden Water Pollution in U.S. Coastal Areas
Coastal waters and nearshore groundwater supplies along more than a fifth of coastlines in the contiguous United States are vulnerable to contamination from previously hidden underground transfers of water between the oceans and land.
Study Maps Earth's Hidden Groundwater
An international group of hydrologists produced the first data-driven estimate of Earth's total supply of groundwater.
Study Incorporates Ecological Processes Into Earth System Models to Improve Climate Change Predictions
BLACKSBURG, Va., Nov. 23, 2015 — A professor in Virginia Tech’s College of Natural Resources and Environment ( www.cnre.vt.edu) is launching a new project to enable scientists to look many decades ahead and predict the effectiveness of land management practices...
Students Use GIS Mapping To Experience Survivors’ Journeys
REDLANDS, Calif. -Â Students at the University of Redlands are using GIS mapping technology to retell stories of systematic persecution, courage, and resilience shared by those who survived one of history's most horrific genocides. In her English course, "Representing...
Students Select EarthKAM Imagery Sites
Students participating in NASA's EarthKAM program can request photographs of specific Earth features, such as this image of South Africa, which are taken by a special camera mounted on the International Space Station when it passes over those features.
