The United States Geological Survey, USGS, is an organization of the United States government that provides reliable information regarding the status, threats and condition of the Earth, being the largest mapping agency in the country. It shares information from all around the world. […]
As the majority of us know, an earthquake is a violent shaking of the earth due to the release of energy stored for a long time. […]
Thanks to the technological development and evolution, today there are many online tools applied to Geographic Information Systems. We can use these tools easily and fast for a lot of applications, and, in their majority, for free. * Image by Anthony in Book Cover Cafe […]
As you already know, last Wednesday April 22 was the international Earth Day. This is a special day dedicated to remember all the things that our mother Earth is giving us every day, and how important it is to preserve this patrimony. […]
Here we can see the wind map of Malaga (Spain), based on the speed and direction data registered last week in a group of meteorological stations. […]
From the US Geological Survey USGS website we can have access to geological information from almost anywhere around the world, using WMS servers that can be included in any GIS program. (* We need to take into account that these online services can be temporarily unavailable or stop working at some point). […]
The Earth is constantly changing. The cause of these changes is both natural as well as produced by human activity. Lake shrinkage, Central Asia […]
In 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) was launched into Earth orbit, since then remaining in operation. With the celebration of its 25th anniversary, we will remember in this post the most amazing things that Hubble has discovered, and how important are these for science. […]
Imagine satellite´s images from the Earth being updated on a daily basis, offering high resolution pictures. Nowadays this is happening thanks to start ups focused on launching mini satellites to the Earth´s orbit, costing far less and providing images at a faster rate than traditional satellites. […]
Today we will demonstrate how to apply ArcGIS 10 in wildlife and vegetation sampling for environmental surveillance, environmental impact studies, scientific studies, etc. […]
