As I have mentioned before, I see Geography as a series of relationships and as we look back through the history of Geography we see three main areas that we can use as umbrellas for the broad aspects of Geography: cartography, human geography and physical geography. Physical Geography covers the relationships within the environment around
Geography and GIS in Land Use/Land Cover research
Dr. Richard Aspinall discusses the role of Geography and GIS in an interdisciplinary approach to studying Land Use and Land Cover Change in an editorial in this week’s Directions Magazine. He argues that GIS and Geography are and will continue to be central to the study of land use and human interactions with the environment.
European Space Agengy’s Forest Mapping project
The European Space Agency (ESA) has developed a mapping service called Kyoto-Inventory which utilizes satelllite imagery to assist in annual reporting on afforestation, refforestation, and deforestation as part of the Kyoto Protocol, which is an initiative to reduce greenhouse gases. Kyoto-Inventory was a 3-year demonstration project, and will now continue as part of a larger
EO Natural Hazards
Natural hazards mapping…NASA…satellite imagery. What more do you need on Halloween night…other than candy corn. EO Natural Hazards: Natural Hazards Main Page
BBC NEWS | Planet under pressure
Back in the fall of 2004 the BBC news site started a series called “Planet under pressure”. It covers alot of the important issues facing the world including global warming, pollution, and hunger. BBC NEWS | Planet under pressure
BBC NEWS | Menu prices track fishing impact
Not exactly spatial in the way the conducted it, but it is easy to see how it could be a significant variable in their work. The Census of Marine Life (COML) looked at over a 100 years of prices of seafood to infer impacts such as over harvesting of marine species. A great use of
BBC NEWS | Amazon damage ‘worse than feared’
The BBC news reports on a study conducted in the Brazilian Amazon by Brazilian and US researchers. While it is limited in details. the article discusses the use of different remote sensing techniques than have been used to calculate deforested areas to date. If anyone knows the journal article this is from please share in
Mapping Storm Surge from Katrina
An effort is underway to map flood levels from Katrina from Florida to Louisiana to generate an atlas of the storm surge. Check out the article at Wired.com
ScienCentral: Earthquake Forecasts
An article over at ScienCentral discusses the use of simulations to determine the probability of earthquakes along the California coast. More of a Geology topic, but interesting non-the-less. ScienCentral: Earthquake Forecasts Via Digg
Satellite imagery shows Arctic ice melt
Whatever your beliefs on the global warming issue, the recent spate of articles on the melting of Arctic ice and the warming of the climate in Alaska seem pretty scary. Satellite imagery is being used to show that the Arctic ice cap is shrinking at an alarming rate. You can check out the MSNBC.com article
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