Category Archives: conservation
Earth Day Data Challenge
Something interesting from the Earth Day Data Challenge as they are looking for creative uses of the public ocean data available on marinexplore.org. For example, the use of historical sea surface temperature data to investigate phenomenon like La Niña. You … Continue reading
Volunteer Map Data Collection Opportunities to Build the National Map
Have you ever wanted to contribute to the National Map? Well, now that the USGS has embraced the crowd there’s an opportunity for you to do just that! If you have access to the Internet and are willing to dedicate … Continue reading
Colorado Wildfire information news map
Sadly, another wildfire season is upon us and already we’ve seen some tragic events in California and now in Colorado. A reminder that Esri has a useful news map that shares data and updates on wildfires including perimeter maps, social … Continue reading
Save the Rain App Calculates Your Saved Water with #opendata #apps4ottawa challenge
Find out how much water you could capture in a year- An innovative app from a fellow B.C GeoGeek, Mark Laudon @mapsRus can be found entered in the Apps4Ottawa OpenData Challenge competition. Simply put, the app uses a clever map … Continue reading
Colorado Parks and Wildlife Connect With Anglers via Colorado Fishing Atlas
Some fine civic engagement from the Parks and Wildlife service in Colorado as some new resources designed to connect with Anglers have been released to the public. Colorado Parks and Wildlife have released the Colorado Fishing Atlas, a live webmapping … Continue reading
JOMONOLA Bicycle Tour Looks to Help Rebuild Joplin, MO
This awesome story comes from Jerrod Hogan, a Land Surveyor in Joplin, MO and the co-founder and un-paid exec director of a nonprofit called Rebuild Joplin. Hogan shared his story with Marc Cheves of American Surveyor Magazine and described as … Continue reading
10th Annual International Mountain Day, December 11, 2012
Yes indeed, another International Mountain Day is upon us… Since the early days of the United Nations system, the UN has established a set of days (as well as weeks, years and decades) to help focus the world on the … Continue reading
LocalWiki community knowledge project Maps Antarctica
An interesting update on a community mapping effort came my way recently – enter LocalWiki Antarctica. From project co-founder, Michael Ivanov, “Using NASA aerial imagery, the SCAR Antarctic Digital Database, and open-source tools, we made a special aerial map of … Continue reading
@Revolver_Coffee Vancouver Brews Up the Most Amazing World Map of Nails
For people who know me (and a few who don’t) it may be no surprise for me to say that I really do love coffee… I’m also an urban geographer and have a pretty nice passion for architecture and maps. … Continue reading
Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline (Canada) Lying With Maps
We’ve all heard of the popular geoTech book titled “How to Lie With Maps“… well, it seems there’s a real-life scenario playing out in B.C, Canada involving the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline project and the effort of planners to … Continue reading
Mapping the US Drought
Some interesting visualizations are popping up in an effort to convey the extent of the drought in the USA, perhaps the worst drought in over half a century! This from the Washington Post… More than a fifth of the contiguous … Continue reading
Mobile App Tip – Track Marine Debris from the Japan Tsunami
Here’s details of a clever mobile app (Android) designed to help NOAA keep tabs on debris washing ashore from Japan. Recall we recently featured an update from NOAA about the Japan Tsunamis debris field that is headed towards the shoreline … Continue reading
