Category Archives: environment

USGS Infographic – The water cycle for kids

Posted on January 24, 2013 by glenn

How about another cool infographic for the collection? This one is loads of fun and may be a nice little addition for you to have printed out, laminated, and slapped up on the wall in the kids room… or maybe … Continue reading →

Posted in environment, infographic, maps, usgs |

2012 Could Be The Year of Extreme Weather/Climate Events

Posted on December 20, 2012 by glenn

2012 has been a rough year for the weather tracking and monitoring industry, so rough that the yer could be shaping up to be known by many as The yer of extreme weather events in the US.  NOAA has released … Continue reading →

Posted in environment, weather |

Chasing Ice – largest glacier calving ever filmed

Posted on December 15, 2012 by glenn

For the week-end, a little bit of awesomeness… the largest glacier calving event to ever be filmed while shooting for the film, Chasing Ice. Chasing Ice won the award for Excellence in Cinematography at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, and … Continue reading →

Posted in environment, video |

10th Annual International Mountain Day, December 11, 2012

Posted on December 11, 2012 by glenn

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 →

Posted in conservation, environment, events |

Uber Weather for Chrome, weather on steroids!

Posted on December 9, 2012 by glenn

Now available in the Google Chrome store, Uber weather (think weather on steroids). To check it out you can also fire up your Google chrome browser and hit http://uberweather.com/ for an awesome experience and be sure to hit the snow … Continue reading →

Posted in developers, environment, google, video, weather |

Webmaps – CDC Tracking The Spread of Influenza with FluView

Posted on December 7, 2012 by glenn

The CDC has published a clever webmap resource enabling visitors to quickly and easily track the spread of the Influenza (flu) virus in the US. Weekly data as reported by ILNET are used and the map also provides an animation … Continue reading →

Posted in environment, Tips |

Fishery Analyst Online Maps spatial patterns of fishery dynamics

Posted on December 4, 2012 by glenn

Here’s details of a very clever webmapping service from Mappamond  and VIMS – Fishery Analyst Online (3.0). According to the developers, Fishery analyst Online was born as a web adaptation of Fishery Analyst for ArcGIS Desktop. The latest application was … Continue reading →

Posted in developer, environment |

State of The Polar Bear Webmap Highlights Shrinking Ice Cap and Loss of Habitat

Posted on December 2, 2012 by glenn

The official website for the Polar Bear Specialist Group of the IUCN Species Survival Commission has launched a fabulous webmapping resource enabling users to stay involved and informed regarding the plight of the polar bear. The dynamic app fires up … Continue reading →

Posted in alaska, environment |

Hurricane Sandy: The AfterMap from Esri Reveals Pre and Post Sandy NOAA Imagery

Posted on November 2, 2012 by glenn

The latest Esri story map is a handy resource that reveals the latest pre and post Sandy imagery from NOAA. Using a slider action the user simply drags the red line to delineate where the pre and post imagery will … Continue reading →

Posted in environment, ESRI, hurricane, new york |

Do you want to help with Sandy response? design, code, and learn at a CrisisCamp

Posted on November 2, 2012 by glenn

CrisisCommons has shared details of a number of CrisisCamp events that have spawned in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Do you want to help with Sandy response? Come design, code, and learn with other people this weekend at a CrisisCamp! … Continue reading →

Posted in developer, environment, hurricane |

Infographic and Analysis of Global Climate Change from USGS, Jan-Sept 2012

Posted on October 30, 2012 by glenn

There’s no doubt that we’re seeing dramatic change in climate in a relatively short time and also an apparently related rise in extreme climatic events and extreme weather – Hurricane / TS Sandy is but one reminder of this unfortunately. … Continue reading →

Posted in environment, usgs |

Put your Coastal Cleanup Event on The Map

Posted on September 7, 2012 by glenn

This September 15, 2012, the 27th annual International coastal cleanup will take place around the World.  Individuals, orgs, and others are asked to take part and pitch in to help cleanup the coastline, removing marine debris and other waste from … Continue reading →

Posted in environment |