A ‘Waylaid' Teaching Diorama – USGS “Geology For Land Use”
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For about 3 years, this gorgeous diorama has ‘just’ been sitting in a corner of a (common) hallway.
I can’t help but wonder its history:
• What prompted its creation?
• Who was the artisan (truly!) that created it and used those components and focus?
• When was it created? (late 1960s as an educated guess????)
• Why was it seen as useful / in what setting? (as I am sure it was)
• How was it funded?
(never mind that I want to claim it for my office, space notwithstanding…)
#geology #landuse #trainingaid #education #diorama #oldschool #fedscience #fedservice #education #technical #professional #spatial #landform #geomorphology #usecase #appliedscience #geoscience #USGS
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A Five-Year Milestone - Reflections On Advances And Limitations In GeoAI Research
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https://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~yhu42/papers/2024_AnnalsofGIS_GeoAI.pdf <-- shared 2024 paper
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2025.104368 <-- shared 2025 paper
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[GeoAI has changed markedly since this 1st paper was written, but there is still much value in what it states]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #AI #spatialanalysis #GeoAI #theory #perspectives #Giscience #geography #advances #limitations #model #modeling #spatiallyexplicit #realworld #usecase #application #problemsolving #AAG #research #appliedscience #generalizability
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The Myth And Reality Of ‘Physics-Based’ Models In Geosciences
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https://geoaiunpacked.substack.com/p/the-myth-and-reality-of-physics-based <-- shared technical article
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“Across hydrology, fire, weather, and climate science, models are often described as physics-based—a phrase that evokes rigor, transparency, and trust. Yet, beneath the surface, much of what drives these models are empirical relationships and parameterizations rather than direct solutions of physical laws. These assumptions are necessary to make the equations computable, but they also introduce biases, tuning artifacts, and uncertainties that can propagate through every layer of simulation.
This doesn’t mean physics-based models are flawed or obsolete; rather, it highlights the complexity of modeling natural systems…”
#GeoAI #datadriven #physicsbased #model #modeling #usecase #appliedscience #accuracy #appropriateness #simulation #naturalsystems #hybrid #physicalrealism #hydrology #fire #weather #climate

Now I get it. Couldn’t figure out why the current White House occupant and company are so desperate to kneecap scientific research. Good explanation. #repression #science #autocracy #basicscience #appliedscience #research https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/science/trump-science-autocrats.html?unlocked_article_code=1.iU8.FVsN.4GHPs6N0Wtq2&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Trans-Oceanic Distributed Sensing Of Tides Over Telecommunication Cable Between Portugal & Brazil
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https://lnkd.in/gBPpBchx <-- shared paper
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[not something I know much about technically - so what better reason to read a paper!? What a fascinating & clever repurposing idea]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #geophysics #geophysical #remotesensing #model #modeling #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #cable #transoceanic #cable #tide #waves #tsunami #earlywarning #repurposing #usecase #appliedscience #appliedtechnology #fibreoptic #microwave #modulation #submarine #telecom #telecommunications #sensor #realtime #monitoring #measurememnt #marine #ocean #temperature #tidal #climate #climatechange #naturalhazards #risk #hazard #currents #circulation #infrastructure