Thirty Years of the U.S. National Land Cover Database - Impacts and Future Direction
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https://doi.org/10.14358/PERS.25-00121R2 <-- shared paper
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“Editor's choice article for the October Issue of Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing.”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #opendata #earthobservation #landcover #USA #NLCD #MRLCC #history #datacollection #impervioussurface #classifaction #landform #forestcanopy #fedscience #fedservice #deeplearning #AI #spatialanalysis #change #monitoring #usecase #research #landmanagement #management #policy #planning #support #agriculture #urbanplanning #environment #ecosystems #biodiversity #conservation #water #hydrology #humanhealth #risk #hazard #soils #naturalhazard #spatiotemporal #landchange #forestry #watermanagement #waterquality #publicsafety #groundwater #NCLA #wildfire #stormwater #extremeweather
#USGS #EROS #NASA #USFS

New Study Links Flood Risk And Hurricane Attributes In Southwest Florida
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https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/new-study-links-flood-risk-and-hurricane-attributes-in-southwest-florida/ <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s44304-025-00141-z <-- shared paper
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H/T NOAA Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
#water #hydrology #extremeweather #flood #flooding #hurricane #model #modeling #Irma #Ian #HurricaneIrma #HurricaneIan #cost #damage #infrastructure #damage #FEMA #HAZUS #Florida #CollierCounty #insurance #risk #hazard #usecase #casestudy #publicsafety #SLR #sealevel #sealevelrise #floodmodel #model #modeling #spatialanalysis #opendata #storm #stormsurge #vegetation #mangrove #NFIP #spatial #GIS #mapping
#NOAA

Analysis Of Colorado River Basin Storage Suggests Need For Immediate Action
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https://www.colorado.edu/center/gwc/2025/09/11/analysis-colorado-river-basin-storage-suggests-need-immediate-action <-- shared UC Boulder School Of Law paper
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https://www.usbr.gov/ColoradoRiverBasin/ <-- shared BuRec Colorado River Basin overview page
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https://www.usbr.gov/ColoradoRiverBasin/post2026/documents/CRWUA-2024-P26-Update.pdf <-- shared BuRec Colorado River Basin Lake Powell & Lake Mead Operations Post-2026 Update 12/05/24 presentation
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2022WR033454 <-- shared 2023 paper – “Aridification of Colorado River Basin's Snowpack Regions Has Driven Water Losses Despite Ameliorating Effects of Vegetation”
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#water #hydrology #watermanagement #management #watersecurity #agriculture #ColoradoRiver #ColoradoRiverBasin #storage #waterresources #wateruse #agreement #naturalsupply #usecase #reserve #model #modeling #hydrospatial #future #forecasts #climate #recharge #snowpack #massbalance #conservative #dams #BuRec #reservoir #operations #infrastructure #consumption #magicwater
@CU Boulder Getches-Wilkinson Center Law Center

Canada’s National Elevation Data Strategy [HRDEM, etc]
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https://geo.ca/initiatives/national-elevation-data-strategy/ <-- shared technical / policy article
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #planning #policy #landforms #landmanagement #policy #planning #management #NEDS #hydrospatial #water #hydrology #forestry #elevation #HRDEM #CCMEO #usecase #geohazard #risk #hazard #engineeringgeology #telecommunications #infrastructure #transportation #economy #ROI #ISED #watermanagement #LiDAR #government #integration #3D #remotesensing #earthobservation #arctic #FirstNation #provincial #territories
@NRCAN

The 3D Elevation Program—Supporting The Economy Of Massachusetts [USGS]
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https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/fs20253044 <-- shared USGS fact sheet
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #3DEP #opendata #LiDAR #elevation #DEM #Massachusetts #USA #costbenefit #returnoninvestment #topography #usecase #cost #economics #risk #hazard #infrastructure #USGS
@USGS

#Bought the #book, thanks Science Friday for making the #shutdown a lot more bearable...
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#MapMatics #reading #GIS #spatial #mapping #cartography #spatialanalysis #podcast #book #math #mathmatics #navigation #routing #inclusion #usecase #focus #science #education #publicbroadcasting #NPR #ScienceFriday
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https://www.linkedin.com/posts/gregcocks_gis-spatial-mapping-activity-7389714526922817536-d2dH

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
@AAG

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

How Math Helps Us Map The World [NPR Science Friday]
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https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/mapmatics-math-maps/ <-- shared link to Science Friday presentation summary page
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https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/audience-favorite-maps/ <-- shared Science Friday’s audience’s favourite maps
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https://bookshop.org/p/books/mapmatics-a-mathematician-s-guide-to-navigating-the-world-freelance-writer-paulina-rowi-324-ska/846b5df5c182c6d9 <-- shared book link, ‘‘Mapmatics: A Mathematician’s Guide to Navigating the World’
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https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/mapmatics-mapping-london-cholera/ <-- shared excerpt from ‘Mapmatics: A Mathematician’s Guide to Navigating the World’
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[this post should not be considered as an endorsement of any author, etc – although I did order the book to try and make my head hurt!]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #cartography #spatialanalysis #podcast #book #math #mathmatics #navigation #routing #inclusion #usecase #focus #science #education #publicbroadcasting #NPR #ScienceFriday