Show threadDavid SchmidtJan 3

When geocoding doesn't recognize public names of rural towns, it makes API integration quite the puzzle! 🧩 It's a firsthand look at the limitations of Western tech in certain regions. 🌏

Being a geo-buff in rural Yunnan really highlights how much we rely on accurate data! 🏔️ Staying in these areas is amazing, even if the maps can't quite keep up. 🗺️ (2/2)

#GIS #Cartography #China #TravelTech #DataGaps

💧🌏 Greg CocksFeb 28, 2024
‘Taking The Pulse Of The Planet’ - How Monitoring Nature From Space Could Keep Earth Healthy
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/22/taking-the-pulse-of-the-planet-how-monitoring-nature-from-space-could-keep-earth-healthy <-- shared media article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02171-0 <-- shared paper (on BONs)
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #biodiversity #remotesensing #global #satellite #earthobservation #inventory #catalogue #monitoring #fieldwork #insitu #habitat #ecosystems #international #cooperation #nature #naturalsystems #foodsecurity #watersecurity #seas #soils #forests #vegetation #species #pulseoftheplanet #BON #biodiversityobservationnetwork #GBiOS #GCOS #climatechange #planetaryhealth #spaceagencies #datagaps #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal
‘Taking the pulse of the planet’: could we monitor biodiversity from space as we do the weather?

With current data on global biodiversity either lacking or flawed, a global satellite scheme aims to fill the gaps to target protection of our seas, soils and wildlife

The Guardian
Show threadNorobiik @[email protected]Aug 3, 2023

"Paul Karson Alanis, resident volcanologist of #Phivolcs Legazpi, said in a private message Wednesday that from July 26 to July 30, the detection of pyroclastic density currents (PDCs, or fast-moving mixture of ash, gases, and volcanic debris) and rockfall had been affected by the powering down of the #SolarPowered Anoling, Camalig Observation Station as it has not been recharged for days." #Philippines #MayonVolcano

#HeavyRains cause #DataGaps’ in #Mayon observatory
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1811391/heavy-rains-cause-data-gapsin-mayon-observatory?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=gallery

Heavy rains cause ‘data gaps’ in Mayon observatory

LEGAZPI CITY, Albay, Philippines — Heavy rains that affected Albay province in the past few days caused equipment to discharge, leading to possible “data gaps,” or inaccurate record of

INQUIRER.net
Show threadNikki BöhlerDec 20, 2022
➡️ Für unser neues Programm #DataGaps mit Wikimedia CH suchen wir zukunftsgerichtete Unternehmen & Behörden, die bereit sind, ihre Datensätze mit betroffenen Personengruppen auf Lücken & Verzerrungen zu beleuchten. Meldet euch bei @digifutur oder mir ❤️
Nikki BöhlerDec 20, 2022
Schon mal einem von Google Maps empfohlenen Gehweg gefolgt? Lückenhafte Datengrundlagen in Innovation verunmöglichen dies für Menschen mit Kinderwagen oder Geh-Beeinträchtigung. #inklusiveInnovation ⬇️ Mehr zu unserem Artikel & #DataGaps Programm.