Tag "Arctic"
ArcticDEM Project Has Now Mapped More Than 65 Percent of The Arctic
ArcticDEM Release 5 represents the largest release of elevation data to date, more than doubling the number of available strip DEMs, mosaic tiles and geographic coverage area of all releases
OGC Invites You to the Arctic Spatial Data Pilot Demonstration
23 February 2017: The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) invites members and the public to attend the OGC Arctic Spatial Data Pilot demonstration online or in-person on the 15th March 2017
NGA Releases Biggest Collection of Arctic Elevation Data Yet at Esri FedGIS Conference
ArcticDEM Provides High-Quality Elevation Data and Enables Communities to Take Action Redlands, California—Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics, together with the ArcticDEM project—a public-private initiative to produce high-resolution, high-quality
Esri Releases New Arctic Elevation Data
ArcticDEM Provides New Insight into Effects of Climate Change and Enables Communities to Take Early Action Redlands, California—Global smart-mapping leader Esri and the ArcticDEM project, a public-private initiative to produce
Federal Agency for Geodesy and Cartography Commissioned New Project to Compile New Arctic Atlas
The Federal Agency for Geodesy and Cartography commissioned a project to compile and publish a national atlas of the Russian Arctic, according to a RIA Novosti report. The entire project was estimated at 80 million
OGC Requests Information to Guide Arctic Spatial Data Pilot
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) requests information to help advance the “Arctic Spatial Data Pilot”. The Arctic Spatial Data Pilot is an OGC Interoperability Program initiative sponsored by the U.S.
OGC Announces New Arctic Spatial Data Infrastructure Project
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) announces a new OGC Interoperability Program project called the “Arctic Spatial Data Infrastructure Standards and Communication Pilot” (Arctic SDI Pilot). The Arctic SDI Pilot is
Arctic Tundra Fire Causes Widespread Permafrost Landscape Changes
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Large and severe tundra fires cause top down permafrost thaw, playing a major role in altering Arctic landscapes according to a new study led by the U.S.
Satellites Catch Austfonna Rapid Ice Loss
Rapid ice loss in a remote Arctic ice cap has been detected by the Sentinel-1A and CryoSat satellites. Located on Norway’s Nordaustlandet island in the Svalbard archipelago, parts of the
Bears from Space: Scientists Try to Count Polar Bears Using Satellite Imagery
They look like tiny white specks on a mottled grey background. They’re polar bears seen from space — using the newest tool in the kit for scientists to monitor Canada’s