Supporting monitoring of the Deepwater Horizon blowout

May 27, 2010

We’ve been working with SkyTruth to help monitor the Deepwater Horizon blowout.  For our part, we’re primarily working to provide third party data archiving.  What’s that mean?  We have built a few custom scripts to automatically check for new versions of spatial data related to the Deepwater Horizon blowout and store those on our own [...]

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The Future of Environmental Law Mapping

November 29, 2009

Ecocy has a nice summary of some of the ways internet mapping is effecting environmental policy. There are a lot of great examples out there.  Any way to make environmental policy and management more transparent has opportunities to make it easier for everyone to understand the implications. Read the post at: http://www.ecocy.net/fr/journal.php#104

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Interactive Graphic: 2009 NY Elections

November 3, 2009

I am always a big fan of these products right on the New York Times website.  The interactive maps/graphics you find on their site a re superb examples of simple and concise products that help us understand the story.  Check out the latest examples from the recent election.

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Society for Conservation GIS Announces 13th Annual Conference

October 28, 2009

The Society for Conservation GIS is seeking Abstracts for its 13th Annual Conference that will be held from July 8th to 11th, 2010 at Asilomar Conference Grounds in Monterey, California. If you’ve never attended the SCGIS conference, it’s a great event.  The Asilomar Conference Grounds are an excellent venue.  The SCGIS conference has proved to [...]

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The Girl Effect – check it out

October 27, 2009

I ran across this site some time ago and am pleased to have found it again.  Not only an excellent project but a skilled delivery of the message that makes it compelling to watch and get involved. Real connections, to real people, makes a real difference.

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Acronis Data Backup

October 27, 2009

We’ve all lost data.  If you haven’t lost it, you will.  Computers and technology teach us new lessons in the fleeting nature of information.  Beyond the zen lessons that the impermanent nature of digital data can teach us, there’s something you can do about it now to protect your investment and your data. This week, [...]

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What is Conservation Technology

October 27, 2009

Conservation Technology, a term coined by folks in the Geographic Information Systems community over a decade ago, reefers to the various ways technologies can be used to further environmental conservation efforts. Although I’m very involved in the Conservation GIS community, I’m also a strong advocate for the many ways technology can help individuals and organizations be more effective and active in [...]

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