Location-based data excels in supporting integrated approaches to land and water management, environmental assessments, and ecosystem monitoring—essentials for a healthy environment.
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Fun with GeoRSS
If you know what RSS is, GeoRSS is a logical step forward. ... GeoRSS adds a few tags to RSS that hold spatial data.
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August 20 2008 Maiyoo Keyoh Society in B.C. to Assess Web-Mapping Needs
June 08 2008 Making Environmental Sense: SensorBay Project Capitalizes on Sensors in Placentia Bay
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Inuit Communities Now on Firm Footing with Land-use Planning Application
When the northern Inuit community of Kujjuaq looked to expand its waste-disposal site, land-use planners produced a multi-layered online map to assess how such an expansion could affect local streams and rivers.
GEOIDE Market Intelligence Portal
A new section is now available on the GEOIDE website: the GEOIDE Market
Intelligence Portal (English only). This
section is opened to everyone (member and non member) who is interested of having the latest news from the geospatial industry,
Atlas shows the high cost of offshore oil and gas production
A collaborative effort between York's Faculty of Environmental Studies (FES) and Newfoundland-based NGO the Alder Institute has helped create a unique electronic marine atlas aimed at furthering protection of endangered species in the Atlantic Ocean.