Hello World!
There are several GIS classes to chose from in the spring. So far we have:
Lower division:
- Butsic, V ESPM 72 Geographic Information Systems
Upper division:
- Chambers, J GEOG 185 Earth System Remote Sensing
Graduate:
- Biging, G & Radke,J ESPM 210 Spatial Data Analysis for Natural Resources
- O'Sullivan GEOG 228 Spatial Simulation Modeling
- Radke, J LDARC 221 Quantitative Methods in Environmental Planning
- Dronova, I LDARC 254 Applied Remote Sensing
- deValpine, P ESPM 215 Hierarchical Statistical Modeling in Environmental Science (some spatial data analysis)
- Song, J PH2728 GIS and Public Health
Email me with others.
Thanks!
Congratulations to the NASA NEX Team! They have won the 2014 HPCwire Readers’ & Editors’ Choice Award for the Best Data-Intensive System (End User focused). See the article here: NASA Earth Exchange (NEX) Platform supports dozens of data-intensive projects in Earth sciences.
The NASA Earth Exchange (NEX) platform supports dozens of data-intensive projects in Earth sciences, bringing together supercomputers and huge volumes of NASA data, and enabling scientists to test hypotheses and execute modeling/analysis projects at a scale previously out of their reach. NEX-supported applications range from modeling El Niño, creating neighborhood-scale climate projections, assisting in crop water management, and mapping changes in forest structure across North America, to mapping individual tree crowns at continental scale as a foundation for new global science at unprecedented spatial resolution. NEX’s OpenNEX challenge ties in to White House initiatives, including Open Data, Big Data and Climate Data, which advance national goals to address climate change impacts and include competitions and challenges to foster regional innovation.
The GIF has been partnering with NASA NEX, and developing a framework to bring NEX data and analytical capabilities into HOLOS.
From this great paper I just came across:
and The 2012 free and open source GIS software map – A guide to facilitate research, development, and adoption. Computers, Environment, and Urban Systems. Volume 39: 136–150.
From the paper: "Over the last decade an increasing number of free and open source software projects have been founded that concentrate on developing several types of software for geographic data collection, storage, analysis and visualization. We first identify the drivers of such software projects and identify different types of geographic information software, e.g. desktop GIS, remote sensing software, server GIS etc. We then list the major projects for each software category. Afterwards we discuss the points that should be considered if free and open source software is to be selected for use in business and research, such as software functionality, license types and their restrictions, developer and user community characteristics, etc. Finally possible future developments are addressed."
Discovering the World Through GIS
November 19, 2014, 5PM-8:30PM
UC Berkeley, Mulford Hall
It's GIS Day 2014! Come visit Mulford Hall Wednesday Nov 19th at 5pm-ish to participate in workshops, listen to talks, see posters, and chat with other like-minded GIS-enthusiasts.
See the agenda here: http://gif.berkeley.edu/gisday.html.
We look forward to seeing you!
From the Digital Globe website:
Introducing WorldView-3, the first multi-payload, super-spectral, high-resolution commercial satellite. Operating at an expected altitude of 617 km, WorldView-3 provides 31 cm panchromatic resolution, 1.24 m multispectral resolution, 3.7 m short-wave infrared resolution, and 30 m CAVIS resolution. WorldView-3 has an average revisit time of <1 day and is capable of collecting up to 680,000 km2 per day, further enhancing the DigitalGlobe collection capacity for more rapid and reliable collection. Launching in 2014, the WorldView-3 system will allow DigitalGlobe to further expand its imagery product offerings.
Here is their spec-sheet.
