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Un chercheur français du CNRS refoulé des Etats-Unis pour avoir exprimé "une opinion personnelle sur la politique menée par Trump". Ce chercheur dans le domaine spatial a subi un contrôle aléatoire à son arrivée à l'aéroport, au cours duquel son ordinateur et son téléphone personnel ont été fouillés. Le FBI a ouvert une enquête contre lui, depuis abandonnée. Les Etats-Unis ne sont plus une démocratie lemonde.fr/international/artic

Le Monde · Etats-Unis : un chercheur français refoulé pour avoir exprimé « une opinion personnelle sur la politique menée par l’administration Trump »By Le Monde avec AFP

Glacial Lake Mapping Using Remote Sensing Geo-Foundation Model
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doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2025.104 <-- shared paper
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HIGHLIGHTS:
• Proposed U-ViT model based on Prithvi GFM for multi-sensor glacial lake mapping.
• Achieved an F1 score of 0.894 on Sentinel-1&2, surpassing CNNs scoring below 0.8.
• Maintains strong performance with 50% less training data, proving efficiency.
• Excels in detecting small lakes (<0.01km²) and handling clouds and complex terrains..."
#GIS #spatial #mapping #glaciallake #GeospatialFoundationModel #satellite #Sentinel #GaoFen #remotesensing #earthobservation #model #modeling #climatechange #glacial #glacier #melt #melting #UViT #deepleanring #AI #framework #performance #metrics #opensource

The Concept Of Indigenous GIS
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Reading a paper (alturl.com/8wte5), they used the specific term ‘Indigenous GIS’ – and I found this intriguing!
As I read it, spatial data collection and analysis was done with a focus on how a tribe or social group might ‘see’ the data, including spatiotemporal....
I look forward to finding out more about what others are working on! – so PLEASE feel free to share any examples that you might have…
#GIS #spatial #mapping #indigenous #IndigineousGIS #FirstNation #perspective #cultural #social #naturalresources #archaeology #publicsafety #socialservices #planning #design #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #mapping #cartography #usecase #practical #pragamatic #resultsdriven #focused##

Mercator Misconceptions - Clever Map Shows the True Size of Countries [Especially In High Latitudes]
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visualcapitalist.com/mercator- <-- shared technical article
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equal-earth.com/ <-- shared Equal Earth map projection details [the poster’s recommended global projection for many use cases]
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[note the ‘true’ size of high latitude landmasses like Greenland and Canada (and Russia as well); note also that the Mercator Projection was not / is not a ‘tool of colonialism’, geopolitics or the like, it was/is ‘simply’ a very clever projection to aid in marine navigation]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #projection #Greenland #Canada #Russia #size #landarea #projection #mapprojection #JustSayNoToGallPeters #equalarea #Mercator #marine #nautical #navigation #spheroid #globe #area #shape #direction #equalearth #Africa #rhomb #rhomblines

USDA 2024 Aerial Imagery Now Available For Download In Texas!🛩️🛰️
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datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/ <-- shared USDA Geospatial Data Gateway (download the raster aerials here)
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“The USDA has released its 2024 National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) aerial imagery, providing high-resolution, 1-meter data for all 254 Texas counties…
✅ Newly built bridge and highway infrastructure
✅ Stormwater & drainage evaluations (newly built drainage infrastructure)
✅ Right-of-way assessment (environmental analysis)…”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #RemoteSensing #NAIP #USDA #SpatialAnalysis #GISCommunity #AEC #AerialImagery #GISchat #InfrastructurePlanning #CivilEngineering #TransportationPlanning #LandSurveying #EnvironmentalAnalysis #EngineeringInnovation #opendata #Texas #USA #imagery #infrastructure #stormwater #drainage #rightofway #environmental #bridge #highway #planning #management #resource #reference
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