Category Archives: Enviro/Ag
How Cool
Los Angeles uses GIS technologies to help residents find respite during heat waves In late August 2022, a vicious heat dome sat over Los Angeles just when summer would typically fade into fall. For a week, temperatures climbed as high as 115 degrees in parts of Southern California—and didn’t cool off much at night. The extreme...
How Green Is Your City?
As tree-planting efforts take root in cities around the world, urban managers turn to geospatial tools to map and monitor their community’s canopy cover. New Yorkers are fast walkers. But there are those who prefer to take it slow, like the group of well-trained volunteers who purposely roamed around the streets of the Big Apple,...
Sustainable Rainwater Treatment for the Future
How machine-control solutions are increasing efficiencies on ground-breaking projects by up to 60 percent The seaside town of Køge lies just forty minutes south of Copenhagen in Denmark. A rapidly expanding area, new housing projects and transport infrastructure are an immediate priority for residents and local authorities.But, for a town located just three meters above...
Sara Thompson
23 Young Geospatial Professionals to Watch in 2023 – 21 of 23 Name: Sara ThompsonCompany: Arizona Department of Transportation Current position: Geospatial Analysis Section ManagerAge: 25 Education: BS in Conservation Biology and Ecology, Arizona State University; Certificate, GIS and Cartography, Arizona State University Thompson is a geospatial leader making a difference for young professionals across multiple...
Joel Holliman
23 Young Geospatial Professionals to Watch in 2023 – 18 of 23 Name: Joel HollimanCompany: Phoenix LiDAR Systems Current position: Data AnalystAge: 26 Education: BS Environmental Geoscience, Texas A&M; Minor in Geographic Information Science and Technology While at Texas A&M, Holliman worked on a case study that showed the potential for satellite imagery to model the...
Roshni Sharma
23 Young Geospatial Professionals to Watch in 2023 – 16 of 23 Name: Roshni SharmaCompany: Frontier SI Current position: Project Manager and AnalystAge: 34 Education: BS in Environmental Science and Management, University of Newcastle; MS in Spatial Information Systems, University of New South Wales; MS (Research), Geosciences, University of Sydney Sharma is a thought leader, a...