Category: GIS
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Socio-economic analysis with nighttime light series. Step 1: downloading shapefile of the study area
Context: we analyze economic changes in Colombian municipalities between 1993 and 2020. We need to download ArcGis, a geographic information system (GIS) for working with maps and geographic information maintained by the Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri). It is used for creating and using maps, compiling geographic data, analyzing mapped information, sharing and discovering geographic…
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Socio-economic analysis with nighttime light series: downloading nighttime images
Context: we analyze economic changes in Colombian municipalities between 1993 and 2020. In this post, we focus on how to download our “raw data”, i.e. the nighttime light data for Colombia. Step 1: Download nighttime light series from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Particularly Version 4 DMSP-OLS Nighttime Lights Time Series (DMSP) –…
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Socio-economic analysis with nighttime light series: uploading nighttime light file to a GIS software
Context: we analyze economic changes in Colombian municipalities between 1993 and 2020. After having downloaded nighttime images from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), and install ArcGIS or any other GIS software in our computer, we proceed now to upload nighttime files for our analysis. NOAA provide images covering the whole world which can…
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What UTM Zone am I in ? Nice tool
Click on the map or use the Geolocate button to find out which UTM zone you are in.
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Tool for creating and publishing interactive maps
https://www.zeemaps.com/
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European Coal Map (video)
https://vimeo.com/138616562
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Mapping the global battle to protect our planet
A new project maps environmental protest across the world, powerfully visualising a growing movement These struggles have sometimes toppled governments, such as the coup in Madagascar in 2008 that brought “land-grabbing” to global attention when Daewoo was given a lease to grow food and biofuels for export on half the country’s land. But most of…
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World Bank App for development-related data on mobile platforms
The “Spatial Agent” Mobile App has been developed to take advantage of new capabilities to visualize this growing range of spatial and temporal development-related data on mobile platforms. The App demonstrates a simple but extremely powerful approach to visualize a range of public-domain spatial datasets through interactive maps and charts to allow for data visualization…