GIS and mapping

The World Bank has been exploring the use of artificial intelligence for disaster risk management. New research shows that by integrating machine learning with strategic aerial imagery and local insights, nations stand to acquire pivotal housing data.

The National Geographic Society launched the World Water Map as part of its five-year World Freshwater Initiative to help understand developing freshwater shortages around the world. The tool has identified 22 water availability hotspots across the globe.

Visualizations can bridge the gap between complex science and communicating the risks that storms and sea level rise pose to coastal communities.

Detailed mapping by GNS Science and its partners is revealing the extraordinary impact of an extreme rainfall event.

Whether reconstructing the past, describing the present or anticipating the future, geospatial intelligence provides valuable information to help keep people and communities safe.

Submap merges graphic design with geodynamics, providing a fast, free, and user-friendly resource to map subduction zones.

Understanding how glaciers interact with the ocean is akin to piecing together a colossal jigsaw puzzle. Various icebreaker expeditions to remote fjords in northern Greenland showed that the shape of the seafloor is one of the key pieces of that puzzle.

This study examines the consequences of droughts and forest fires on the Indonesian island of Kalimantan. The researchers first create maps showing the eleven contributing factors that have the greatest impact on forest fires and droughts.