Digital Mapping: 2021

"I'm very positive about the future of GIS. It's the right technology at the right time. When I think of all the major problems that we face throughout the world today—overpopulation, food shortages, reduced agricultural production, adverse climate change, poverty—these are all quintessentially geographic problems. These problems are all concerned with the human relationship to the land, and this is where GIS can make its biggest contribution. GIS is the technology of our times and is uniquely suited to assist in solving the problems that we face."

-Dr. Roger F. Tomilson, Father of GIS

Tuesday 29 June 2021

New 2020 Global Land Cover Map by ESRI

ESRI releases a 10-meter resolution map of 2020 Earth's Land cover map developed using European Space Agency (ESA) Sentinel-2 satellite imagery with the help of new machine learning workflow teaming with new Esri Silver Partner and Microsoft. The maps can be accessed through the link https://livingatlas.arcgis.com/landcover/

"This is a critical year for climate action,With the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) bringing international parties together to address a set of common goals, we are happy to do our part in making this map available to users that are working towards the health of our planet."said Jack Dangermond, Esri founder and president.