You've seen the news or the smoke! Wildfire season has started! If you need info on locations that have burned previously (or the magnitude of that burning) or #landcover or dominant tree species or structure or age or... Have a look at the #opendata at: opendata.nfis.org/mapserver/nfis…

This is not normal.

Flood hazard maps are key in understanding a community’s risk to flooding. That’s why we’re investing $164M in our Flood Hazard Identification and Mapping Program to help Canadians better prepare for future floods. More: ow.ly/vqhg50OYwLC #FloodMapping

Les cartes des aléas d’inondation sont essentielles pour comprendre le risque d’inondation d’une collectivité.

PGC is proud to present ArcticDEM Mosaic Version 4.1, a culmination of rigorous efforts to elevate the quality, precision, and utility of elevation data in the Arctic. Read about the new improvements featuring a story map to showcase the changes up close: pgc.umn.edu/news/arcticdem…

Version 2 #GEDI L1A, L2A, and L2B collections are complete and available from 04/18/2019 to 03/16/2023! Get full waveform #lidar footprints, elevation and height metrics, and canopy cover and vertical profile metrics for Earth at NASA's #LPDAAC. bit.ly/48kKciC

Today Dr. William J. Ripple et al released the 2023 report on the terrifying state of our #climate. It should be read by every policymaker, decisionmaker, and journalist on the planet. Here is a thread of some key takeaways. 1/n

Another great milestone achieved! Thanks to all our team who worked ardently on that through the years and to our partners accross Canada!

#Qgis now supports #3D tiles! Check out this blog post from Cesium: cesium.com/blog/2023/11/0…

It's absurd that people are traveling to COP28 by private jet. theconversation.com/why-are-people…

Take a look at the most recent newsletters of the National Elevation Data Strategy, live on GoGeomatics.ca ! On the menu: #lidar acquisitions, status of national #elevation products, the new CHN product, and R&D in support of topo-bathy lidar. gogeomatics.ca/canadas-nation…

NEW: #ForestInventory data for all of Canada's forests! #Landsat segmentation for polygons. Replicates inventory data. #SBFI Wulder et al. Development and implementation of a stand-level satellite-based forest inventory for Canada. Paper: doi.org/10.1093/forest… Data: final prep.

The r-lidar development team Université Laval is glad to announce the new lasR package that is complementary to the lidR package github.com/r-lidar/lasR The lasR package is intended to be much more powerful than lidR but also less versatile. It does NOT supersede lidR. #lidR

Ontario is receiving up to $15 million over four years in federal funding to advance flood mapping activities across the province. Under the Flood Hazard Identification and Mapping Program, this investment will improve Ontario’s #FloodPreparedness and resiliency. (1/2)

Interested in #lidar and #forestinventory? Find out what's happening in Canada's forests. Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

The first World Lidar Day, which will celebrate lidar and its expanding applications each year on Feb. 12, will be held this Monday. Its debut will coincide with Geo Week to be held next week. #WorldLidarDay lidarday.com

After more than a year and a half, here is the long awaited 2.13.0 version of CloudCompare! You can see the release notes with an impressive list of new features and improvements here: cloudcompare.org/release/notes/… Happy Valentine's Day to all point cloud lovers 💕

📢 Join us for the upcoming Natural Resources Webinar "Elevation, Terrain, and Super-Resolution." ⏰ Time and Date: March 5, 2024, 1-2 PM ET Speakers: Charles Papasodoro, Heather McGrath, Mikhail Sokolov #NRCan #Webinar 🌟The webinar will provide information about: (1/5)

For Canada's forest ecosystems (>650 million hectares!) we share #opendata at 30m resolution: #landcover, change (date & type), structure (#biomass, height), species, & more! All from peer reviewed science. #Landsat Periodically updated. Have a look! 👇 🔗opendata.nfis.org/mapserver/nfis…

You have airborne #lidar, now what to do? 🌲📏 Find guidance: Dr. Joanne C. White et al. A model development and application guide for generating an enhanced forest inventory using airborne laser scanning data and an area-based approach. #forestinventory 🔗publications.gc.ca/collections/co…