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The mapTO 2020 Map-A-Week Challenge — mapTO We make maps of Toronto. We will be posting a map a week for all of 2020. Follow along.

Assessing Australia�s �ecological disaster� A Reuters analysis of more than 1,400 species highlights those hardest hit by bushfires

Assessing Australia’s “ecological disaster” A Reuters analysis of over 1,400 species highlights those affected most by bushfires

Everything you need to know about FBS data products.

The Essential Cheat Sheet For Purchasing Digital Geo Data [Cheat Sheets] Do you know what vital piece of information you need to plan your project and can't find it? Maybe you're not even sure where to begin looking. Start by checking out the essential cheat sheets below - and visit FBS University for more reference materials and free sample data. What's available? How i...

Eglinton Crosstown LRT plans may as well say �Here be dragons� . Free advice from New York for Toronto.

Nobody Knows What Lies Beneath New York City Subterranean cartographers are bringing to light the dark, tangled truths buried under the streets.

�To think about how these stories survived only to be supported by this archeological evidence is just amazing.�

A student found an ancient Canadian village that's 10,000 years older than the Pyramids | ARCHAEOLOGY WORLD A team of Canadian Ph.D. students discovered an ancient village that dates back to before the era of the pyramids.

Quickly compare three ways to get and geodata

First Base Solutions Quick Tips: Choosing A Mapping Service Quickly compare three ways to get aerial imagery and geodata from First Base Solutions. This video will guide you through a quick overview of how to access a...

Counting Animals with UAVs Can Be More Accurate Than Ground Surveys

Using Drones and Remote Sensing for Mapping and Counting Animals ~ GIS Lounge Remote sensing data from satellite and UAV imagery has been used by researchers in the mapping and observation of wildlife, in particular counting the number of animals in remote locations.

While Canada boasts of establishments many decades old, Asia and Europe are looking at centuries.

The Oldest Business in Every Country in the world - Vivid Maps There are 5,586 companies in the world whose age exceeds two hundred years. 56% of all the oldest companies in the world are based in Japan.

We improved MapCast again! - free trial!

MapCast Transitions This year, we're improving MapCast again with new administrator tools to build custom subscriptions and track your users, plus an expanding data catalogue. If you've been with us from the beginning, here's some tips to smooth the transition.

Britain had the Ordnance Survey, France the Cassini family. Japan had In? Tadataka (?? ??, 1745-1818), the surveyor of Japan.

Inō Tadataka, Surveyor of Japan Britain had the Ordnance Survey, France the Cassini family. Japan had Inō Tadataka (伊能 忠敬, 1745-1818), who over a series of expeditions in the early 19th century conducted a systematic survey of Ja…

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Homeowner Sues Lake Ontario for Violating Property Lines Irondequoit, NY – An Irondequoit man filed a lawsuit against Lake Ontario for intentionally ignoring the boundaries of his lake-shore property. “I never thought that owning a home direc…