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Google Maps has changed the way we navigate the world. Its desktop and mobile apps have become not just a way to get from point A to B via car, public transportation, or on foot. The ubiquitous Google service is also a geospatial search engine for the world around us. Google continues to revamp and improve its map product with features like augmented reality and commuter options, but there are a ton of customizable tools and hidden functions already baked into Google Maps that you may not know...

A 2019 decree by the government of Montenegro sets forth the country’s intention to set up a military training ground in the highland grasslands of Sinjajevina in the northern part of the country. But the pastures of Sinjajevina have supported herders for centuries, and scientists say that this sustainable use is responsible in part for the wide array of life that the mountain supports; activists say an incursion by the military would destroy livelihoods, biodiversity and vital ecosystem serv...

Mangroves are salt-tolerant plants found in intertidal areas throughout much of the world’s tropical and subtropical coastlines. Mangrove ecosystems are highly variable, ranging from sparse, stunted shrubs to dense stands of thick-stemmed tall trees. These ecosystems provide habitat for an incredibly diverse range of species including fish (from snapper to shark), invertebrates (such as shrimp and crab), reptiles (from snakes to crocodiles), birds (from kingfishers to hawks), primates (such ...

CTVs Mason DePatie reports. This report was first published on Sept. 5, 2020. The Lacoste Garden Centre truck that videotaped a Winnipeg woman with cancer. (Source: Facebook/Alyssa Davies) A woman tried taking a Manitoba school division to court for more than $200,000 in damages for requiring her children to wear masks in school, a move she said was a breach of her childrens rights, and was seeking a court injunction to allow her kids to go to school with no masks. CTVs Danton Unger reports....

ISLAMABAD: The Food and Agriculture Organisa­tion (FAO) of the United Nations has taken steps to develop expertise and capacities of Geographic Information System (GIS) professionals in Pakistan for agricultural mapping and for land monitoring. FAO took the steps with the recent availability of ‘Google Earth Engine’, a cloud-based computing geospatial platform which has gained the attention of remote sensing based applications. The remote sensing based applications are designed to process...

Explain that. >> if you just look at areas like redding, california where theyve had this horrible most recent fire tragedy in northern california, central california, just anyone can go on google earth. they have this google earth engine. you can go back in time. go back 30 years and look at the satellite view of the houses. you can zoom and see all these little areas in the woods just being built into so fast that the exposure to fire is happening -- the risk is being driven just by that at a ...