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Lake Tahoe Aquatic Plant Monitoring Program
Aquatic Plant Monitoring and Evaluation Plan and 2018 Lake Tahoe Nearshore Aquatic Plant Status Report SIG teamed up with Marine…Learn More
A Review of Stream Environment Zone Definitions, Field Delineation Criteria and Indicators, Classification Systems, and Mapping
Collaborative Recommendations for Stream Environment Zone Program Updates. (Tahoe SEZ PC093) The Stream Environment Zone (SEZ) is a land designation…Learn More
Use of Remotely Sensed Imagery to Map and Quantify the Extent and Distribution of Lake Tahoe’s Nearshore Substrates and Fish Habitats
SIG’s Environmental Mapping Team mapped surface and submerged littoral substrates in Lake Tahoe, CA, NV from high-resolution satellite imagery using…Learn More
Monitoring Invasive Species in Lake Tahoe Using Remote Sensing
Lake Tahoe is an ecological gem and major tourism hub in the Sierra Nevadas, visited by over 3 million people…Learn More
High Resolution UAS Mapping of Forests in the Santa Cruz Mountains
The SIG Unmanned Aerial System Team recently mapped an area of dense redwood forest in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The…Learn More
Forest Inventory at “Dead Mans Gulch” near Santa Cruz, California
SIG worked in the Santa Cruz flying aerial imagery and installing permanent research plots for the beginning of a long-term…Learn More
UAV Assessment of Impervious Land Cover in the Lake Tahoe Basin
Pavement, buildings, and other sorts of “impervious land cover” seal off soil surfaces, which prevents natural groundwater recharge and rainwater…Learn More
Hydrology Mapping using Google Earth Engine in Paraguay and Indonesia
Dr. Ate Poortinga lead two 4-day workshops on hydrology mapping using Google Earth Engine (GEE). The workshops were held in…Learn More
Report: Spatially Distributed Hydrological Ecosystem Services
Recent international scientific developments in remote sensing are rapid and significant, leading to the distribution of spatial, quantitative data on…Learn More
UAV Flood Inundation Assessment for South Lake Tahoe Public Utilities
Spatial Informatics Group and The University of Vermont, Spatial Analysis Lab, teamed up to complete a flood inundation map of sewage…Learn More
NASA, FAO, USFS Bring Collect Earth Online to Users Everywhere
SIG has been collaborating with NASA (via SERVIR), SilvaCarbon, the US Forest Service, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United…Learn More
Mooring Buoy Inventory for Development on Lake Tahoe
In 2016, SIG did a mooring buoy inventory on the California side of Lake Tahoe, from shoreline to 2000 feet…Learn More
The One Map Initiative – A Single Land Database for Indonesia
The One Map initiative in Indonesia began under the previous government with the ambition of bringing together land use, land…Learn More
Nationwide Crime Map for Maponics
Maponics Inc is a company that develops digital geographic boundaries for a number of large corporate clients, like Realtor.com, Trulia…Learn More
SERVIR-Mekong
SERVIR is a global program that provides scientific and technical know-how to help developing countries use geospatial information and technologies…Learn More
Mapping an Urban Heat Island Index for California
Urban heat islands are metropolitan areas that are notably warmer than the areas surrounding them. This extra heat comes from…Learn More
