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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
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
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
Energy and Carbon Verification for the Sacramento Region
SIG developed an urban forest analysis approach that can be used to track avoided pollutant emissions, carbon sequestration and other…Learn More
Urban Ecological Land Cover Mapping for New York City
An urban ecological land-cover map containing 37 unique classes was created for New York City using object-based imagery analysis (OBIA)…Learn More
Geospatial Analysis Services for the “Connected Tahoe Project”
High-speed internet plays a significant role in today’s virtual economy – yet many rural communities through the United States do…Learn More
Mapping Hard and Soft Impervious cover in the Lake Tahoe Basin Using LiDAR and Multispectral Images: a Pilot Study of the Lake Tahoe Land Cover and Disturbance Monitoring Plan
SIG generated spatially explicit maps for all hard impervious surfaces, including roads, sidewalks, parking areas, and buildings in the Lake…Learn More
Synthesis of Spatially Explicit Sustainability Indicators for the Lake Tahoe Basin
The goal of this project was to develop a decision-support framework that would facilitate simple and consistent communication of the…Learn More
