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#nlcd

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💧🌏 Greg Cocks

Landsat At Work – Better Wireless Communication - National Land Cover Database (NLCD), Based On Landsat, Helps Plan Clear Signal
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usgs.gov/centers/eros/news/lan <-- shared article
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usgs.gov/landsat-missions <-- shared about Landsat
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usgs.gov/centers/eros/science/ <-- shared about NLCD
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #Landsat #remotesensing #satellite #earthobservation #fedscience #usecase #USGS #EROS #cellphone #mobilephone #telecommunications #communications #cost #benefit #wireless #towers #antennas #landcover #landuse #NLCD #radio #frequency #siting #lineofsight #clutter #economics #risk #hazard #signal #signalquality #USA #value #returnoninvestment
@USGS @USGS_EROS

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💧🌏 Greg Cocks

Identifying Environmental Risk Factors and Mapping the Distribution of West Nile Virus in an Endemic Region of North America
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doi.org/10.1029/2018GH000161 <-- shared paper
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[an older paper (2018) but a good one, including showing the versatility & usefulness of #FedScience spatial datasets]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #USA #WestNile #WestNileVirus #fedscience #NationalLandCoverDatabase #NLCD #virus #publichealth #arboviruses #environment #data #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #fedscience #geocoding #environmental #landcover #physiography #climate #weather #transmission #model #regressiontree #risk #hazard #riskmaps #elevation #humidity #rainfall #precipitation #disease #soil #integrated #opendata #mosquito #satellite #SouthDakota #pasturelands #crossdiscipline #virology #remotesensing #earthobservation #Pathobiology #Epidemiology
@USGS @USGS_EROS

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💧🌏 Greg Cocks

NOAA Digital Coast – Data Access Viewer [USA]
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coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/to <-- shared link to viewer
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[lots of new data added in the last 6 months]
“This online tool allows a user to search for and download lidar, imagery, and land cover data by user-defined geography. Once found, the data can be downloaded with an easy-to-use checkout interface. Users can select from multiple file formats, projections, and datums.
Features:
• View image services for applicable data
• View technical specifications and metadata for each data set
• Access data in several projections and datums…”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialdata #opendata #LiDAR #imagery #NOAA #digitalcoast #USA #DataAccessViewer #landcover #topobathy #topography #bathymetry #charts #coast #coastal #CoastalChangeAnalysisProgram #CCAP #NLCD
@NOAA

screen shot - NOAA Digital Coast – Data Access Viewer - topobathy
screen shot - NOAA Digital Coast – Data Access Viewer - C-CAP Regional Land Cover example
screen shot - NOAA Digital Coast – Data Access Viewer - interface - elevation data
screen shot - NOAA Digital Coast – Data Access Viewer - interface - elevation with charts view
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💧🌏 Greg Cocks

USGS Announces Next Generation Of Land Cover (NLCD) And Change Products
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usgs.gov/special-topics/lcmap/ <-- shared link to USGS details
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“Exciting news for NLCD users! [The USGS EROS] are working hard to bring you a major update: Annual NLCD. Coming this fall, annual land cover products will be released for the conterminous United States from 1985 to 2023. This game-changing resource will open up countless possibilities for change assessments and provide new insights into environmental monitoring, resource management, and urban planning…”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #opendata #remotesensing #dataresource #annual #NLCD #NationalLandCoverDatabase #NationalLandCoverDataset #landcover #CONUS #USA #resourcemanagement #urbanplanning #farming #agriculture #environment #landtype #vegetation #forest #USGS #EROS
@USGS

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💧🌏 Greg Cocks

New National Heat Index [Maps & Data] Uses USGS [EROS] Data
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usgs.gov/centers/eros/news/new <-- link to technical article
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ephtracking.cdc.gov/Applicatio <-- link to CDC Heat & Health Tracker, by ZIP code
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[new national heat index product for the US, relying on USGS EROS impervious cover layer from the National Land Cover Database (NLCD)]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #NLCD #HeatAndHealthIndex #model #USA #index #publichealth #heat #heat #heatstress #heatexhaustion #heatstroke #climatechange #extremeweather #spatialanalysis #urban #urbanareas #heatislands #corrleation #heatindex #heatcycles #cities #concrete #buildings #vegetation #environment #impervious #impervioussurface #demographics #vulnerable #remotesensing #landsat #ZIPCode #builtenvironments #manmade #development
@USGS @EROS @CDC

screenshot - CDC Heat and Health Index map showing part of central and southern California, including desert (represented by gray) and Los Angeles; the southern tip of Nevada, including Las Vegas; and western Arizona.
schematic - heat exhaustion and heat stroke
A comparison of screenshots of the CDC Heat and Health Index in the Los Angeles area between the famous Beverly Hills zip code 90210 and nearby 90018 shows how risk factors can vary within 10 or 15 miles, even though both zones have a strong historical experience with heat and a considerable amount of developed environment.
photo - someone trying to cool off at a fire hydrant on a city street during a heat event
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