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Blog
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NGIS and Drax launch new partnership to map carbon stocks of Drax’s North American biomass sourcing areas
NGIS is proud to partner with Drax, the UK’s largest source of renewable power by output, and one of the largest producers of sustainable biomass globally, applying our geospatial expertise to a project that advances traceability and sustainability in biomass sourcing. Using advanced mapping, satellite data, and analytics, NGIS is helping Drax accurately measure and visualise forest carbon stocks across its North American supply areas. This…
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Protecting Biodiversity in Manufacturing
Biodiversity Biodiversity and nature provide all of the essentialecosystem services, including clean water resources,pollination activities, disease control, soil formation,climate regulation, cultural contributions and muchmore, that underpin the majority of global industriesand supply chains today. Loss of these ecosystem services is projected to cost the global economy over $2.7 trillion by 2030. Recognising this, the United…
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Future Proofing Cities for Climate Resilience
Smart Cities What causes strain on urban infrastructure around the globe? The increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, driven by climate change, have placed significantstrain on urban infrastructure globally. From prolonged heatwaves and fires to intense storm systems, these disruptions are impacting network resilience causingwidespread damage, severe flooding and traffic chaos on our…
Podcast
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The best data for emergency services CAD systems
HERE Technologies has just been recognised as the top ranked location platform by industry analysts at Strategy Analytics. The annual report benchmarks the world’s largest location companies and ranks HERE, Google, Mapbox and TomTom across seven categories. We were lucky to speak with two experts in the location technology industry recently, and our discussion dives…
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Coastal Risk Australia gets an update.
Location Matters welcomes CEO of FrontierSI, Graeme Kernich to the podcast for the first time to get the scoop on the updated Coastal Risk Australia, climate modelling tool which was first built in 2015. In partnership with FrontierSI, NGIS developed Coastal Risk Australia to illustrate the severity of rising seas based on the latest scientific…
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Drone mapping with Karen Joyce
We are excited to have Karen Joyce, She Maps Founder and Senior Lecturer in Remote Sensing, back on the Location Matters podcast this week! Karen sat down with our Senior GIS Consultant, Marty Rocks, and Winyama IT Coordinator, Time Cable, to talk about everything drone mapping. Tune in to this episode to learn about some of…
