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Using a drone to build 3D Structure-From-Motion models in New Zealand, Part 1: Evangelizing drones for science

This blog entry is part one of a short series on my recent research trip to New Zealand. Here I show a rough test case of building Structure-From-Motion models using imagery from a DJI Phantom. Come back soon a post on using Structure-From-...

Natural Resources, Nutrient Loading and NetworkX: Watershed Network Analysis Part I

Watershed Network Analysis: Part 1

Natural Resources, Nutrient Loading and NetworkX...
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Announcing the ESIP Community Evaluation Survey

ESIP is embarking on an organizational evaluation process, which is internally driven. The staff and leadership feel that although things are going well, it is important to reflect and check in with the community. 

The primary goal of this...

ESIP Data Stewardship Committee Updates: Applying Usability Practices & Principles to Data Archives/Repositories

During the first year of my student fellowship with ESIP Data Stewardship Committee, I was introduced to the Data Stewardship Maturity Matrix (DSMM...

Detecting tree species with Landsat imagery

How has the composition of forests in Vermont changed over the past 30 years, and how will it change in the next 30? Can we detect these changes using Landsat imagery? And if we can, what implications does this have for land cover change analyses...

Time to Accelerate: Moving Technology by Looking at Innovation Systems

As a Masters student studying Sustainable Business and Innovation, I tend to have more of a policy and social sciences perspective compared to my other student fellows. I see this as a complement to their important work.

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Proposed Earth Science Data Analytics Definition

Introduction

Earth Science Data Analytics encapsulates the processes and workflows useful for processing data specifically from the perspective of scientific needs. Data Analytics definitions found in the literature are based on problems...

New Partnership Applications Posted - Spring 2016 Class

The Partnership Committee has posted four new member applications for the 30-day review period. We have one Type-II (research center), three Type-III (applications), and one Type V (in-kind partnership) member-applications this round. The new...

ESIP's Response to HB2 and Summer Meeting Venue Change
As you may know, the North Carolina legislature recently passed House Bill 2 (HB2), a controversial law preventing transgender people...
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Help develop ESIP’s software quality guidelines through a distributed revision sprint

Objectives

We are developing a set of software quality guidelines to support the ESIP Technology Evaluation Framework. We’re starting with the criteria developed by the...