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💧🌏 Greg Cocks

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| Spatial Data Scientist / Researcher | Sharing (Mainly) GIS, Spatial and Geology 'Stuff' | Personal Account

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  1. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    Influence Of Inherited Rifted Margin Architecture On Continental Collision Dynamics
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    doi.org/10.1029/2025GC012681 | researchgate.net/publication/4 <-- shared paper
    --

    #tectonics #geoscience #geology #mountainbuilding #orogeny #subduction
  2. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    Water Velocity And Discharge From Tidal Freshwater Creeks In Forested And Herbaceous Wetlands
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    doi.org/10.1007/s12237-026-016 <-- shared paper
    --
    # herbaceous

    #water #hydrology #tide #tidal #ecosystem #wildlife
  3. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    Hydrological Response To Climate Change In An Ethiopian Rift Valley Basin - A Multi-Model Ensemble Analysis
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    doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2026.10 <-- shared paper
    --

    #climatechange #swat #multimodelensemble #hydrologicalresponse #water #hydrology
  4. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    Half Of European Municipalities Have Fewer Inhabitants Than 60 Years Ago
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    correctiv.org/aktuelles/2026/0 <-- shared technical / spatiotemporal article
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    data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/dataset/ <-- shared European Joint Research Centre (JRC) ARDECO Local Population Time-Series – 1961-2024
    --

    @JointResearchCentre @europeancommission @correctiv_org

    #gis #spatial #mapping #emptyspain #demographics #population
  5. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    Global Estimates Of Glacier Equilibrium-Line Altitude Ratios For Enhanced Paleoclimate Reconstructions
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    doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-033 <-- shared paper
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    gercglacier.streamlit.app/ <-- Glacier ELA Ratio Calculator (GERC), online tool
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    antarcticglaciers.org/glacier- <-- shared technical article, “An Introduction To Glacier Mass Balance”
    --

    #geostastics #glacier #glacial #landform #cryosphere #spatialanalysis
  6. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    OS Emergency Services Gazetteer - Not Every Emergency Happens At A Place With An Official Address. 🚑 [UK]
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    linkedin.com/posts/not-every-e <-- shared technical post
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    ordnancesurvey.co.uk/products/ <-- OS Emergency Services Gazetteer hub
    -
    #

    #gis #spatial #mapping #osdatahub #emergencyservices #emergencyresponse
  7. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    Tame The Water Or Let It Flow? - New Zealand Grapples With How To Protect Its Braided Rivers
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    theguardian.com/world/ng-inter <-- shared technical media article
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    @TheGuardian | |

    #water #hydrology #river #braidedrivers #newzealand #watermanagement
  8. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    PUFFIN CAM!!!!
    Live from the colony, managed by National Trust Farne Islands, UK 2026
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    youtube.com/live/zt3MCinVr5Q?s <-- shared live video feed
    --
    [very fitting on Sir David's amazing birthday! Turn up the sound! Cancel my meetings and tasks for the rest of the day, I have puffins to attend to!!!!]

    National Trust

    #puffins #puffin #birds #wildbirds #livefeed #colony
  9. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    SOME SHARED SPATIAL/GIS ROLES & OPPORTUNITIES
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    w/e May 8th, 2026 | GLOBAL but North America focused (as based there)
    --
    open.substack.com/pub/earthstu
    --

    #fridayjobs #gischat #jobsonfriday #gis #spatial #job
  10. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    A 481-Metre-High Landslide-Tsunami In A Cruise Ship–Frequented Alaska Fjord
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    doi.org/10.1126/science.aec3187 <-- shared paper
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    nytimes.com/2026/05/06/science <-- shared media article
    --

    #naturalhazard #glacier #glacial #melting #risk #hazard
  11. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    Humans 'learning' what beavers 'knew'... 🙂 🙃 🦫
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    Restoring Mountain Meadows
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    youtu.be/YkcwzknKto0?si=3lD5Ym <-- shared video
    --
    americanrivers.org/restoring-m <-- shared article
    --
    H/T
    “How do we get from dry, degraded, and dewatered to lush, wet meadows that feed our precious rivers and support fish and wildlife? We have to get creative.
    [Their] restoration work with partners in Ackerson Meadow and Faith Valley Meadow show two very distinct approaches to achieving amazing results.
    [Their] new short film “Restoring Mountain Meadows” dives into our work to restore California’s iconic meadows! We’ll take you uphill into the Sierra Nevada and deep into the restoration work that is healing one of the most biodiverse regions on Earth…”

    @AmericanRivers

    #americanrivers #water #hydrology #mountainmeadows #restoration #beavers
  12. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    Wonderful to walk out of work and see this, even late in the season - with the winter snow drought we had this 25/26, not enough of course...
    (not sticking on the ground, with the temps, now and the last couple of weeks, for those of you not in regular snow country...)

    #denver #colorado #snow #snowdrought #drought #water
  13. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    The 10 Cleanest Lakes In The United States
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    worldatlas.com/lakes/the-10-cl <-- shared technical article
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    lake.com/company/reports/clean <-- shared 2025 Cleanest and Dirtiest Lakes in America Report
    --
    [this post should not be seen as an endorsement of any specific organisation’s approach or views]

    @Environmental Integrity Project

    #water #hydrology #hydrography #waterquality #usa #conus
  14. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    Geoscience Plugins and QGIS 4
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    youtu.be/xtu1XVq88DQ?si=-Vzwd7 <-- shared video webinar / tutorial
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    @QGIS Australia | @QGIS | @OGC

    #gis #spatial #geological #mapping #usecase #alldataisspatial
  15. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    Pan-European Assessment Of Coastal Flood Hazards
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    doi.org/10.5194/nhess-26-1859- <-- shared paper
    --

    #coast #coastal #flood #flooding #model #modeling
  16. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    The United States Magnetotelluric Array And The National Impedance Map
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    doi.org/10.1029/2024RG000850 <-- shared paper
    --
    eos.org/features/magnetic-stor <-- shared ‘overview’ EOS 2014 technical article
    --
    doi.org/10.3389/fspas.2025.174 <-- shared technical editorial
    --

    #gis #spatial #mapping #spaceweather #us #magnetotelluric
  17. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    Happy US Public Service Recognition Week!
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    2026.ourpublicservice.org/publ
    --
    To every that contributes to the ’s and , at every level of - be that , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and SO much more…
    --
    “Public Service Recognition Week (PSRW) 2026 takes place May 3–9, celebrating federal, state, county, local, and tribal government employees who strengthen communities. It honors dedicated professionals—from first responders and teachers to public administrators—who provide essential services…”

    #publicservant #public #wellbeing #prosperity #government #industry
  18. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    Log placed, let's see what residents we get 🙂

    #urban #bees #solitarybee #log #denver #nativebee
  19. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    is my favourite spatial hydrography parameter...

    So I asked AI (on my personal PC) to make me a t-shirt in the style of , the prompting was fun...

    #arbolatesum #spinaltap #water #hydrography #gis #spatial
  20. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    SOME SHARED SPATIAL/GIS ROLES & OPPORTUNITIES
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    w/e May 1st, 2026 | GLOBAL but North America focused (as based there)
    --
    open.substack.com/pub/earthstu
    --

    #fridayjobs #gischat #jobsonfriday #gis #spatial #job
  21. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    Characterizing Wildfire Behavior With ECOSTRESS Land Surface Temperature Across Four California Case Studies
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    doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2026. <-- shared paper
    --

    @nasa

    #gis #spatial #mapping #ecostress #remotesensing #earthobservation
  22. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    Missing [Survey, etc] Data Can Be A Geographic Phenomenon
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    doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2026. <-- shared paper
    --

    #gis #mapping #spatial #datascience #missing #data
  23. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    The Cascadia Subduction Zone Isn’t Shutting Down – But It’s More Complicated Than We Thought
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    theconversation.com/the-cascad <-- shared technical article
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    doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ady8347 <-- shared paper
    --
    ##

    #scicomm #sciencecommunication #earthquakes #engineeringgeology #geology #risk
  24. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    Mapping The Likely Routes Of Narco-Trafficking In Costa Rica
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    doi.org/10.1007/s11067-026-097 <-- shared paper
    --

    #gis #spatial #mapping #spatialeconomics #narcotrafficking #geospatialanalysis
  25. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    Satellite Imagery Reveals Increasing Volatility In Human Night-Time Activity
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    doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-102 <-- shared paper
    --
    ee-downloading.projects.earthe <-- shared associated web map
    --
    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a <-- shared technical media article
    --
    svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5634/ <-- shared NASA technical article with videos showing global change over time
    --

    @nasa | @nasa Earth Observatory

    #gis #spatial #mapping #global #spatialanalysis #spationtemporal
  26. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    Trying a solitary bee log for our urban garden...
    --
    ... for 'our' native Denver urban bees
    (maybe a little late, but...)
    --
    Note the mug of tea and the gingernuts ~wink~

    #urban #bees #solitarybee #log #denver #nativebee
  27. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    National-Scale Field Delineation In Mozambique Refines Our Understanding Of Cropland Distribution, Field Size, And Deforestation Actors.
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    doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ae5c <-- shared paper
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    philipperufin.github.io/blog/m <-- shared associated technical article from one of the paper’s authors
    --

    #foodsecurity #subsistence #smallholder #farms #farming #agriculture
  28. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    Active Faults Greece - A Comprehensive Geomorphology-Based 1:25,000 Fault Database
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    doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-062 <-- shared paper
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    activefaults.eagme.gr/en/ <-- shared Hellenic DataBase of Active Faults (HeDBAF) access
    --

    #gis #spatial #mapping #greece #europe #geology
  29. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    Volcano - A Science Comedy Show - Ben Miller [DMNS]
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    dmns.org/purchase/tickets/even <-- link to details of the April 24th DMNS show
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    hawaiipublicradio.org/the-conv <-- shared media article with audio
    -
    [it was interesting to attend this comedy standup (sic) show at our local (wonderful) museum]
    “A stand-up comedian walks into a national park… It sounds like it could be the setup for a joke, but in 2023, Ben Miller became the first comedian-in-residence at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park.
    He met with park rangers and took in an active lava lake in Kīlauea’s Halemaʻumaʻu Crater. Out of that experience came a one-hour stand-up comedy show about volcanoes he’s taken on a tour around the world….”

    @DMNS | @ben Miller | @USGS | @NPS

    #geology #dmns #publicengagement #volcano #hawaii #comedian
  30. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    SOME SHARED SPATIAL/GIS ROLES & OPPORTUNITIES
    --
    w/e April 24th, 2026 | GLOBAL but North America focused (as based there)
    --
    open.substack.com/pub/earthstu
    --

    #fridayjobs #gischat #jobsonfriday #gis #spatial #job
  31. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    Hanging Glaciers In Himalaya Reveal Rising Avalanche Risk
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    nature.com/articles/d44151-026 <-- shared technical article
    --
    doi.org/10.1038/s44304-026-002 <-- shared paper
    --

    #gis #spatial #mapping #risk #hazard #monitoring
  32. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    The 2026 western U.S. snowpack is even worse than you think.
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    linkedin.com/posts/daniel-tapp
    --
    #2026

    #snowpack #water #waterresources #drought #uswest #watermanagement
  33. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    How To Study Coastal Evolution
    Researchers reviewed what’s known about how coastlines are changing and made recommendations for how to learn more
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    eos.org/research-spotlights/ho <-- shared technical article
    --
    doi.org/10.1029/2024EF005833 <-- shared paper
    --

    @USGS @NOAA @NOAA Centers for Coastal Ocean Science

    #coastalscience #climatechange #earthsfuture #agu #coastalresilience #coast
  34. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    Integrated Data-Driven Multi-Criteria Analysis and Machine Learning Approaches for Assessment of Flood Susceptibility Mapping
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    doi.org/10.3390/w18070844 <-- shared paper
    --
    youtu.be/N7nyU1cMg5k?si=8WuXIa <-- shared video, Mohmand Dam flooding
    ---

    #floodsusceptibility #floodmapping #machinelearning #gis #remotesensing #hydrology
  35. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    @gooba42 @stepheneb If you chose to inanely misconstrue the research paper that way, then that is on you

    #bless
  36. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    Rethinking How The United States And Mexico Share The Colorado River
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    colorado.edu/center/gwc/media/ <-- shared paper
    --
    doi.org/10.1007/s43832-025-003 <-- shared paper
    --

    @U.S. International Boundary and Water Commission

    #water #hydrology #hydrography #waterresources #coloradoriver #riogrande
  37. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    Remote Sensing And GIS-Supported Framework Of Pre-Monsoon Drought Assessment In Bangladesh (2000–2022) Using CHIRPS-Based SPI-3 And MODIS-Derived Vegetation And Temperature Indices
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    doi.org/10.1007/s12665-026-128 <-- shared paper
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    H/T MD. ABDULLAH AL MAMUNM | Studying PhD in Rural and Environmental Sciences
    “১ বছর ২০ দিন লেগে গেল! প্রথম ৪ জন রিভিউয়ারের প্রায় ৫০+ কমেন্টের পর মনে হয়েছিল আর এগোব না। তবে আমার সুপারভাইজার বলেছিলেন, “রিজেকশনের চেয়ে কমেন্ট ফেস করা ভালো।”
    --

    #gis #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #bangladesh #earthobservation
  38. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    Detecting Land Use And Land Cover Changes And Quantifying Soil Erosion And Sediment Export Using GIS And Remote Sensing In The GERD Catchment, Ethiopia
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    doi.org/10.1016/j.iswcr.2026.1 <-- shared paper
    --
    infonile.org/en/2023/05/battli <-- shared technical media article
    --
    doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-6524 <-- shared technical book chapter
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    doi.org/10.3390/rs8121020 <-- shared 2016 paper
    --

    #landuse #landcover #rusle #model #soil #erosion
  39. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    Scientists Finally Know Where The Colorado River’s Missing [sic] Water Is Going
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    sciencedaily.com/releases/2026 <-- shared technical article
    --
    doi.org/10.1029/2024GL109826 <-- shared paper
    --

    @University Of Washington

    #water #hydrology #waterresources #watermanagement #streamflow #weather
  40. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    Remote Sensing And Process Attribution Uncertainties In The Dharali Event [Himalayas, India]
    --
    doi.org/10.1038/s44304-026-002 <-- shared paper review
    --
    doi.org/10.1038/s44304-026-001 <-- shared paper that was reviewed
    --
    doi.org/10.1016/j.nhres.2025.1 <-- related shared paper
    --

    #dharali #disaster #bhagirathibasin #india #northernindia #himalayas
  41. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    Influence Of Modeling Assumptions On Pedestrian Evacuation Success For Non-Eruptive Lahar Hazards At Mount Rainier, Washington
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    doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2026.1 <-- shared paper
    --
    sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/6 <-- shared, related open data source
    --
    [I still remember working on and being fascinated by lahars being an engineering geologist in Washington State (and from my time studying in New Zealand), although (of course) not to this level of detail/focus]

    @USGS

    #volcano #lahar #evacuation #exposure #model #modeling
  42. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    SOME SHARED SPATIAL/GIS ROLES & OPPORTUNITIES
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    w/e April 17th, 2026 | GLOBAL but North America focused (as based there)
    --
    open.substack.com/pub/earthstu
    --
    • I am NOT associated with HR/recruiting in ANY way; these are NOT endorsements, and there are no ‘referrals’ or the like for me
    • I am simply sharing SOME roles I have seen – in the hope that they are of use to someone
    • PLEASE do your ‘due diligence’ / use your judgement (with the hideous prevalence of ‘ghost jobs’, fraudulent so-called recruiters, etc)
    • There is ZERO cost to access this list of spatial / GIS roles
    • You can subscribe to a (free) weekly LinkedIn newsletter or also for free at earthstuff.Substack.com (link above), if so inclined

    #fridayjobs #gischat #jobsonfriday #gis #spatial #job
  43. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    European Ground Motion Service ()
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    doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2026.115 <-- shared paper
    --

    @ESA

    #egms #gis #spatial #mapping #europeangroundmotionservice #copernicus
  44. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    GLOF [Glacial Lake Outburst Flood] Risk Management in Sikkim
    [overview/technical video]
    --
    youtu.be/ZM4M_oyYBTQ?si=WAD1zM <-- shared video
    --

    #glof #himalayan #himalayas #india #pakistan #nepal
  45. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    Spatial Signals [podcast]
    --
    americaview.podbean.com/ <-- shared podcast entry page
    --
    americaview.substack.com/ <-- shared Spatial Signals Substack page
    --
    [note that I am not associated with this podcast in any way, and this post should not be considered an endorsement]
    “Spatial Signals is a podcast about remote sensing, GIS, and geospatial technologies - but more importantly, it’s a podcast about the people who use and apply them. This podcast is sponsored by AmericaView, the national remote sensing network dedicated to empowering Earth Observation…”

    @SpatialSignals | @Youngstown State University | @AmericaView

    #spatialsignals #americaview #geospatial #remotesensing #gis #spatial
  46. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    Latest Data Release From Ordnance Survey Delivers Britain’s Most Detailed Digital Map Ever [UK]
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    ordnancesurvey.co.uk/news/late <-- shared technical article
    --
    osdatahub.os.uk/ <-- shared OS spatial data hub
    --
    ordnancesurvey.co.uk/blog/os-b <-- shared details of new OS BaseMap Pro
    --

    #gis #spatial #mapping #uk #britain #greatbritain
  47. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    Aquatic Disease And Pathogen Repository (Aquadepth) To Track, Evaluate, And Ultimately Predict Aquatic Disease Outbreaks Across The Nation [inc. spatial, USA]
    --
    usgs.gov/centers/western-fishe <-- shared technical article
    --

    @USGS

    #fedscience #publicgood #foodsecurity #health #fish #fisheries
  48. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    Extreme Coastal Flood [and SLR] Maps For Aotearoa New Zealand
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    niwa.co.nz/hazards/coastal-haz <-- shared Earth Sciences New Zealand entry page
    --
    experience.arcgis.com/experien <-- NIWA sea level / coastal flooding web mapping tools
    --
    niwa.co.nz/hazards/riskscape-s <-- shared NZ RiskScape software entry page
    --niwa.co.nz/sites/default/files <-- shared 2023 report, ‘Mapping New Zealand’s exposure to coastal flooding and sea-level rise’
    --
    niwa.co.nz/hazards/coastal-sto <-- shared NIWA Coastal storm inundation page
    --

    @earth Sciences New Zealand | National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (NIWA) | @Ministry for the Environment | Manatū mō te Taiao

    #niwa #gis #spatial #mapping #newzealand #spatialdata
  49. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    Adapting Dams To Climate Extremes - Lessons From Global Reservoir Operations
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    waterpowermagazine.com/analysi <-- shared technical article
    --
    doi.org/10.1596/43980 <-- shared World Bank Report, ‘Enhancing the Safety and Resilience of Dams in the Context of Climate Change and Extreme Hydrological Events’ (technical note)
    --

    @world Bank @GWSP

    #dams #waterresources #infrastructure #climatechange #risk #hazard
  50. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    New Zealand [3D] Community Fault Model [CFM] [geologic spatial/visualisation]
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    geo3d.pgi.gov.pl/NZ_CFM/index. <-- shared New Zealand Community Fault Model page
    --
    gns.cri.nz/research-projects/n <-- shared community fault model details
    --
    gns.cri.nz/data-and-resources/ <-- shared downloadable open dataset, ‘NZ CFM v1.0 is a two- and three-dimensional representation of active and potentially active fault zones along the New Zealand plate boundary.’
    --
    [my upbringing and geology uni degrees were in NZ]
    H/T @earth Sciences New Zealand

    @GNS Science | @NWIA | @earth Sciences New Zealand

    #gns #geology #maps #naturalhazards #3d #interactive