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A ‘Waylaid' Teaching Diorama – USGS “Geology For Land Use”
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For about 3 years, this gorgeous diorama has ‘just’ been sitting in a corner of a (common) hallway.
I can’t help but wonder its history:
• What prompted its creation?
• Who was the artisan (truly!) that created it and used those components and focus?
• When was it created? (late 1960s as an educated guess????)
• Why was it seen as useful / in what setting? (as I am sure it was)
• How was it funded?
(never mind that I want to claim it for my office, space notwithstanding…)
#geology #landuse #trainingaid #education #diorama #oldschool #fedscience #fedservice #education #technical #professional #spatial #landform #geomorphology #usecase #appliedscience #geoscience #USGS
@USGS

#geology #landuse #trainingaid #education #diorama #oldschool

💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] · 2026-02-10 · 04:37 UTC

Stratigraphic Evidence For Modern-Like Glacier Extents In South-Central Alaska Within The Last Glacial Period (MIS 3)
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https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.70043 <-- shared paper
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https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/ancient-glacier-change.htm <-- shared @NPS technical article
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#glacier #Wisconsinan #glaciations #alaska #iceage #sediments #moraines #geology #stratigraphy #model #cryosphere #ice #snow #sedimentary #Chitina #CopperRiver #proglacial #water #hydrology #fluvial #glaciofluvial #glaciolacustrine #fans #Holocene #geomorphology #geomorphometry #landform #hydrogeomorphology #sedimentology #stratigraphic #sampling
@NPS

#glacier #wisconsinan #glaciations #alaska #iceage #sediments

💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] · 2025-12-17 · 03:14 UTC

Fire Event Explorer [NASA]
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https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/dashboard/tools/fire-event-explorer <-- shared NASA mapping resource
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“This tool visualizes near real-time (NRT) satellite-based fire perimeters, active portions of fire perimeters (fire lines), and active fire pixel detections for the current year.
Use the bottom panel to select different date ranges or subset fires by size, duration, or intensity. Click on an individual fire to visualize the time series of fire growth every 12 hours and create video outputs in GIF or WebM formats.
These fire tracking data are from the Fire Event Data Suite (FEDS) algorithm. Find out more:
• FEDS data source documentation
• OpenVEDA documentation
• Earthdata VEDA dashboard..."
#GIS #spatial #mapping #VEDA #nearrealtime #satellite #remotesensing #fire #wildfire #extremeweather #perimeter #download #detection #monitoring #FireEventExplorer #FEDS #NRT #OpenVEDA #earthdata #VIIRS #landform #opendata #fedscience #fedservice #risk #hazard #infrastructre #NASA
@nasa

#gis #spatial #mapping #veda #nearrealtime #satellite

💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] · 2025-12-17 · 03:14 UTC

Fire Event Explorer [NASA]
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https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/dashboard/tools/fire-event-explorer <-- shared NASA mapping resource
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“This tool visualizes near real-time (NRT) satellite-based fire perimeters, active portions of fire perimeters (fire lines), and active fire pixel detections for the current year.
Use the bottom panel to select different date ranges or subset fires by size, duration, or intensity. Click on an individual fire to visualize the time series of fire growth every 12 hours and create video outputs in GIF or WebM formats.
These fire tracking data are from the Fire Event Data Suite (FEDS) algorithm. Find out more:
• FEDS data source documentation
• OpenVEDA documentation
• Earthdata VEDA dashboard..."
#GIS #spatial #mapping #VEDA #nearrealtime #satellite #remotesensing #fire #wildfire #extremeweather #perimeter #download #detection #monitoring #FireEventExplorer #FEDS #NRT #OpenVEDA #earthdata #VIIRS #landform #opendata #fedscience #fedservice #risk #hazard #infrastructre #NASA
@nasa

#gis #spatial #mapping #veda #nearrealtime #satellite

💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] · 2025-12-17 · 03:14 UTC

Fire Event Explorer [NASA]
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https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/dashboard/tools/fire-event-explorer <-- shared NASA mapping resource
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“This tool visualizes near real-time (NRT) satellite-based fire perimeters, active portions of fire perimeters (fire lines), and active fire pixel detections for the current year.
Use the bottom panel to select different date ranges or subset fires by size, duration, or intensity. Click on an individual fire to visualize the time series of fire growth every 12 hours and create video outputs in GIF or WebM formats.
These fire tracking data are from the Fire Event Data Suite (FEDS) algorithm. Find out more:
• FEDS data source documentation
• OpenVEDA documentation
• Earthdata VEDA dashboard..."
#GIS #spatial #mapping #VEDA #nearrealtime #satellite #remotesensing #fire #wildfire #extremeweather #perimeter #download #detection #monitoring #FireEventExplorer #FEDS #NRT #OpenVEDA #earthdata #VIIRS #landform #opendata #fedscience #fedservice #risk #hazard #infrastructre #NASA
@nasa

#gis #spatial #mapping #veda #nearrealtime #satellite

💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] · 2025-12-17 · 03:14 UTC

Fire Event Explorer [NASA]
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https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/dashboard/tools/fire-event-explorer <-- shared NASA mapping resource
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“This tool visualizes near real-time (NRT) satellite-based fire perimeters, active portions of fire perimeters (fire lines), and active fire pixel detections for the current year.
Use the bottom panel to select different date ranges or subset fires by size, duration, or intensity. Click on an individual fire to visualize the time series of fire growth every 12 hours and create video outputs in GIF or WebM formats.
These fire tracking data are from the Fire Event Data Suite (FEDS) algorithm. Find out more:
• FEDS data source documentation
• OpenVEDA documentation
• Earthdata VEDA dashboard..."
#GIS #spatial #mapping #VEDA #nearrealtime #satellite #remotesensing #fire #wildfire #extremeweather #perimeter #download #detection #monitoring #FireEventExplorer #FEDS #NRT #OpenVEDA #earthdata #VIIRS #landform #opendata #fedscience #fedservice #risk #hazard #infrastructre #NASA
@nasa

#nasa #infrastructre #hazard #risk #fedservice #fedscience

💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks · 2025-12-17 · 03:14 UTC

Fire Event Explorer [NASA]
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https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/dashboard/tools/fire-event-explorer <-- shared NASA mapping resource
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“This tool visualizes near real-time (NRT) satellite-based fire perimeters, active portions of fire perimeters (fire lines), and active fire pixel detections for the current year.
Use the bottom panel to select different date ranges or subset fires by size, duration, or intensity. Click on an individual fire to visualize the time series of fire growth every 12 hours and create video outputs in GIF or WebM formats.
These fire tracking data are from the Fire Event Data Suite (FEDS) algorithm. Find out more:
• FEDS data source documentation
• OpenVEDA documentation
• Earthdata VEDA dashboard..."
#GIS #spatial #mapping #VEDA #nearrealtime #satellite #remotesensing #fire #wildfire #extremeweather #perimeter #download #detection #monitoring #FireEventExplorer #FEDS #NRT #OpenVEDA #earthdata #VIIRS #landform #opendata #fedscience #fedservice #risk #hazard #infrastructre #NASA
@nasa

#gis #spatial #mapping #veda #nearrealtime #satellite

💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] · 2025-12-12 · 02:46 UTC

Large Drainage Systems Produced Half Of Mars’ Ancient River Sediment
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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2514527122 <-- shared paper
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https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/scientists-discover-16-giant-river-networks-on-ancient-mars-where-life-could-have-thrived/ <-- shared technical media article
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#water ##hydrology #dynamic #planet #Mars #extraterrestrial #ecosystems #drainage #landform
#drainageways #drainagesystems #Martian #terrain #geomorphology #geomorphometry #catchments #fluvia #pluvial #river #sediment #solarsystem #sedimentarybasins #life #habitable #sedimenttransport #topography #erosion #impact #crater #GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #spacecraft #MRO #marsobservation #exploration #martian #MarsAttack

#water #hydrology #dynamic #planet #mars #extraterrestrial

💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] · 2025-12-12 · 02:46 UTC

Large Drainage Systems Produced Half Of Mars’ Ancient River Sediment
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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2514527122 <-- shared paper
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https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/scientists-discover-16-giant-river-networks-on-ancient-mars-where-life-could-have-thrived/ <-- shared technical media article
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#water ##hydrology #dynamic #planet #Mars #extraterrestrial #ecosystems #drainage #landform
#drainageways #drainagesystems #Martian #terrain #geomorphology #geomorphometry #catchments #fluvia #pluvial #river #sediment #solarsystem #sedimentarybasins #life #habitable #sedimenttransport #topography #erosion #impact #crater #GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #spacecraft #MRO #marsobservation #exploration #martian #MarsAttack

#water #hydrology #dynamic #planet #mars #extraterrestrial

💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] · 2025-12-12 · 02:46 UTC

Large Drainage Systems Produced Half Of Mars’ Ancient River Sediment
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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2514527122 <-- shared paper
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https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/scientists-discover-16-giant-river-networks-on-ancient-mars-where-life-could-have-thrived/ <-- shared technical media article
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#water ##hydrology #dynamic #planet #Mars #extraterrestrial #ecosystems #drainage #landform
#drainageways #drainagesystems #Martian #terrain #geomorphology #geomorphometry #catchments #fluvia #pluvial #river #sediment #solarsystem #sedimentarybasins #life #habitable #sedimenttransport #topography #erosion #impact #crater #GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #spacecraft #MRO #marsobservation #exploration #martian #MarsAttack

#water #hydrology #dynamic #planet #mars #extraterrestrial

💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] · 2025-12-12 · 02:46 UTC

Large Drainage Systems Produced Half Of Mars’ Ancient River Sediment
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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2514527122 <-- shared paper
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https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/scientists-discover-16-giant-river-networks-on-ancient-mars-where-life-could-have-thrived/ <-- shared technical media article
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#water ##hydrology #dynamic #planet #Mars #extraterrestrial #ecosystems #drainage #landform
#drainageways #drainagesystems #Martian #terrain #geomorphology #geomorphometry #catchments #fluvia #pluvial #river #sediment #solarsystem #sedimentarybasins #life #habitable #sedimenttransport #topography #erosion #impact #crater #GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #spacecraft #MRO #marsobservation #exploration #martian #MarsAttack

#marsattack #exploration #marsobservation #mro #spacecraft #remotesensing

💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks · 2025-12-12 · 02:46 UTC

Large Drainage Systems Produced Half Of Mars’ Ancient River Sediment
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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2514527122 <-- shared paper
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https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/scientists-discover-16-giant-river-networks-on-ancient-mars-where-life-could-have-thrived/ <-- shared technical media article
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#water ##hydrology #dynamic #planet #Mars #extraterrestrial #ecosystems #drainage #landform
#drainageways #drainagesystems #Martian #terrain #geomorphology #geomorphometry #catchments #fluvia #pluvial #river #sediment #solarsystem #sedimentarybasins #life #habitable #sedimenttransport #topography #erosion #impact #crater #GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #spacecraft #MRO #marsobservation #exploration #martian #MarsAttack

#water #hydrology #dynamic #planet #mars #extraterrestrial

💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] · 2025-11-27 · 02:12 UTC

Beavers Were Brought To The [Utah] Desert To Save A Dying River. Six Years Later, Here Are The Results.
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https://www.upworthy.com/beavers-refresh-utah-desert-ex1 <-- shared technical media article
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https://youtu.be/9-L___3vV9s?si=7H4JJ7sq_t76jw2L <-- shared media video
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https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2025/01/23/voices-federal-water-investments/ <-- shared local media article on the revitalization
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https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210713-the-beavers-returning-to-the-desert <-- shared international media article on the translocation
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H/T @upworthy
#water #hydrology #desert #Utah #PriceRiver #SanRafaelRiver #restoration #ecosystem #river #waterresources #arid #wildlife #agricultrure #tourism #economics #ROI #costbenefit #humaninpacts #climatechange #overfarming #pollution #Colorado #ColoradoRiverBasin #drought #extremeweather #fluvial #pluvial #wildfire #risk #hazard #fisheries #beaver #translocation #landform #geomorphology #dam #dams #beaverdam #ponds #wetlands #natural #waterquality #reintroduction #keystonespecies #trophiccascade #recreation #fisheries #riparian #habitat #diversity #flow #engineering #fedscience

#water #hydrology #desert #utah #priceriver #sanrafaelriver

💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] · 2025-11-21 · 04:14 UTC

1906, The First Aerial Photo Of Any Archaeological Monument In Britain [Stonehenge] – [The start of] Aerial Survey For Archaeology
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https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/stonehenge/history-and-stories/first-world-war-aerodrome/ <-- shared #EnglishHeritage web page
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https://doi.org/10.1046/j.0031-868X.2003.00023.x <-- shared paper
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[A specific example, but how far we have come in just over 100 years!!]
#mapping #spatial #NationalMappingProgramme #photogrammetry #UK #Britain #England #history #remotesensing #stonehenge #archaeology #site #aerialimage # military #balloon #survey #photograph #research #history #BronzeAge #landscape #landform #technology
Geographic Squadron Royal Engineers | English Heritage

#englishheritage #mapping #spatial #nationalmappingprogramme #photogrammetry #uk

💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] · 2025-11-19 · 00:04 UTC

Thirty Years of the U.S. National Land Cover Database - Impacts and Future Direction
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https://doi.org/10.14358/PERS.25-00121R2 <-- shared paper
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“Editor's choice article for the October Issue of Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing.”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #opendata #earthobservation #landcover #USA #NLCD #MRLCC #history #datacollection #impervioussurface #classifaction #landform #forestcanopy #fedscience #fedservice #deeplearning #AI #spatialanalysis #change #monitoring #usecase #research #landmanagement #management #policy #planning #support #agriculture #urbanplanning #environment #ecosystems #biodiversity #conservation #water #hydrology #humanhealth #risk #hazard #soils #naturalhazard #spatiotemporal #landchange #forestry #watermanagement #waterquality #publicsafety #groundwater #NCLA #wildfire #stormwater #extremeweather
#USGS #EROS #NASA #USFS

#gis #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #opendata #earthobservation

💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] · 2025-11-06 · 18:28 UTC

Permafrost Formation In A Meandering River Floodplain
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2024AV001175 <-- shared paper
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“... KEY POINTS:
• River meandering resets permafrost development and vegetation succession by eroding old floodplain areas and depositing new land
• On the Koyukuk River, permafrost rapidly forms in new deposits, but it takes over 4 Kyr to develop to its full areal extent of 85%
• The rate of permafrost formation is likely linked to vegetation succession on younger and overbank deposition on older floodplain areas…”
#water #hydrology #permafrost #development #research #Alaska #river #stream #watercourse #channel #meandering #vegetation #spatialanalysis #erosion #floodplain #overbank #deposition #sedimentation #KoyukukRiver #riverdynamics #climate #climatechange #Arctic #environment #landform #geomorphology #dating #spatiotemporal #model #modeling #network #GIS #spatial #mapping

#water #hydrology #permafrost #development #research #alaska

💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] · 2025-10-14 · 23:19 UTC

The Real Height At Which A Hill Becomes A Mountain, According To Data
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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/the-real-height-at-which-a-hill-becomes-a-mountain-according-to-data/TV2AOOLNFBENNCZ2H5SAUSJSUA/ <-- shared media article
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“From California to Colorado, one universal experience defines growing up in the American West. It’s not the wide-open skies. Or the deer and the antelope. It’s not even the lack of humidity, blissful as it may be. It’s taking your first trip Back East, visiting a national park and turning to your friends to say, “They call this a mountain?”..."
#spatial #mapping #elevation #definition #mountain #hill #slope #topography #classifaction #landform #USGS #GeographicNamesInformationSystem #GNIS #ruggedness #terrain #slope
#USGS | #GlobalMountainBiodiversityAssessment

#spatial #mapping #elevation #definition #mountain #hill

💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] · 2025-09-26 · 02:13 UTC

Deep-Learning-Based Object Detection And Tracking Of Debris Flows In 3D Through Lidar-Camera Fusion
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https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2025.3609573 <-- shared paper
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[As an engineering geologist, I have been fortunate enough (sic) to see debris flows in action (indeed, I was rerouted on the motorcycle because of them) on the Poudre Canyon Road in Colorado, after the 2020 Cameron Peak Fire]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #debrisflow #geology #engineeringgeology #geology #massmovement #postfire #wildfire #water #sediment #hydrology #extremeweather #model #modeling #AI #deepleaning #algorithms #objectdection #monitoring #remotesensing #LiDAR #pointcloud #landform #geomorphometry #video #massmovement #risk #hazard #assessment #damage #infrastructure #rock #boulder #cost #economics #realtime #3D #wave #flow #dynamics

#gis #spatial #mapping #debrisflow #geology #engineeringgeology

💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] · 2025-08-20 · 19:35 UTC

Need A Tech Colouring Book?
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https://a.co/d/5UuAIPU <-- link to Amazon source
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[note that I am in NO way associated with the publisher or 'author'...]
"This coloring book was assembled using high resolution topography data from the United States Geological Survey’s 3D Elevation Program to create detailed contour maps for each US State and the District of Columbia.
Each State's contour interval (the vertical distance between elevation lines on a map) was selected to preserve the topographic details the State’s inhabitants know and love. Specifically major mountain ranges and river valleys."
#GIS #spatial #mapping #3dep #USGS #elevation #oldschool #coloringbook #colouringbook #contour #contor #relaxation #landform #geology