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Position Available: Geospatial Support Specialist 2023 – Filled!
…will be responsible for managing science project support, coordinating data requests, and providing geospatial expertise for PGC core users. In addition to supervising undergraduate or graduate research assistants, the successful applicant will perform GIS and Remote Sensing analysis per project…
…HPC systems Command of GIS/Remote Sensing fundamentals and concepts About the Polar Geospatial Center The Polar Geospatial Center provides geospatial support, mapping, and GIS/remote sensing solutions to researchers and logistics groups in the polar science community. Our goal is to…
…Polar Geospatial Center The Polar Geospatial Center provides geospatial support, mapping, and GIS/remote sensing solutions to researchers and logistics groups in the polar science community. Our goal is to introduce new, state-of-the-art techniques from the geospatial field to effectively solve…
…Cryosphere journal last month! The article covers REMA’s construction including source imagery and DEM processing, registering and mosaicking, as well as comparisons to lidar altimetry. The state-of-the-art techniques REMA has employed to develop high-resolution continental-wide elevation mapping is a powerful…
PGC maintains a list of external (non-PGC) polar satellite imagery resources….
…the first black Antarctic explorer, George W. Gibbs Jr., and shared stories of all types of people working in Antarctica – including herself. PGC All-Hands DEI Strategic Planning Meeting: PGC’s partner affiliate, Diana Dalbotten, and PGC member, Cathleen Torres Parisian,…
Logan Earth – enhancing Google Earth with ArcticDEM for the NWT
…links below. Google Earth (above) vs. Logan Earth (below) comparison of a permafrost slump on the Peel Plateau in NWT helpful links: Cabin Radio Press Release: https://cabinradio.ca/88612/news/environment/yellowknife-man-creates-alternative-to-google-earth-for-northerners/ Logan Earth Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LoganEarth Logan Earth App: https://northernmademaps.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer3d/index.html?id=c01df3f8136e4c718a1bfe8377951352 PGC’s Arctic DEM Webpage: https://www.pgc.umn.edu/data/arcticdem/…
…scientists, and coolest of all, has teamed up with Google to provide street views of McMurdo Station in Antarctica. Podcast Length: 31:02 https://www.pgc.umn.edu/files/2018/07/time-to-eat-dogs-podcast-kelleher.mp3 If the audio fails to load, you can listen to the original podcast at this link: https://timetoeatthedogs.com/2018/07/23/episode-42-mapping-the-polar-regions/…
…understanding of the region’s geological history and help predict future changes. Learn more about GeoMAP, visit: https://www.scar.org/ssg/geosciences/geomap/ Access the GeoMAP Download Page Access GeoMAP Metadata Access detailed GeoMAP documentation A GeoMAP web-based explorer can be accessed directly through Antarctic Explorer….
PGC is excited to announce its newest allocation on Frontera, the largest academic supercomputer in the world located at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin. PGC received 2.2 million node hours on Frontera…