Energy & Resources

The USGS in Afghanistan
The U.S. Geological Survey is running a number of projects in Afghanistan, including the Afghanistan Airborne Geophysical and Remote Sensing Survey, for the Afghan government: “Data collected during this survey will provide basic information for mineral and petroleum exploration studies,… »
Posted on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 6:59 PM
Categories: Energy & Resources
U.S. Atlas of Renewable Resources
Very Spatial points to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s U.S. Atlas of Renewable Resources. Sue writes: “The atlas (which is still under development) includes a web mapping interface that show the geographic distribution of wind, biomass, geothermal and solar… »
Posted on Sunday, March 2, 2008 at 10:20 AM
Categories: Energy & Resources
Oil Reserves Cartogram
A cartogram showing the world’s oil reserves: the larger the country, the more oil it has. The Arabian peninsula is understandably enormous; see also Nigeria and Venezuela. Not sure how this map works, since both Canada and Russia are… »
Posted on Saturday, December 22, 2007 at 9:21 PM
Categories: Energy & Resources
Canadian Mining Sector Wants Mapping Plan
Also via GeoCarta, this story about a proposed national mapping strategy — a “decade-long plan to map Canada’s resource-rich north” — is framed in the context of Canada’s mining industry, which is hungry for new reserves that good mapping, which… »
Posted on Tuesday, March 6, 2007 at 8:47 PM
Categories: Energy & Resources
Ancient Map, Modern Mine
This pregnant news item just begs for more detail: an Australian gold exploration company is embarking on a $216-million mining project in Egypt that was explored based on a 3,000-year-old pharaonic map that indicated locations of gold sites. Via Map… »
Posted on Tuesday, February 27, 2007 at 9:27 PM
Categories: Antique Maps, Energy & Resources
Local Logging Maps
Though only in fits and starts so far, I’ve been slowly working my way through the maps in my local archives’ collection. We have what you might expect: a mixed bag of local topo and cadastral maps, both current and… »
Posted on Monday, February 19, 2007 at 12:51 PM
Categories: Energy & Resources
Renewable Energy Atlas of Alaska
Three-quarters of Alaska’s electricity is generated by burning fossil fuels, mostly natural gas; the Renewable Energy Atlas of Alaska (26 MB, PDF) identifies potential sources of energy from renewable sources in the state, such as wind, hydro and tidal power… »
Posted on Thursday, February 1, 2007 at 11:41 AM
Categories: Energy & Resources
EWG U.S. Mining Database
There has been an explosion in mining claims lately; the Environmental Working Group’s U.S. Mining Database uses the Google Maps API to show active mines and claims on federal lands in the western United States. (There’s also a Google Earth… »
Posted on Sunday, December 17, 2006 at 7:04 PM
Categories: Energy & Resources, Environment, Google Earth, Hacks & Mashups, Satellite & Aerial
Fire!
BLDGBLOG’s been having fun with images from NASA’s Earth Observatory again (see previous entry), linking to this collection of MODIS images of Africa during 2005, showing the occurrence of fires deliberately set by people as part of their agricultural… »
Posted on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 at 8:14 PM
Categories: Earth Sciences, Energy & Resources, Environment, Satellite & Aerial
PEI Wind Atlas
Cute little Canadian province Prince Edward Island has released an online wind atlas, the CBC reports. The atlas, in PDF and ALOV-based interactive versions, maps potential wind energy — i.e., potential locations for wind turbines. See previous entry: Wind Energy… »
Posted on Thursday, October 13, 2005 at 10:24 PM
Categories: Energy & Resources, Environment, Weather & Climate
Protected Forest Logged, Mapping Error to Blame
A protected forest in Tasmania was accidentally logged due to a mapping error, ABC News (Australia) reports. Via Cartography; see also GeoCarta. Update, 10:40 PM: From ABC News, “Forestry Tasmania general manager Kim Creek says the error was caused by… »
Posted on Sunday, August 28, 2005 at 8:16 AM
Categories: Energy & Resources, Environment, Mapping Errors

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