GEO-GEE project winners: Monitoring the extent of ecosystem loss with maps

GEO-GEE project winners: Monitoring the extent of ecosystem loss with maps

Author: NGIS Australia June 1, 2021 Duration: 36:52

We have another cracker Location Matters episode this week covering two winning projects from the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) - Google Earth Engine (GEE) program. Our host,  NGIS’ Sarah Butler & Yvonne Fong, Data Scientist at EO Data Science, are joined by project leads Nicholas Murray from James Cook University, and Dimos Traganos from the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) to discuss how their projects Remap and Global Seagrass Watch are tackling important environmental challenges using Earth observation data. If you love hearing about cool mapping tools that make a positive impact -  tune in to this episode!

 

Group on Earth Observations and Google Earth Engine program announcement

GEO-GEE Project: Mapping the status of ecosystems with Remap (Nick’s project)

GEO-GEE Project: Coastal ecosystems  (Dimos’ project)

Remap


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