RI Attorney General $4.1 million in grants from Volkswagen Settlement
As a result of a previously announced settlement with Volkswagen for violating Rhode Island state laws prohibiting the sale and leasing of diesel vehicles equipped with illegal and undisclosed emissions control defeat device software, Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced $4.1 million in funding for a variety of environmentally beneficial…
Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Mapping
Mike Bradley and Scott Rasmussen are collecting eelgrass distributions in Long Island Sound. Check out their video!
2017 ESRI: Honorable Mention
2017 Esri Storytelling with Maps Contest Honorable mention: Science, Technology and Education Using UAVs to Aid Policy and Decision-Making in Western Ghana Learn about how UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) are revolutionizing policy-making for the Ghana Sustainable Fisheries project. UAVs assess flooding and erosion using LIDAR, remotely sense mangrove forests, and…
Poster Presented at 2016 ESRI UC Map Gallery
Staff from the URI EDC presented a poster highlighting their work on a National Park Service (NPS) project at the 2016 ESRI User Conference in San Diego, California. The map gallery at the ESRI UC is a showcase of maps and mapping products from around the world. 2016 winners of the…
30 Years of GIS
30th anniversary of URI’s Environmental Data Center proves ‘place matters’
Peter August Honored by URI Foundation
The Environmental Data Center’s own Peter August was recently awarded with the URI Foundation’s 2013 Scholarly Excellence Award. More information is available in this URI College of the Environment and Life Sciences news article. Congratulations!