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Small Waterbodies Of Large Conservation Concern - Towards An Integrated Approach To More Accurately Measuring Surface Water Dynamics
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doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2025 <-- shared paper
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“HIGHLIGHTS
• Hydrologic models were used to assess remotely sensed surface water estimates.
• The accuracy of satellite surface water estimates diminished for waterbodies < 2 ha.
• Vegetation reduces accuracy of surface water detection, especially during wet years..."
#GIS #spatial #mapping #waterbodies #Conservation #planning #surfacewater #Hydrologicmodeling #remotesensing #earthobservation #water #hydrology #hydrographic #model #modeling #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #waterbody #small #conservation #inventory #monitoring #accuracy #aquatic #vegetation #climate #NorthAmerica #kettle #landforms #landcover #glaciation #prairie #pothole

Saving Lives, One Pixel at a Time - End Users Share Their Stories
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disasterscharter.org/news/savi <-- shared technical article
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“For 25 years the International Charter has organized the distribution and use of satellite and remotely sensed data for response to natural disasters across the globe, informing countless applications where timely acquisition of remote sensing data literally...saves lives…”
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #webmapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #satellite #imagery #risk #hazard #global #emergencymanagement #naturaldisaster #monitoring #response #planning #management #landsat #hurricane #cyclone #climatechange #extremeweather #flood #flooding #city #urban #crops #agriculture #foodsecurity #infrastructure #emergencyresponse #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal
@InternationalCharterSpaceAndMajorDisasters | U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) | @earth Resources Observation And Science #EROS

We implemented a major new feature in the AIL Project that addresses a long-standing issue related to the collection of images or screenshots that may be harmful to analysts (e.g., violent content, CSAM, etc.). The feature allows users to trigger the description of an image before actually viewing it.

The feature will be included in the upcoming release of AIL (version 6.2).

This work is co-funded in the AIPITCH project. We would like to thank Qwen for the open source Qwen2-VL vision-language models which provide an excellent basis for image detection and description while allowing local inferences.

@aipitch @circl @ail_project

Cops pause use of flawed #AI #cameras secretly #monitoring streets for suspects

#NewOrleans police have reportedly spent years scanning live feeds of city streets and secretly using facial recognition to identify suspects in real time—in seeming defiance of a city ordinance designed to prevent false arrests and protect citizens' civil rights.
#facialrecognition #biometrics #civilrights #surveillance #privacy

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20

Ars Technica · Cops pause use of flawed AI cameras secretly monitoring streets for suspectsBy Ashley Belanger

StatsMgr is a standalone #Postgres extension that creates structured snapshots of internal metrics (e.g. WAL, checkpoints, SLRU) w/ background workers & shared memory, then exposes them via a simple SQL API.

What do you think?

➡️ Is this useful for your #observability tooling?
➡️ Should parts of StatsMgr be proposed for core inclusion?

🖥️ Check it out on #Codeberg: codeberg.org/Data-Bene/StatsMg

📚📹 Learn more: data-bene.io/en/blog/postgres-