Open data powers new conservation mapping tool | Ag Professional

abernard102@gmail.com 2016-02-25

Summary:

"USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), the University of Montana and other partners have used Google Earth Engine to build a new interactive online map tool that, for the first time, combines layers of data to better target invasive species that are damaging habitat and rangeland. The tool was built as part of USDA’s ongoing Sage Grouse Initiative (SGI) and presents geospatial data covering a 100 million acre landscape in eight western States ..."

Link:

http://www.agprofessional.com/news/products/open-data-powers-new-conservation-mapping-tool

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oa.new oa.comment oa.tools oa.repositories.data oa.green oa.data oa.geodata oa.ecology oa.environment oa.conservation oa.biodiversity oa.google oa.usda oa.u.montana oa.repositories

Date tagged:

02/25/2016, 10:07

Date published:

02/25/2016, 05:07