Dalhousie University Libraries Map Collection

03/01/2023

Interested in how to make a chlorophyll index in Pro?

Tutorial on how to use ArcGIS Pro to determine the Chlorophyll Index (CI) and the Global Environmental Monitoring Index (GEMI) of Landsat 8 imagery in an area of interest.

01/23/2023

Where are the trees?

Where are the world's forests? These high-resolution maps show how the world’s carbon-sequestering forests are spread.

01/23/2023

Something to think about and look into!

Turning off your GPS and using a traditional map instead could help fight dementia, a study suggests.

01/12/2023

Interested in Multispectral data? You may want to look into Sentinel data!

If you want to download Sentinel satellite data, then you've come to the right place. We show you step-by-step how to obtain free Sentinel satellite data.

01/12/2023

Declassified Treasure map?

The decades-old map is believed to mark four spots where German soldiers hid treasure worth millions of dollars.

10/26/2022

To North arrow or Not!?!?

Do all maps need a north arrow?

10/17/2022

LIDAR to Contours!

This ArcGIS Pro tutorial shows how to add LIDAR data from the National Map to ArcGIS Pro and create topography contours.

09/27/2022

Check out the New blog post from one of our own!

Urban development is known to impose stress on surface waters, often by dramatically altering water chemistry (Howell et al., 2012; Ren et al., 2014). To examine whether urban expansion within the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) is driving observed changes in water quality in a set of ~50 lakes,...

08/11/2022

A break for Thursday afternoon!

GIS pros – How many times have you had to explain the work you do to friends and family? 🤔 Here’s what you do on a daily basis according to kids.-----------...

08/10/2022

Want to learn more about what satellites can tell you about the Earth's heat?

Satellites are being used to measure heat not only on urban heat islands, but also on farms and other locations where rising temperatures are having an impact.

07/04/2022

A new dataset to check out!

FABDEM is the first global Digital Elevation Model (DEM) with forests and buildings removed at a 30m resolution.

06/21/2022

New Surface temperature data available!

https://climate.esa.int/en/news-events/land-surface-temperature-datasets-now-available/

Thanks for the heads up Chris!