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World Resources Institute – Forest Atlas of the Democratic Republic of Congo

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Jessica Viel | Environment, Nonprofit/NGO

The World Resources Institute partnered with Blue Raster to create an interactive map viewer that shows development in the forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Designed using ESRI ArcGIS Server 10 and the Flex API 2.2, this forest atlas allows the viewer to examine in detail logging and mining concessions, protected areas, roads, and detailed change in… Read More

National Geographic Fieldscope: Tools for Citizen Science

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Jessica Viel | Education, Environment, Nonprofit/NGO

Blue Raster worked with the National Geographic Society to develop FieldScope, a mapping and analysis tool that puts data visualization and analysis into the hands of people participating in citizen science projects. The application focuses on projects with geospatial data, called “community geography” projects. Members of the public participate in data collection and analyze the data for geographic patterns. Funded by… Read More