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06
February
2023
Renewal of the collaboration between MapX and Plan Bleu to support the implementation of the Mediterranean Strategy for Sustainable Development
In 2021 and 2022, Plan Bleu and UNEP/GRID Geneva have collaborated on enabling the access to geospatial datasets relevant for the Mediterranean Action...
24
January
2023
New GEO community activity report : Mainstreaming Essential Variables across GEO
Interested in Essential Variables and how they can be useful in your scientific community? Check out the latest report “Mainstreaming EVs across...
16
December
2022
New online platform to promote ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction
UNEP and UNEP/GRID-Geneva just released a new online platform dedicated to the “Opportunity mapping” approach, which aims at combining glo...
08
December
2022
Integration of MapX with MANARA, the UN data and knowledge management hub
As an example of how UNEP is engaged in the UN Reform at the regional level as well as meeting the objectives of the UN Secretary General Data Strateg...
29
November
2022
MapX Wiki just released
A Wiki has just been released to help users make the most of all MapX features. It includes about 60 sections to learn and master MapX concepts and to...
10
November
2022
New MapX layer showing live deforestation data on 7 countries
How to mitigate the impacts of climate change and adapt to it? By joining forces and sharing our data and our skills. Tropisco is a collaboration betw...
09
November
2022
New story map on Marine Pollution and Marine Biodiversity in the Caribbean region
The Cartagena Convention Secretariat and UNEP/GRID-Geneva just co-developed a story map providing insights on key environmental issues in the Caribbea...
04
October
2022
New module for editing attribute tables from MapX
It is now possible with MapX to edit attribute tables directly from the MapX interface: to modify existing values and to add a new column (e.g., to ad...
23
September
2022
Launch of a regional environmental platform to support periodic reporting by the Cartagena Convention Secretariat
The Secretariat to the Convention of Cartagena and the MapX team are collaborating on the development of a regional environmental platform that will s...
22
June
2022
Assessing the Applications of Earth Observation Data for Monitoring Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM)
Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) is having an important impact on the environment, especially in developing countries. In our latest revie...
23
May
2022
New function for converting MapX styles to SLD
A Styled Layer Descriptor (SLD) is an XML schema specified by the Open Geospatial Consortium(OGC) for describing the appearance of map layers. In part...
17
May
2022
UNEP/GRID-Geneva’s participation to the Global Ocean and Coastal Observation On Tuesday 17 May (15:00-16:30 CEST)
On Tuesday 17 May (15:00-16:30 CEST) UNEP/GRID-Geneva will participate to a blue talk on the need for science and data to inform and support policy an...
12
April
2022
Collaboration between MapX and Plan Bleu to support the implementation of the Mediterranean Strategy for Sustainable Development
In 2021, Plan Bleu and UNEP/GRID Geneva have collaborated on enabling the access to geospatial datasets relevant for the Mediterranean Action Plan Sec...
02
April
2022
Interview of the MapX manager on Swiss television about the launch of the World Environment Situation Room
Interview of Pierre Lacroix, UNEP/GRID-Geneva, on the Swiss television (in French) about the launch of the “World Environment Situation Room&#...
28
January
2022
Development of a regional environmental platform for the Caribbean Sea and Wider Caribbean Region
In 2022 the Secretariat to the Convention of Cartagena and the MapX team will collaborate on the development of a regional environmental platform that...
22
January
2022
Remote sensing in support of artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) policy development, implementation and evaluation
The MapX team, in collaboration with the UNEP Chemicals and Health branch and the Minamata Convention on Mercury, have collaborated in the development...
22
October
2021
Drying conditions in Switzerland – indication from a 35-year Landsat time-series analysis of vegetation water content estimates to support SDGs
MapX has published the results of a scientific analysis based on the use of a 35-year satellite-derived annual and seasonal times-series of normalized...
02
October
2021
New Search tool available in MapX
A Search Tool is now available in MapX, allowing to discover more than 1’800 datasets and story maps. It is possible to search by keyword (datas...
13
July
2021
The official United Nations administrative units are now available in MapX
The United Nations international and administrative boundaries, the first subnational level and the names of the countries are now available in the Ma...
17
June
2021
Mapping Eco-DRR Opportunities: a global geospatial tool for reducing disaster risks through ecosystem restoration and protection, featuring MapX
UNEP/GRID-Geneva and UNEP have partnered to develop a global geospatial tool for reducing disaster risks through ecosystem restoration and protection....
14
June
2021
New datasets and story map for the implementation of Mediterranean Strategy for Sustainable Development dashboard
During Q1-Q2 2021, UNEP/GRID-Geneva and Plan Bleu (one of the Regional Activity Centres of the UNEP Mediterranean Action Plan, which supports the Conv...
28
February
2021
Real-time in-situ data on crop conditions in MapX
UNEP/GRID-Geneva and the Group on Earth Observations Global Agricultural Monitoring (GEOGLAM) have recently collaborated to publish in-situ data into ...
09
February
2021
New 3D visualisation feature in MapX
The MapX application has been enriched with a new 3D visualization feature, bringing new dimensions to your data potential. Try for yourself using sim...
19
January
2021
Development of interactive and updatable country fiches for the analysis of environmental situations and performances of countries
UNEP/GRID-Geneva just started the development of a system of interactive and updatable country fiches for the analysis of environmental situations and...
19
January
2021
Release of the UNEP/GRID-Geneva “Internationally Agreed Environmental Goals (IAEG) Monitor”
The “IAEGs Monitor”, developed by UNEP/GRID-Geneva, has been released successfully. This platform aims to help policy makers to keep track of Mult...
29
September
2020
MapX API released
The MapX application programming interface (API, also called Software development Kit –SDK) has been released. It includes a complete set of met...
20
August
2020
Small-scale surface mining of gold placers: detection, mapping, and temporal analysis using satellite imagery
Using Sentinel2 imagery of the Copernicus programme, we have been working on mapping and studying small-scale alluvial gold mining in Colombia. Dissem...
10
July
2020
Opportunity mapping for ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction (Eco-DRR)
According to UNEP Executive Director, Inger Andersen, investing in nature is “one of the most effective ways” of combatting climate change and dis...
29
June
2020
Bringing nature’s values to life for better decision-making in Bhutan, Philippines and Tanzania
How to realize greater and more targeted investments in natural capital? A collaboration between UNEP and MapX brings nature’s values to life for a ...
18
January
2020
Are these the 20 top priorities in 2020 for a digital ecosystem for Earth?
Are these the 20 top priorities in 2020 for a digital ecosystem for Earth? What are concrete targets in 2020 for realizing a robust and equitable digi...
19
December
2019
Data Cube on Demand (DCoD): Generating an earth observation Data Cube anywhere in the World
To tackle Big Data challenges such as Volume, Variety, and Velocity, the Earth Observations Data Cube (EODC) concept has emerged as a solution for low...
24
November
2019
Planning and monitoring emergency care in high maternal mortality countries
For the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25 (November 2019) a MapX story map on “Planning and monitoring emergency care in high maternal mortality countrie...
28
October
2019
MapX : A global open platform to manage, analyze and visualize environmental geospatial data
We are undoubtedly living in a connected World. Out of a population of 7.5 billions, more than 50% of people have access to Internet, more than 40% ar...
23
October
2019
Connecting you to Frontier Technologies and Geospatial Innovation
Welcome to the eighth edition of our newsletter highlighting innovation and frontier technologies around the globe. At MapX, we believe that nobody s...
21
October
2019
It’s time to use digital data to progress towards sustainable development
Welcome to the seventh edition of our newsletter highlighting innovation and frontier technologies around the globe. our focal point in this newslette...
21
August
2019
How can we apply satellite insights towards a more sustainable future?
Welcome to the sixth edition of our newsletter highlighting innovation and frontier technologies around the globe. This issue starts with a case study...
17
July
2019
Applying earth observation technology to monitoring environmental risk
Welcome to the fifth edition of our newsletter highlighting earth observation (EO) technologies to monitoring environmental risk around the globe. Thi...
15
July
2019
UN Environment Disaster Risk Reduction team submission #VizRisk challenge: Showing the potential of forests to reduce floods in Africa
Why considering ecosystem data for disaster risks? Historically, disaster risk reduction measures focused massively on grey infrastructure, such as dy...
17
June
2019
Applying frontier technologies to environmental challenges
Welcome to the fourth edition of our newsletter highlighting innovation and frontier technologies around the globe. This issue starts with a case stud...
15
May
2019
Saving wildlife and ecosystems using new technologies
Based on thousands of scientific studies, a new United Nations-backed report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ec...
11
April
2019
Finding innovative solutions to leaving no-one behind in the digital revolution
UN Environment and the UN Science Policy Business Forum made a global call to action to build a global digital ecosystem for the environment. This cal...
05
March
2019
Harnessing the power of open data to solve environmental challenges
Welcome to the first edition of our newsletter highlighting innovation and frontier technologies around the globe. At MapX, we believe that nobody sho...
28
January
2019
MapX: An open geospatial platform to manage, analyze and visualize data on natural resources and the environment
This publication describes the open source software stack of the MapX platform and concludes by capturing some of the key lessons learned....
19
June
2018
Mapping Change: Applying spatial data to create innovative conservation solutions
Achieving both environmental protection and economic growth by applying spatial data to create innovative conservation solutions....
30
November
2017
From Reports to Results: Unlocking Big Data through Geographical Information Systems in the Extractive Industry
The challenges of Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) reporting and the role that GIS can play. A blog post by Greg Chappell Van Gils...
30
September
2017
Addressing the challenges of EITI mainstreaming: observations from the Democratic Republic of Congo
Addressing the challenges of EITI mainstreaming: observations from the Democratic Republic of Congo This post has been co-authored by Inga Petersen (S...
11
September
2017
There are no shortcuts to establishing trust between extractive industries stakeholders
Providing information to facilitate evidence-based dialogue & decision-making is vital in the extractive industry. ...
15
December
2016
Open Spatial Data Infrastructures for the Sustainable Development of the Extractives Sector: Promises and Challenges
This publication describes the open source software stack of the MapX platform and concludes by capturing some of the key lessons learned....