Author Archives: Mark Gamble
Mexican drug cartels: A big fracking problem
Earlier this week on Wednesday, the NAFTA summit was held in Toluca, Mexico where President Obama, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto met to discuss a wide array of economic and political issues. Saving the … Continue reading
Update: Texas drought conditions and Proposition 6
The splash of recent rains in the Central Texas area was a welcome respite, but did it have any impact on the enduring drought? In a recent article in the Austin American-Statesman, Bob Rose, meteorologist with the LCRA had … Continue reading
Slidedeck: Historical aerials of Austin’s evolving downtown
Austin’s new 737 area code debuted on June 1, underscoring the rapid growth that the Austin area has been experiencing for more than two decades. Regardless of how one quantifies the indicators of economic growth across wide-ranging and diverse sectors … Continue reading
Understanding the basics of aerial photography: Diverse applications
In previous installments of our Understanding Aerial Photography series, we covered the History of Aerial Photography, Scaling and Formatting of Aerial Imagery, and the different types of formats in which aerial imagery can be viewed. Aerial photography is used … Continue reading
How to georeference aerial photos
Have you ever wanted to see what a place looked like in previous decades? This week’s post from Environmental Prose demonstrates how to georeference a historical aerial photograph in ArcGIS. See how we take an image from the 1950s … Continue reading