This week: Bad news from the latest California snow survey reading means reservoirs will be drawn even further, the Catawba River overflows its banks in North Carolina, Lake Mead and Lake Powell heading towards their lowest levels ever, a cool Google timelapse of a meandering channel in Peru, and a very good review of the …
Tag Archive: google earth
Oct 26
Bangkok Flooding Aerial Imagery
Digital Globe just released an aerial image showing some of the flooding in Thailand. The image was taken on October 25, 2011. It is north of Bangkok in the Pathum Thani Province in Bang Khu Wat. The image is linked to Digital Globes image on flickr where you can zoom in more to see more …
Oct 11
Virtual Site Visit
I just got back from a beautiful trip to Bernalillo, New Mexico for a field visit on the Rio Grande River to look at an erosion site. I have always enjoyed going to a site that I will be working on, and it always proves to be very beneficial to a project to actually have …
Sep 15
A Tool for Georeferencing Field Photos
One piece of software in our toolbox that gets utilized nearly every time an engineer in our office heads into the field, is GPS-Photo Link. What does this software do that makes it so special? Essentially, it can take your time referenced digital photos (from any camera) and synchronize them with a field GPS tracklog …



