Trees shape our neighborhoods, our climate, and our daily lives — and there are so many ways to study and support them through citizen science. Our latest newsletter rounds up projects you can try, from measuring tree height for NASA to mapping urban forests and tagging resilient species.
Read the newsletter to explore:
🌲 NASA @GLOBEProgram
🌳 iSeaTree (@TreeMamaSEA)
🌱 @Treesnapapp
🌿 @Treezilla_org
🌲 @girlscouts Tree Promise
Take a look: https://t.co/OlNoSTQxaP
Meta just released DINOv3, a generalist, state-of-the-art computer vision model trained with SSL that produces superior high-resolution visual features.
Blog post: https://t.co/w2s5yBHocW
GitHub: https://t.co/zKZLfZHOIV
Leafmap: Interactive Mapping & Geospatial Analysis in Python
Leafmap is an open-source Python package for interactive mapping and geospatial analysis — no heavy coding required. Built for Jupyter environments, it lets you explore, visualize, and analyze spatial data with just a few lines of code, or even no code at all.
Core capabilities include:
🗺 Interactive maps in one line — quickly load vector & raster data into a map
🗃 Multi-backend support — ipyleaflet, folium, https://t.co/4z6RomtRYR, pydeck, bokeh
🌐 Basemap & tile services — OpenStreetMap, XYZ, WMS, vector tiles, and more
📊 Advanced visualization — split maps, linked maps, heatmaps, choropleths
🛰 Raster & vector analysis — powered by WhiteboxTools (500+ geospatial tools)
📍 Geodata editing & creation — draw, modify, and save features interactively
🔍 Data access & search — STAC, Planetary Computer, AWS Open Data, OpenStreetMap
📈 Time series & animations — visualize spatial change over time
🧠 AI integration — segment and classify imagery with deep learning tools
💻 Web app ready — deploy analyses with Voila, Streamlit, or Solara
Applications:
🔹 Remote sensing & environmental monitoring
🔹 Urban planning & infrastructure mapping
🔹 Disaster response & risk assessment
🔹 Education & citizen science projects
📖 Documentation: https://t.co/ipSc2kuKT0
💬 GitHub: https://t.co/Sx9Dussp7U
🧠 Credit: opengeos, @giswqs
#Leafmap #Geospatial #GIS #RemoteSensing #OpenSource
Mapping Urban Heat Islands with LST & UTFVI | Google Earth Engine & Landsat
Tutorial link: https://t.co/x04u6M3JzA
For more information about registration, visit our website: https://t.co/i4EFoxX5HU
#UrbanHeatIsland#LST#UTFVI#GoogleEarthEngine#Landsat#RemoteSensing
I’m the daughter of an immigrant, born and raised in SoCal, educated at #CalBerkeley — and in 2025, I’ve never felt more proud to say those words out loud.
If 2025 has proven anything - it takes a little more than some fire to take down the #LosAngeles spirit.
#Resilience
@BGatesIsaPyscho Think Detroit is already a rough place to live?
A water main broke there on Monday and flooded the streets during freezing temperatures.
My new favorite website: ✨https://t.co/265shFPj0j✨ "Show off your custom Gulf map with friends and family. Create unique variations and spread some geographic joy!" Go forth and share geographic joy fam!
FTP download for a *very* common USA #GIS resource (TIGER/Line Shapefiles) has been down since last night (API is OK tho!). Will add some details in the comments below for some backup download options! #EnvironmentalScience#Census#OpenStreetMap
https://t.co/3dYNJI8Idw
🎉 I've reached a milestone! My YouTube channel hit 30,000 subscribers! Thanks to all for your support! Can't wait to bring you more great content on #OpenSource#GIS. Stay tuned! #QGIS#Python#PCRaster
https://t.co/qBT31hPUcq
Just wrote overview of the QGIS plug-in I started a couple months ago to make it easier to download data from Overture, Source Coop and anywhere with GeoParquet data. Read it at: https://t.co/93nZjh7h23
I don’t share my kids’ faces, but my Girl Scout wanted to plant trees this year (& support #iSeaTree) and wore her mask so I could share this! Support her cookie fundraiser & order shipped! Link below. Thank you 💚! #trees#environment#kidsactivities
https://t.co/EeqlgsCU4C
#Bloomington had (at least) 6 inches today - and it is still rolling in. Also, winter break was extended 01/07/25 will be our 1st official #snowday at the new house.
Plan is to put the kids on feeder duty - these
#bluejays cleaned us out fast today.
#indiana#INwx#snow#birding