Overlaying geological maps on topography. You can use Open Source PyVista for interactive 3D visualization and mesh analysis in Python. GitHub Python code and data examples for Texture mapping for a GeoTIFF on a topography surface in the comments. https://tutorial.pyvista.org/tutorial/03_figures/c_geological-map.html

Browsing around free open-access earth data with ArcGIS Earth desktop. Quite an incredible amount available but also plenty of opportunities for the development of more global detailed datasets.Link in the comments to download ArcGIS Desktop (its been around since 2016) in case you may have never used it, and what's new in V2.3 (December 2024).... Continue Reading →

Beautiful open access global multispectral satellite imagery in the Sentinel-2 explorer app. Included in the ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World.The Copernicus Sentinel-2 is a European mission based on a constellation of two identical satellites in the same orbit. Each satellite carries an innovative wide swath high-resolution multispectral imager with 13 spectral bands for a... Continue Reading →

There is so much great stuff within Gplates. Below is an interactive globe of seafloor spreading rates. Pinks and blues show 0-40 mm a year through to 200 mm a year for deep reds.“The age of the ocean floor is one of the fundamental data sets for understanding plate tectonic processes. We have generated an... Continue Reading →

NASA Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) maps.“NASA’s EMIT produced its first global maps of hematite, goethite, and kaolinite in Earth’s dry regions using data from the year ending November 2023. The mission collected billions of measurements of the three minerals and seven others that may affect climate when lofted into the air as... Continue Reading →

The free webinar I gave on Geoscience and Large Language Models was recorded and is now online. We had over 300 people register worldwide, some great questions. The purpose was to raise awareness in this area and stimulate ideas and questions within the international earth science community.I gave examples covering research and academia, mining, geohazards,... Continue Reading →

More Open access geological data. The European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet) map viewer includes bathymetry, geological, biological, mineral and chemical data."In collaboration with over 120 partner organizations and stakeholders, EMODnet aggregates data into Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) pan-European data layers, with data and accompanying metadata harmonized according to EU e.g., INSPIRE... Continue Reading →

I’m giving a free webinar on Friday on Language Models in Geoscience. Covering different ways one can apply LLMs to geoscience content, including some of the benefits and some of the risks.I include examples from academia, mining, oil & gas, hydrogeology, geohazards and carbon capture.It’s a relatively non-technical 25min session based on previous RGU university... Continue Reading →