Spatial Informatics Group (SIG)
@sig-gis.bsky.social
Spatial Informatics Group (SIG) is an internationally recognized organization dedicated to innovative solutions in geospatial analysis, environmental sciences, and socioeconomic sciences.
🚁🔥 In 2025, 18 drone incursions reported—17 in CA! Drones endanger firefighting. Know Before You Fly! Learn more: knowbeforeyoufly.org/home #DroneSafety #WildfireResponse #FireYear2025 #SIGScience #AviationSafety #KnowBeforeYouFly #FirefightingOperations #WildfireSuppression #FirePrevention
Know Before You Fly
Know Before You Fly is an education campaign organized by he Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI),
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May 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM
🚁🔥 In 2025, 18 drone incursions reported—17 in CA! Drones endanger firefighting. Know Before You Fly! Learn more: knowbeforeyoufly.org/home #DroneSafety #WildfireResponse #FireYear2025 #SIGScience #AviationSafety #KnowBeforeYouFly #FirefightingOperations #WildfireSuppression #FirePrevention
🌲🔥 USDA boosts timber production to reduce wildfire risk. Read more: tinyurl.com/4d4rt6uu #WildfireResilience #ForestHealth #ClimateAdaptation #SIGScience #FuelReduction #TimberRestoration #USDA #ScienceBasedForestry #FireEcology
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May 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
🌲🔥 USDA boosts timber production to reduce wildfire risk. Read more: tinyurl.com/4d4rt6uu #WildfireResilience #ForestHealth #ClimateAdaptation #SIGScience #FuelReduction #TimberRestoration #USDA #ScienceBasedForestry #FireEcology
🔥🌍 Wildfires reshape landscapes—destroying, renewing, and transforming ecosystems. 📖 Read more: www.usgs.gov/news/feature... #WildfireEcology #FireScience #SIGScience
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: How Wildfires Reshape Landscapes
Wildfires reshape landscapes, both to the benefit and detriment of impacted areas. After the smoke clears, they can continue to cause hazards like flooding and erosion, while also promoting ecosystem ...
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May 16, 2025 at 10:29 PM
🔥🌍 Wildfires reshape landscapes—destroying, renewing, and transforming ecosystems. 📖 Read more: www.usgs.gov/news/feature... #WildfireEcology #FireScience #SIGScience
🔥💰Financing wildfire resilience at SF Climate Week 2025! Funding must follow fire science. 📖 Read more: tinyurl.com/38w6nfxj #WildfireResilience #AdaptationFinance #ClimateRisk #SIGScience #SFClimateWeek #FireEcology #ClimateAdaptation #ClimateInsurance #CommunityResilience
SF Climate Week 2025 Highlights: Wildfire, Insurance and Adaptation Finance – Climate Resilience Fund
Building Resilience, Together
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May 15, 2025 at 9:42 PM
🔥💰Financing wildfire resilience at SF Climate Week 2025! Funding must follow fire science. 📖 Read more: tinyurl.com/38w6nfxj #WildfireResilience #AdaptationFinance #ClimateRisk #SIGScience #SFClimateWeek #FireEcology #ClimateAdaptation #ClimateInsurance #CommunityResilience
🔥🌲 Final report for the Placerville Community Wildfire Resiliency Strategy is live! Explore: www.eldoradorcd.org/placerville-... #WildfireResilience #CommunityPlanning #FireAdaptedCommunities #SIGScience #Placerville #WildfirePrevention #ForestHealth #ClimateAdaptation #GeospatialScience
Placerville Wildfire Resilience Strategy — RCD
Placerville Wildfire Resilience Strategy
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May 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
🔥🌲 Final report for the Placerville Community Wildfire Resiliency Strategy is live! Explore: www.eldoradorcd.org/placerville-... #WildfireResilience #CommunityPlanning #FireAdaptedCommunities #SIGScience #Placerville #WildfirePrevention #ForestHealth #ClimateAdaptation #GeospatialScience
🛰️🌲 ESA’s Biomass satellite is in orbit! It will map carbon in forests, crucial for climate action. 📖 Learn more: sig-gis.com/services/for... 📡 Launch details: tinyurl.com/5du2fu6a #ForestCarbon #ClimateScience #BiomassSatellite #RemoteSensing #SIGScience #CarbonAccounting
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May 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
🛰️🌲 ESA’s Biomass satellite is in orbit! It will map carbon in forests, crucial for climate action. 📖 Learn more: sig-gis.com/services/for... 📡 Launch details: tinyurl.com/5du2fu6a #ForestCarbon #ClimateScience #BiomassSatellite #RemoteSensing #SIGScience #CarbonAccounting
🔥📚 Wildfire education saves lives! Explore NIFC’s resources: www.nifc.gov/fire-informa... #WildfireEducation #FireEcology #CommunityResilience #SIGScience #FireAdaptedCommunities #WildfirePrevention #ClimateAdaptation
Wildfire Education | National Interagency Fire Center
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May 7, 2025 at 9:06 PM
🔥📚 Wildfire education saves lives! Explore NIFC’s resources: www.nifc.gov/fire-informa... #WildfireEducation #FireEcology #CommunityResilience #SIGScience #FireAdaptedCommunities #WildfirePrevention #ClimateAdaptation
🌎🌧️ Climate crisis reshapes risk: droughts, wildfires, flooding. Learn how we build resilience: sig-gis.com/services/ 📚 Read the report: firststreet.org/research-lib... #ClimateRisk #FloodResilience #WildfireResilience #ClimateAdaptation #SIGScience #InfrastructureResilience
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May 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
🌎🌧️ Climate crisis reshapes risk: droughts, wildfires, flooding. Learn how we build resilience: sig-gis.com/services/ 📚 Read the report: firststreet.org/research-lib... #ClimateRisk #FloodResilience #WildfireResilience #ClimateAdaptation #SIGScience #InfrastructureResilience
🌎💚 Thank you to all protecting our planet! Special thanks to our SIG team for their passion and dedication. Together, we create lasting impact! 🌱 sig-gis.com/about/our-te... #ThankYouDay #ClimateAction #ClimateResilience #EnvironmentalStewardship #SIGScience #TogetherForTheEarth
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May 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🌎💚 Thank you to all protecting our planet! Special thanks to our SIG team for their passion and dedication. Together, we create lasting impact! 🌱 sig-gis.com/about/our-te... #ThankYouDay #ClimateAction #ClimateResilience #EnvironmentalStewardship #SIGScience #TogetherForTheEarth
🔥🌲 Big win for wildfire resilience! Governor Newsom signed legislation for $170M in prevention. 📄 Read: tinyurl.com/49wsyxcc #WildfireResilience #ForestHealth #FuelReduction #ClimateAdaptation #SIGScience #CaliforniaWildfires #PrescribedFire #ScienceBasedPolicy #FireEcology
Governor Newsom signs legislation investing additional $170 million to prevent catastrophic wildfires, issues executive order to fast-track projects | Governor of California
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April 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
🔥🌲 Big win for wildfire resilience! Governor Newsom signed legislation for $170M in prevention. 📄 Read: tinyurl.com/49wsyxcc #WildfireResilience #ForestHealth #FuelReduction #ClimateAdaptation #SIGScience #CaliforniaWildfires #PrescribedFire #ScienceBasedPolicy #FireEcology
🌍✨ Happy Earth Day from SIG! Every day, we protect the planet through science and innovation. #EarthDayEveryDay #SIGScience #ClimateResilience #WildfirePrevention #GeospatialTech #ForestHealth #ScienceForThePlanet #EarthDay2025
April 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
🌍✨ Happy Earth Day from SIG! Every day, we protect the planet through science and innovation. #EarthDayEveryDay #SIGScience #ClimateResilience #WildfirePrevention #GeospatialTech #ForestHealth #ScienceForThePlanet #EarthDay2025
🌍 Check out how Google Earth Engine improves land classification - and SIG's own Andréa P Nicolau contributed! Read more here: medium.com/google-earth/classifying-land-with-earth-engine-5d0fb9f06901 #LandCover #EarthEngine
Classifying land with Earth Engine
By Steve Greenberg, Engineering Manager, Google Earth Engine
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April 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
🌍 Check out how Google Earth Engine improves land classification - and SIG's own Andréa P Nicolau contributed! Read more here: medium.com/google-earth/classifying-land-with-earth-engine-5d0fb9f06901 #LandCover #EarthEngine
🌎🛰️ SIG at the XXI SBSR! Andréa P. Nicolau showcased RAMI, our platform for mining alerts in Peru. #RemoteSensing #SIGScience #RAMI #SBSR2025
April 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
🌎🛰️ SIG at the XXI SBSR! Andréa P. Nicolau showcased RAMI, our platform for mining alerts in Peru. #RemoteSensing #SIGScience #RAMI #SBSR2025
🌍🧠 Geospatial AI evolves! Google's research links natural language and satellite data for faster insights. Dive in: research.google/blog/geospat... #GeospatialAI #GenerativeAI #ClimateTech #GoogleResearch
Geospatial Reasoning: Unlocking insights with generative AI and multiple foundation models
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April 17, 2025 at 1:44 AM
🌍🧠 Geospatial AI evolves! Google's research links natural language and satellite data for faster insights. Dive in: research.google/blog/geospat... #GeospatialAI #GenerativeAI #ClimateTech #GoogleResearch
🛰️🔥 New research by SIG's Nicholas LaHaye improves wildfire and smoke monitoring using machine learning! Learn more: tinyurl.com/24786484 #WildfireScience #MachineLearning
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April 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
🛰️🔥 New research by SIG's Nicholas LaHaye improves wildfire and smoke monitoring using machine learning! Learn more: tinyurl.com/24786484 #WildfireScience #MachineLearning
🔥🏡 Exciting pilot program in California links wildfire resilience with home insurance! 🌲💰 Learn more: www.nature.org/en-us/newsro... #WildfireResilience #NatureBasedSolutions
The Nature Conservancy and Willis Launch First-of-Its-Kind Wildfire Resilience Insurance
With California’s wildfire crisis pushing the state’s insurance industry to a breaking point, TNC/Willis launch innovative solution to improve insurance availability and affordability.
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April 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
🔥🏡 Exciting pilot program in California links wildfire resilience with home insurance! 🌲💰 Learn more: www.nature.org/en-us/newsro... #WildfireResilience #NatureBasedSolutions
🌍🔥🗻 New USGS StoryMap reveals how the 2021 Dixie Fire increased landslide risk. Explore: landslides.usgs.gov/storymap/dixie #PostFireRecovery #LandslideRisk #WildfireScience
Dixie Fire Post-Fire Debris Flows: A Tale of Two Storms
The Dixie fire burned steep hillslopes in the northern Sierra Nevada California during the summer of 2021 and was followed by two significant storm events in October 2021 and June 2022. These events h...
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April 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
🌍🔥🗻 New USGS StoryMap reveals how the 2021 Dixie Fire increased landslide risk. Explore: landslides.usgs.gov/storymap/dixie #PostFireRecovery #LandslideRisk #WildfireScience
🔥🌲 SIG Scientist Liz Luck presented on Mosquito Fire emissions at the California Forest Science Symposium. Her research highlights wildfire impacts on carbon. #FireScience #CarbonAccounting #MosquitoFire
April 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
🔥🌲 SIG Scientist Liz Luck presented on Mosquito Fire emissions at the California Forest Science Symposium. Her research highlights wildfire impacts on carbon. #FireScience #CarbonAccounting #MosquitoFire
🌿📊 SIG is featured in the Nature Tech Collective’s 2024 Biodiversity Sector Map! Explore our work on page 95: www.naturetechcollective.org/stories/biod... #NatureTech #Biodiversity #SIG
Unveiling the Nature Tech Collective Sector Map for Biodiversity | Nature Tech Collective
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April 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
🌿📊 SIG is featured in the Nature Tech Collective’s 2024 Biodiversity Sector Map! Explore our work on page 95: www.naturetechcollective.org/stories/biod... #NatureTech #Biodiversity #SIG
🔥📖Check out this new study on Fire-Climate-Vegetation Dynamics in California’s forests, authored by experts including SIG’s Dr. Matthew Hurteau. Read more: tinyurl.com/4ttbchhx #FireEcology #ClimateResilience
Strategic fire zones are essential to wildfire risk reduction in the Western United States - Fire Ecology
Background Over the last four decades, wildfires in forests of the continental western United States have significantly increased in both size and severity after more than a century of fire suppressio...
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April 2, 2025 at 12:22 AM
🔥📖Check out this new study on Fire-Climate-Vegetation Dynamics in California’s forests, authored by experts including SIG’s Dr. Matthew Hurteau. Read more: tinyurl.com/4ttbchhx #FireEcology #ClimateResilience
🔥 Understand wildfires' impacts in Episode 33 of the Fire Ecology Podcast with Dr. Crystal Kolden. Listen now → fireecology.org/feco-podcast... #FireEcology #WildfireScience #ResiliencePlanning
Episode 33: Strategic fire zones are essential to wildfire risk reduction in the Western United States — Association for Fire Ecology
Malcolm North and Paul Hessburg discuss using strategic fire zones to minimize wildfire risk in the Western U.S.
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March 31, 2025 at 9:07 PM
🔥 Understand wildfires' impacts in Episode 33 of the Fire Ecology Podcast with Dr. Crystal Kolden. Listen now → fireecology.org/feco-podcast... #FireEcology #WildfireScience #ResiliencePlanning
🌍 Mitsui & Co. faced challenges in carbon credit verification. SIG's Change Detection Module streamlined the process, reducing verification time from days to hours! 🌱 #CarbonAccounting #EarthObservation #SustainabilityTech
March 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
🌍 Mitsui & Co. faced challenges in carbon credit verification. SIG's Change Detection Module streamlined the process, reducing verification time from days to hours! 🌱 #CarbonAccounting #EarthObservation #SustainabilityTech
🌲🔥 SIG welcomes Tom Schultz as the new Chief of the U.S. Forest Service! His expertise in land management and wildfire resilience will guide proactive strategies for public lands. Learn more: tinyurl.com/y8yhk2ea #SustainableForestry #WildfireResilience #ForestManagement
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March 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
🌲🔥 SIG welcomes Tom Schultz as the new Chief of the U.S. Forest Service! His expertise in land management and wildfire resilience will guide proactive strategies for public lands. Learn more: tinyurl.com/y8yhk2ea #SustainableForestry #WildfireResilience #ForestManagement
🔥🏡 Climate Risk & Home Values: Learn how wildfire risk impacts real estate and the need for resilience. Read more: tinyurl.com/bd35wdnz #ClimateRisk #WildfireResilience
Trillions in U.S. Home Value Face Major Risk from Fire, Flood and Wind
A new Zillow analysis has found that trillions of dollars’ worth of U.S. homes are at major risk of damage from fire, flood or extreme wind. U.S. homes
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March 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
🔥🏡 Climate Risk & Home Values: Learn how wildfire risk impacts real estate and the need for resilience. Read more: tinyurl.com/bd35wdnz #ClimateRisk #WildfireResilience
🔥 Discover how Veterans are leading wildfire resilience efforts! Learn more: tinyurl.com/5n7cedns #WildfireResilience #VeteransInFire
Veteran fuels module in Rapid City, SD sets a standard for community assistance | Bureau of Land Management
Rapid City is a prime example of the wildland-urban interface. The work of the Rapid City Fire Department’s Wildfire Mitigation group, Veterans Wildland Fuels Module is crucial to the safety of the co...
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March 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
🔥 Discover how Veterans are leading wildfire resilience efforts! Learn more: tinyurl.com/5n7cedns #WildfireResilience #VeteransInFire