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Nanaga Site of Wasavulu (Labasa, Fiji): Mapping of a Traditional Religious Site of Vanua Levu
ABSTRACT Pre‐Christian religious sites of the Fijian Archipelago have been seldom studied and even less often mapped by archaeologists. This is especially the case for the enigmatic Nanaga enclosures, whose functioning has remained poorly documented by the first ethnographers of the 19th century.
Christophe Sand+5 more
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Abstract Climate and catchment characteristics, particularly land and water use and management, may vary according to the population growth rate, future food habits and water demands. Three climate simulations corresponding to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (A1B) were downscaled using the ‘Providing
Rajesh Nune+6 more
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Résumé Les géographes usent généralement de la notion de territorialisation pour évoquer ou réfléchir sur le processus par lequel l'être humain est en relation avec le monde et y fait sa place à partir du territoire qu'il crée ou recherche. Ils emploient les notions connexes de déterritorialisation et reterritorialisation pour évoquer ou réfléchir sur ...
Mario Bédard
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Servicesheds connect people to the landscapes upon which they depend
Abstract Ecosystem services (ES) are benefits people receive from nature. To sustain these benefits, we need to spatially connect communities benefitting from specific ES with landscape features that generate the ES. A variety of process‐based models support ES assessments by estimating the biophysical supply of ES that comes from landscapes.
Yiyi Zhang+7 more
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Summary Farmer adoption of so‐called Precision Agriculture (PA) or ‘smart’ technologies in the arable sector has grown in the last few decades with a focus on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) and variable rate technologies (VRT). This has led to increased generation of large volumes of data about fields and their crop yields which could be ...
Tamisan Latherow+12 more
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UAV survey mapping of illegal deforestation in Madagascar
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) imagery highlights the extent of illegal deforestation in protected areas for the biodiverse humid forest of central Madagascar. The ultra‐high‐resolution (<10‐cm pixel) images enable the creation of detailed forest 3D base maps and provide the means to quantify forest stand losses.
Jenny Williams
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P ORTOLAN: a Model-Driven Cartography Framework [PDF]
Processing large amounts of data to extract useful information is an essential task within companies. To help in this task, visualization techniques have been commonly used due to their capacity to present data in synthesized views, easier to understand ...
Brunelière, Hugo+4 more
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The crania of Iroungou Cave Abstract Introduction Our knowledge of the populations of sub‐Saharan Africa in the periods before European colonization is limited. Few archeological sites containing human remains have been identified, and written sources for these periods are rare.
Aurélien Mounier+8 more
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A matter of ethics and cartography. The map of the ambassador and the map of the journalist [PDF]
Instead of being a neutral technical product as is generally believed, geographical maps are the subjective representations of a precise vision of spaces and the holders of performative power.
Boria, Edoardo
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