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June 8, 2009 rockman Available Resources Comments Off on Free GIS Software for Analysis and Visualization of Surfaces

SlashGeo pointed me to LandSerf, an interesting bit of free GIS software (not open source) for viewing and analysis of DEMs, TINs, and other files in 3D. It uses OpenGL for the 3D graphics, and […]

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St. Jude, Quebec Five Months After the Deadly Landslide

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It’s been over 5 months since the massive St. Jude landslide that claimed the lives of four residents. The quick clay landslide took place on May 10, 2010, and in this article, it is clear […]

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Underwater landslide may have doubled 2011 Japanese tsunami

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A seismologist at the University of Tokyo believes that the monstrous tsunami that was responsible for so much damage and loss of life during the 2011 Fukushima earthquake may have been a result of a […]