News and Announcements from Nordpil

SWIPA assessment scientific report

2012-05-14T11:00:00 +0200

The assessment on Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic - SWIPA - represents the most comprehensive compilation of scientific knowledge on the impacts of climate change. Nordpil supported the scientific report editors in researching data and preparing figures for final layout.

Interactive ArcGIS map for UNEP

2012-03-13T11:00:00 +0200

Nordpil assisted the UNEP Continental Shelf Programme with the migration of an existing ESRI ArcIMS interactive map to ArcGIS Server Javascript API. The map enables the examination of a wealth of marine geological data.

Arctic ocean basemap in portfolio

2012-02-27T00:00:00 +0200

A new map has been added to the portfolio pages - showcasing the Arctic Oceans basemap prepared by Nordpil for UNEP/GRID-Arendal.

Geohack greasemonkey script

2012-02-10T00:00:00 +0200

A new Greasemonkey user script has been added to the resources section. This script makes it easy to copy and paste coordinates from Wikipedia geography pages.

Arctic ocean basemap

2012-01-16T09:00:00 +0200

As background information for an upcoming data service, Nordpil was contracted to prepare a very high-resolution multi-scale basemap for the circumpolar Arctic. The map integrates data from different sources, and is implemented at three scale levels.

Animated maps 20X0

2011-12-19T09:00:00 +0200

The exhibition 20X0 – A Journey into the Future, currently on display at the Heureka Science Centre in Helsinki, Finland, features a display with animated maps on the economy, population and biodiversity. The videoclips cover a timespan from 1970-2050, blending historic data, estimates and projections.