Posts tagged as QGIS

Predictable, devastating and very fast: what the simulation of the flooding of the Rambla del Poyo reveals

May 18 2025 Blog

A tool developed by a researcher at the Polytechnic University of Valencia shows the evolution of water every 10 minutes in the area with the highest number of fatalities.

Paiporta under water

Dec 29 2024

We have measured the height of the water reached by the dana of October 29 in 140 locations, based on testimonies and marks still visible on the facades, to reconstruct the magnitude of the flooding.

The data show the extreme magnitude of Valencia's flood: it should only occur every 1,000 years

Nov 12 2024

The rainfall, flow and flooded area records compiled by EL PAÍS describe an absolutely unusual event by scientific standards.

The coming floods: danas, storms, and medicanes, Mediterranean storms gain intensity

Oct 19 2023

The torrential rains that have battered Greece, Libya, or Spain in the month of September are a direct result of different atmospheric phenomena, but with a common denominator: global warming increases their intensity.

Why Did the Tenerife Wildfire Spread So Rapidly?

Aug 27 2023

Terrain configuration and the presence of Canary Island pine trees contributed to the fierceness of the Arafo and Candelaria fire

Decoding Fire Control: The Aftermath of a Blaze

Apr 02 2023

After extinguishing a fire like the recent one in Castellón, another task begins for some firefighters: analyzing data and images to plan for future blazes. With insights from one of these analysts, EL PAÍS reconstructs the efforts to control a major fire, the Pont de Vilomara (Manresa) blaze, which engulfed dozens of homes last July.

The center of the world crumbles like a cookie

Feb 13 2023 Blog

Antarctica is already suffering heat waves that exceed 18 degrees Celsius and is melting at its edges. What's happening?

Inaccessible tunnels and new caves in the area devastated by the volcano of La Palma

Sep 18 2022

Scientists are trying to explore the network of volcanic tubes formed beneath the surface of the Tajogaite Volcano, which can be more than 10 kilometers long, but temperatures inside are still hellish.

Mexico has 30% of its land under high seismic risk

Apr 18 2021 Blog

Authorities risk's maps reveal that one third of the population is exposed to high or very high levels of seismic hazard. Researchers analyze the risks to prevent the probable damage of a major earthquake in the country.

The death of the last glaciers in Spain

Jan 03 2021

The last glaciers of Spain are disappearing. We went to the Pyrenees with a group of climate scientists to find out why.

Custom tile writer script in Python

Oct 16 2018 Blog

Export a QGIS canvas to tiles, compatible with Leaflet or Mapbox.

GIS should be a must in newsrooms

Mar 11 2016 Blog

A course about the basic principles of cartography and GIS I gave to data journalism students at the University of Villanueva, in Madrid.

The power of remote sensing and its application to the media

Jun 04 2017 Blog

Exploring remote sensing through an analysis of two practical applications of the Difference Normalized Burn Index, focusing on the assessment of the severity of two major fires in Spain using Landsat 8 imagery.

Exploring the history of A Coruña through the construction years of its buildings

Nov 21 2017 Blog

Testing a new QGIS plugin for the Spanish cadastre mapping public lands in A Coruña.

Why are Spanish troops scattered all over the Mediterranean?

Dec 09 2016 Blog

Maps about the presence of Spanish armed forces in Italy, Turkey and Lebanon.

1992 Olympics in Barcelona: the city that changed forever

Jul 24 2017 Blog

We analyzed how the Olympics changed Barcelona forever on the 25th anniversary of the games using aerial images.