Monitoring
Sensors, networks, and the infrastructure of knowing what is happening where.
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Network abstraction Geography · 13 min · May 5, 2026The Measurement State
Before a government can manage a territory, it has to see it. The sensors, registries, and observation systems that make Alberta legible to the state are also making it legible to everyone else.
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Glacial valley at dusk Geography · 12 min · Apr 21, 2026Watching Water
Snowpack satellites, radar altimeters, and gravity sensors now make it possible to watch Alberta's water budget from orbit. Here is what they are telling us.
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Data hall, cable plane Geography · 10 min · Mar 10, 2025What Light Reveals
How a team of University of Alberta graduates put hyperspectral eyes in orbit — and made them free to use.
