Greenland Would Be the Largest U.S. Land Acquisition, if Trump Got His Way

Denmark does not want to sell its territory. But for a real estate mogul turned president, the world’s largest island may be ...

Maps show why Greenland is so important as the Arctic warms

As the Earth warms, new shipping routes from one side of the globe to the other are opening around Greenland, making the vast ...
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Evolution of GIS: Learning from the Past—Looking to the Future ()

Given the current state of practice and visions for the future (including AI), certain practices should be reevaluated. This ...
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How large is Greenland, really? Your map may be deceiving you

Talk of annexation has Greenland in the news again. But due to quirks of cartography, some common maps show the territory ...
IEEE

In-Context Multitask Learning for Few-shot Fine-tuning of Large Language Models in Traditional Chinese Medicine Tongue Diagnosis

Abstract: Tongue diagnosis is integral to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) for evaluating a patient’s body constitution. Yet, this field faces challenges such as indirect constitution diagnosis, a ...
The New Yorker

What Will New York’s New Map Show Us?

Voters voted for it, even if they weren’t sure what it was. But maps are the ideal metaphor for our models of what the world ...
IEEE

Exploring Large Language Model-Driven Agents for Environment-Aware Spatial Interactions and Conversations in Virtual Reality Role-Play Scenarios

Abstract: Recent research has begun adopting Large Language Model (LLM) agents to enhance Virtual Reality (VR) interactions, creating immersive chatbot experiences. However, while current studies ...
Reuters

Antonio La Cava on why libraries still matter in a digital world

In the late 1990s, primary school teacher Antonio La Cava grew alarmed that students in his home region of Basilicata, in southern Italy, felt no connection with the books that had shaped his own ...