Maps show how dry the Southern California is, as L.A. wildfires burn
Dry conditions across Southern California set the stage for a series of deadly wind-driven wildfires that burned thousands of ...
Crew rescues backcountry snowboarder who spent the night in rugged Whatcom County terrain
A rescue team kicked off the new year by pulling a stranded backcountry snowboarder from the Swift Creek drainage area of ...
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Rent control passed in Santa Cruz and Watsonville in November, and other election map stories
New precinct maps offer a fresh perspective on November’s election. From rent control support in Santa Cruz and Watsonville ...
'Abnormally dry': Map shows where California drought is the worst
Despite recent rounds of winter rain and powerful waves that pummeled the coastline, most of California is continuing to bake under a deep drought, with over half of the state facing “abnormally dry” ...
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PTS-Map: Probabilistic Terrain State Map for Uncertainty-Aware Traversability Mapping in Unstructured Environments
We propose PTS-Map, a 2.5D probabilistic terrain state map to address these issues. PTS-Map sequentially updates the ground surface state and above-ground elevation state, explicitly distinguishing ...