#2262: rain, soil, typography

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 by Raf

• Assessing the performance of integrated multi-satellite retrievals for GPM to understand the factors affecting satellite estimates of extreme precipitation in the Mediterranean
  https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/16/3/457
• An online tool to make soil profiles in Argentina from the SSINTA database, at various depths and levels, and which can be exported in a KML file
  https://sites.google.com/view/soilprofileplotter/
• Amsterdam Typography is a project by Arno Verweij that contains 2160 photographs documenting typography in public and semi-public spaces in Amsterdam and is updated daily
  https://www.amsterdamtypography.nl/map

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#2261: tourism, mapping, water

Wed, 17 Apr 2024 by Raf

• This map shows the municipalities with the most tourist homes and the percentage they represent of the total number of homes surveyed [ES]
  https://mapasenaccion-comunidadsig.hub.arcgis.com/maps/969858fcf28a474b92ed5414e36ea957/explore?location=41.556381%2C1.945921%2C7.00
• A simple tool for creating custom interactive maps, with a template-based system, some AI assistance, and a free model for personal use
  https://www.pampam.world/
• Database of the surface of rivers and lakes (SARL), for the monitoring and research of hydrological cycles, ecosystem accounting and water management
  https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/28/1653/2024/

Raf

#2260: water, oceans, climate

Tue, 16 Apr 2024 by Raf

• Study of the availability of water in the Bages region and the possible impact of climate change and the vulnerability of municipal supply systems (PDF) [CA]
  https://www.diba.cat/documents/553295/409530079/Presentacio_Estudi_disponibilitat_aigua_comarca_Bages.pdf
• The system of deep ocean currents that circulates cold waters of polar origin through all the oceans of the planet shows signs of instability that pose a significant risk to the climate
  https://tos.org/oceanography/article/is-the-atlantic-overturning-circulation-approaching-a-tipping-point
• With data from PACE, scientists can study microscopic life in the ocean and particles in the air, helping to monitor ocean health, pollution and the impacts of climate change
  https://www.nasa.gov/earth/nasas-pace-data-on-ocean-atmosphere-climate-now-available/

Raf

#2259: perception, queries, nvdi

Mon, 15 Apr 2024 by Raf

• "Women's perception of public space in the "Old" neighborhood of Manresa" is a study that shows how women live, use and perceive space differently depending on how they use it [CA]
  https://ddd.uab.cat/record/264226
• A technology demonstration of how to aggregate and visualize massive amounts of air traffic data with custom SQL queries over 50 billion records
  https://github.com/ClickHouse/adsb.exposed/
• Step-by-step guide shows how to work with Landsat surface reflectance data in QGIS, calculating Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and importing data from open maps
  https://medium.com/@robsimmon/working-with-landsat-surface-reflectance-data-in-qgis-13e44e68c217

Raf

#2258: bodelian, drawing, industries

Fri, 12 Apr 2024 by Raf

• After extensive research into archives and documents, the author of one of the outstanding maps in the Bodleian Library has been identified, ending their two hundred and twenty-eight years of anonymity
  https://barronmaps.com/an-intriguing-late-18th-century-mystery-of-map-authorship-finally-solved-the-french-pimpernel-is-at-last-unveiled/
• Stephen Walter is a London artist who uses obsessive drawing techniques to capture landscapes filled with the signs and symbols of contemporary society
  https://stephenwalter.org/
• This portal compiles information on the industrial estates and businesses in Vallés Occidental (Catalonia), including available industrial spaces and business associations. [CA]
  https://directoripoligons.sompoligons.cat

Raf

#2257: observable, rpg, cities

Thu, 11 Apr 2024 by Raf

• "How to Work with Observable as a Geographer" is an interactive notebook that outlines different concepts and techniques for visualizing data [FR]
  https://observablehq.com/collection/@neocartocnrs/observable-cest-quoi
• "Vagabondage" is a solo RPG set in the French countryside using IGN maps and aerial imagery for survival and encounters [FR]
  https://viglino.github.io/vagabondage/
• "Close" is an interactive map of a city's neighborhoods where you can bike or walk in quiet areas
  https://close.city/?x=-73.99627&y=40.72771&z=12.38694&r=0&l=11111

Raf

#2256: rivers, changes, python, coast

Wed, 10 Apr 2024 by Raf

• The hydro-meteorological viewer displays real-time data on Catalonia's river and reservoir status [CA]
  https://aplicacions.aca.gencat.cat/aetr/vishid/#ara
• "Remontez le temps!" is a website from the French National Mapping Agency to observe the territory's evolution offering access to a library of about 4 million maps and aerial photographs [FR]
  https://remonterletemps.ign.fr/
• Madina ("city" in Arabic) is a Python package that simplifies the representation and analysis of urban networks and models pedestrian and bicycle travel
  https://github.com/City-Form-Lab/madina
• DeltaDTM is a public domain global coastal digital terrain model (DTM) with 30m spatial resolution and 0.45m vertical mean absolute error
  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-024-03091-9#Sec1

Raf

#2255: segmentation, health, subways, library, drones

Tue, 09 Apr 2024 by Raf

• DetectTree is a Python library that uses semantic segmentation to classify whether pixels in aerial images contain a tree. The library includes a pre-trained model via martibosch at X
  https://github.com/martibosch/detectree
• "The Map of Shame: Current Situation of the Supervision of Residents in the Emergency Services of the Community of Madrid" (PDF) reveals how the law is being broken in the emergency services. [ES]
  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rsoFvoth307jXstL4yriM12AuIaHV5mJ/view?pli=1
• A mini-quest to locate as many subway stations as possible within a set time in London, Lyon, NYC, and Paris
  https://www.metroguessr.com/
• The Spanish Ministry of Defense has published a Virtual Defense Library, which includes a significant collection of maps, documents, and other interesting resources [ES]
  https://bibliotecavirtual.defensa.gob.es/BVMDefensa
• Since September 2023, nearly 2,000 Shahed attack drones of Iranian origin have been used by Russia to strike cities in Ukraine far beyond the front line
  https://airwars.org/investigation/shahed-year-russia-ukraine-iran/

Raf

#2254: open spaces, thermal, music

Fri, 05 Apr 2024 by Raf

• 'POP City: Pockets of Productivity' develops design guidelines and a strategic framework for gradually transforming open spaces in Gandhinagar, Gujarat (India)
  https://productiveurbanism.com/project/pop-city-pockets-of-productivity/
• Stanford Thermal Earth Model is a national thermal model of the contiguous territory of the USA of 0-7 km underground temperature made by spatial interpolation of data with the help of neural networks
  https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1592
• The Map of Creators of the History of Music is an anthology of female composers from all over the world and framed from the 9th century to 2005 made to make visible the figure of women in music
  https://svmusicology.com/mapa?lang=es

Raf

#2253: migrant, placenames, panoramax

Thu, 04 Apr 2024 by Raf

• The Migrant Deaths Database is an attempt to address the lack of comprehensive, transparent and publicly available data for New Mexico, El Paso and the entire border
  https://www.elpasomigrantdeathdatabase.org/
• The British Placename Mapper displays UK placenames that match certain search terms anywhere in the name, at the beginning, at the end, exactly, or with a regular expression
  https://placenames.rtwilson.com/
• Tutorial for creating a custom object detection model for street images from Panoramax, using YOLOv8 and Label Studio
  https://github.com/panoramax-project/DetectionTutorial

Raf

#2252: geo night, transport, sea level

Wed, 03 Apr 2024 by Raf

• The international "Geography Night", promoted by EUGEO and IGU, will be held on April 5 and 12, 2024 and will have two activities in Catalonia
  https://www.geonight.net/geonight-2024-events/
• The Hermes project provides access to Spain's national transport system and collects data from various official sources [ES]
  https://mapas.fomento.gob.es/VisorHermes/
• The United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) studies the scientific literature and provides consensus projections of future sea levels worldwide
  https://sealevel.nasa.gov/ipcc-ar6-sea-level-projection-tool

Raf

#2251: trenches, commercial, courses, panoramas

Tue, 02 Apr 2024 by Raf

• Satellite images show the trenches and barriers and fortifications that the Russians have built on the front line of the war in and around Ukraine
  https://read.bradyafrick.com/p/russian-field-fortifications-in-ukraine
• The Association of Merchants of Lloret commissioned a study to be able to economically develop areas that are outside the main commercial axes and promote specialization [CA]
  https://www.comerciantslloret.com/ca/actualitat/estudi-clusters-lloret
• OpenCourseWare for GIS offers in an open Moodle without registration 43 training courses on topics related to the Earth sciences in different languages
  https://courses.gisopencourseware.org/
• An interactive web interface that allows you to transform any Street View image by applying ML and a user-defined prompt to get a new, different view (now disabled due to generation costs)
  https://www.panoramai.xyz/

Raf

#2250: interference, tgv

Fri, 29 Mar 2024 by Raf

• Flightradar now publishes a 6-hour and 24-hour map of areas of blocking and interference with GPS navigation systems by calculating the NIC (Navigation integrity category) of ADS-B messages
  https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/gps-jamming-map/
• High-speed rail France map updated to 2024 with frequencies of passage, minor changes following the merger of Eurostar and Thalys and some other improvements
  https://larstransportmaps.com/2024/03/11/high-speed-rail-in-france-2024/

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#2249: languages, outages, bloom

Wed, 27 Mar 2024 by Raf

• "Languages of New York City" is a free, interactive digital map of the world's most linguistically diverse metropolitan area where indigenous, minority and endangered languages can still be found
  https://languagemap.nyc/Explore/Language
• A website that collects, records and aggregates live power outage data from utilities across the United States
  https://poweroutage.us/
• Code, data and procedure to create a map of cherry blossoms in the Washington area near an address in order to see the show without much crowding
  https://github.com/hrecht/cherry-blossoms-analysis

Raf

#2248: heatmap, shrinking, climate

Fri, 22 Mar 2024 by Raf

• The Strava heat map is updated monthly, is visible to all users, and shows the activity and type recorded by the app (which can be turned off in the privacy options)
  https://www.strava.com/maps/global-heatmap?style=dark&terrain=false&sport=All&gColor=blue&gOpacity=100&labels=true&poi=true#6.74/41.385/1.458
• Salton Lake is an endorheic saline lake in California that reappeared in 1905 due to a flood of the Colorado River, and that has been losing surface as shown by traces of the shoreline
  https://shrinkingsaltonsea.com/
• Andorra will finally have a beach: a small app allows you to play with the sea level to see how far the waters will reach as climate change takes the ice ahead
  https://aws-terrain-flood.netlify.app/#8.87/41.8318/1.7281

Raf

#2247: detection, art, virtuality

Thu, 21 Mar 2024 by Raf

• SARDet-100K is a diverse and large-scale benchmark dataset for research purposes to test an open-source method for large-scale SAR object detection
  https://github.com/zcablii/SARDet_100K
• The Walk is a map walking machine, an art installation that, from a file of coordinates, determines a destination and follows a route calculated with the Gmaps API to get there without moving [ES]
  https://bandini.medium.com/the-walk-la-m%C3%A1quina-de-caminar-mapas-4cd75a607f29
• V-IRL is a scalable, open-source platform that allows virtual agents to interact with a virtual facsimile of the real world by leveraging mapping, geospatial, and streetscape APIs
  https://virl-platform.github.io/

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#2246: dengue, platform, sensing

Wed, 20 Mar 2024 by Raf

• Leveraging the effectiveness of high-resolution satellite imagery as a non-traditional and easily accessible data source to make dengue predictions by epidemiologic week
  https://arxiv.org/html/2401.11114v2
• Apache Superset™ is a modern, open source, fast, lightweight, intuitive and feature-rich data visualization and exploration platform for geospatial visualization and analysis
  https://superset.apache.org/
• Animals can be a main component of Earth observation if equipped with sensors to collect locally and with great granularity data that is difficult to capture
  https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/152542/animals-as-earth-system-observers

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#2245: housing, contours, gis

Tue, 19 Mar 2024 by Raf

• According to the rental price reference system published by the Ministry of Housing, designed to control the market, the estimated average correction in the current situation should be 60% [ES]
  https://www.elconfidencial.com/inmobiliario/2024-03-14/alquiler-idealista-precios-gobierno_3848013/
• maplibre-contour is a plugin for drawing contours on the fly in MapLibre GL JS from the same source of raw elevation data that Maplibre uses to render shading designed to save storage and bandwidth
  https://github.com/onthegomap/maplibre-contour
• "An introduction to GIS" by Benjamin Nowak, teacher and researcher focused on remote sensing, soil science and biogeochemical cycles (mainly carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus), open access online and with interesting maps
  https://bjnnowak.github.io/gis/

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#2244: water, mapping, cemeteries

Mon, 18 Mar 2024 by Raf

• The "Fes Fonts Fent Fonting" association collects a whole series of information on natural water sources, mainly in the "Serra de Collserola" and also in other places, with descriptions and maps and traces [CA]
  https://fontscollserola.com/
• The easiest way to map from data in minutes and with no programming or GIS experience, with a free but limited version
  https://iipmaps.com/
• The geography of Paris cemeteries is confusing given that the cemeteries are not attached to a religious monument as is usually the case and that there are 2 private ones [FR]
  https://cartapaname.substack.com/p/letonnante-geographie-des-cimetieres

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#2243: water, budapest, algae, drought, tracking, cannon

Fri, 15 Mar 2024 by Raf

• Aqueduct, created by the Water Risk Atlas, is a drought map that assesses water risks using open data to advance best practices in water resource management.
  https://www.wri.org/applications/aqueduct/water-risk-atlas/
• One-third of Budapest's 8,598 streets and squares have been renamed at least once in its history. The renaming usually followed changes in political regime and resulted in collective memory loss
  https://www.europeandatajournalism.eu/cp_data_news/poets-politicians-and-saints-budapests-changing-street-names/
• CyFi is an Open Source tool that uses machine learning and satellite imagery to identify areas in lakes and reservoirs that may contain harmful algal blooms (cyanobacteria)
  https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/blog/cyanobacteria-finder
• Global warming, rather than El Niño, is the cause of record drought in the Amazon, which is affecting both food supply and energy production due to lack of water
  https://www.climate.gov/news-features/event-tracker/preliminary-analysis-says-global-warming-more-blame-el-nino-amazons
• The content users provide on Google Maps can be used indirectly to follow people's movements and learn their timetables and habits
  https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/01/17/google-maps-tracking-business-locations/
• Google Maps is used to locate an agricultural air cannon that distorts neighbors' sound in England, with measurements taken from three locations and just a few lines of code
  https://www.twobraids.com/2024/01/air-cannon.html

This is the last of the 6-link digests for the time being, as we are aligned again with Raf’s postings.

Raf

#2242: desertification, leather, heights, barcelona, 3d, stones

Thu, 14 Mar 2024 by Raf

• Since the first map was made in 1977, mapping the planet's desertification has evolved and improved with new methods and a changing framework [ES]
  https://theconversation.com/sabemos-realmente-que-zonas-del-planeta-se-estan-desertificando-220796
• Tactile Craftworks produces durable, beautiful, and satisfying mappy leather goods.
  https://tactilecraftworks.com/collections/london-england
• From 1995 to 2020, the vertical motion of the Earth was probabilistically reconstructed to determine its regional and nonlinear impact on projections of relative sea level up to 2150
  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-023-01357-2
• Lafede publishes a third collaborative map that explains the consequences generated by the agri-food model of the city of Barcelona to the global South and the North [CA]
  https://www.lafede.cat/ca/com-salimenta-barcelona-nou-mapa-dels-impactes-del-model-agroalimentari-al-sud-global/
• An innovative experience in 3D visualization of architectural, urban, and territorial projects to facilitate the understanding of the different issues related to the transformation of our environments [FR]
  https://studio-carto-urban-project.netlify.app/
• Primera Pedra is the geo-referenced and collaborative catalog of dry stone constructions in Andorra, with more than 1700 documented structures, with maps, routes and maps and a mobile app [CA]
  https://www.primerapedra.com/construccions/

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#2241: patterns, blender, languages, houthi, iwd, medellin

Wed, 13 Mar 2024 by Raf

• Promising results indicate the potential of using moving windows to analyze urban patterns and city land use evolution.
  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tgis.13139
• Blosm for Blender has both free and paid versions, allowing you to easily import 3D cities from Google, OSM buildings, terrain models, GPS tracks, and more with the premium version.
  https://prochitecture.gumroad.com/l/blender-osm?layout=profile
• There over 3000 endangered languages in the world, which when its speakers start teaching and using a more dominant language to their children.
  https://www.ethnologue.com/insights/how-many-languages-endangered/
• Behshad appears to be an ordinary Iranian grain vessel, but it is actually used for weapons and information exchange for attacks in Gulf of Aden to the Houthi (paywall)
  https://www.ft.com/content/5fb8849c-b5b2-4f6f-908f-2c125159e3ce
• Issue number 52 of Mapas Milhaud's newsletter (in Spanish) highlights three important women cartographers for International Women's Day [ES]
  https://newsletter.mapasmilhaud.com/p/mujeres-importantes-de-la-historia
• The Colombian city of Medellin has created "Green Corridors" - vegetation walkways that mimic natural forests - to help reduce urban temperatures by up to five degrees globally
  https://reasonstobecheerful.world/green-corridors-medellin-colombia-urban-heat/

Raf

#2240: rivers, biodiversity, mariupol, dataset, classification, cities

Tue, 12 Mar 2024 by Raf

• The AMBER project has a citizen app to help determine the magnitude of river system fragmentation by inventorying barriers in European rivers.
  https://amber.international/european-barrier-atlas/
• The loss of Africa's ecological biodiversity may result in food insecurity, conflicts, and increased transmission of zoonotic diseases, which could lead to more pandemics.
  https://africacenter.org/spotlight/african-biodiversity-loss-risk-human-security/
• Human Rights Watch, SITU Research, and Truth Hounds assess the destruction in Mariupol during the Russia-Ukraine war using an impressive interactive that combines maps, text, and video
  https://www.hrw.org/feature/russia-ukraine-war-mariupol
• Major TOM is a framework to merge multiple sets of EO data from different sources. It is also a repository that provides access to 45 TB of data.
  https://huggingface.co/Major-TOM
• A tutorial on performing multi-class classification using the Dzetsaka QGIS plugin for satellite imagery and raster sources
  https://daveparr.com/2024/03/01/machine-learning-classification-in-qgis/
• This article proposes a standardized index based on the availability of urban functions for a 15-minute walking distance, using Bogotà, Colombia, as a case study
  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264275124000969

Raf

#2239: elks, innovation, barcelona, radio, hosting, books

Mon, 11 Mar 2024 by Raf

• Kentucky's elk population, reintroduced in 1997, is the largest in the US. Regulated hunting has generated over $3.5 million in economic impact
  https://www.maps.com/elk-reintroduction-map-highlights-economic-impact-in-kentucky/
• The success of a city in innovative activities is heavily influenced by its position within the interurban network (PDF)
  https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f9fd5c50da41f74e9a62d36/t/65e57fa221092e192afb2fc3/1709539248385/Intercity+connectivity.pdf
• Barcelona's digital and green transition and its impact on the Global South, where this transformation's crucial materials originate [CA]
  https://odg.cat/publicacio/mapa-la-transicio-verda-i-digital-de-barcelona-i-els-seus-impactes-al-sud-global/
• Frequency 2156 is a fictional community Internet radio station that aims to connect all survivors of the Great War through popular protocols.
  https://frequency2156.com/
• Desert Atlas is an OSM application for Sandstorm, an open-source project for easily self-hosting web applications. It allows users to collaborate privately on a map to develop exciting addresses.
  https://sandstorm.org/news/2023-12-05-osm-on-sandstorm
• The map displays all locations with public_bookcase labels on OSM for free libraries or book exchanges in France.
  https://www.boites-a-livres.fr/carte-de-france

Raf

#2238: bocage, 3d, colorado

Fri, 08 Mar 2024 by Raf

• The landscape of closed fields (bocage), a valuable ally in the face of climate change and the collapse of biodiversity with trees that provide multiple environmental services, is disappearing in French Brittany [FR]
  https://splann.org/enquete/bocage/
• 3dviewer.net is a website to open various 3D file formats (3dm, 3ds, 3mf, amf, bim, brep, dae, fbx, fcstd, gltf, ifc, iges, step, stl, obj, off, ply, wrl) and view them directly in your browser
  https://3dviewer.net/index.html
• The Colorado River Basin viewed from multiple perspectives (cultural, scientific and legal) as an example of water challenges around the world
  https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/5f447701b0234eec9ca0bab050141513

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