The specific mixture of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted by a large oil refinery, how these pollutants disperse in the air, and what occurs when they fall back to the ground
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-99932-7
Bitcoin mines (massive computing clusters that generate cryptocurrencies) consume large amounts of electricity, which generates a lot of pollution and creates a health problem.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-58287-3
Spatial data science languages: commonalities and needs, especially for R, Python and Julia, identification of challenges and proposed ideas for future development
https://arxiv.org/html/2503.16686v1
The "GNSS Jamming and Spoofing Heatmap" shows the severity of GNSS interference with color-coded hexagons based on the percentage of aircraft with low NIC (Navigation Integrity Category)
https://waas-nas.stanford.edu/#/heatmap/2025_04_27/
Bee is a revolutionary mapping device that passively maps the world as you drive, contributing to a global map created by the community
https://beemaps.com/
GEDTM30 is a 1 arcsecond (~30 m) global Digital Terrain Model (DTM) built using a machine learning-based data fusion approach
https://github.com/openlandmap/GEDTM30
"Surveillance under Surveillance" shows security cameras, guards, and other surveillance devices watching you almost everywhere, made with OSM data
https://sunders.uber.space/
The Brooklyn Pirate Radio Sound Map (BPRSM) traces the persistent connections between unlicensed radio stations and Brooklyn's local neighborhood culture
https://map.pirateradiomap.com/
The map of the 100 bus stops in London with the most passengers, according to TfL data from 2024, and also displayed for each bus line separately
https://edjefferson.com/busiestbusstops/
The easiest way to use/host free and open maps, both vector and raster tiles, satellite and terrain, with automatic localization and attribution and from the EU
https://maps.black/
Human population located within a given radius, anywhere in the world, with GHSL 2025 (Global Human Settlement Layer) data and OSM bus and metro stops, all explained with the code
https://www.tomforth.co.uk/circlepopulations/
For two years, 16 scientists traveled from the Andes to the Atlantic ocean to study the interconnected ecosystems of the Amazon in the hope of protecting its waters.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/into-the-amazon/
A fast, easy-to-use, and lightweight Python library for AI object detection and semantic segmentation in geospatial rasters (GeoTIFF), with pre-built models included
https://github.com/uav4geo/GeoDeep
A community project around the "100 cims" (100 mountain peaks to climb) of Catalonia, which offers tools to plan, follow and share routes through the spectacular landscapes of Catalonia
https://100-cims.cat/
The QGIS Model Context Protocol Integration (QGIS Model Context Protocol Integration) plugin connects QGIS with Claude AI in order to create projects or load layers or run code, all in an integrated way
https://github.com/jjsantos01/qgis_mcp
The experience of skating around Brooklyn at night on inline skates while wearing a helmet equipped with a portable Lidar allows for the enjoyment of 3D scans and point clouds of the city
https://owentrueblood.com/blog/2025/05/04/helmdar/
Fabian Lang's "Swiss Mountains" employs computer graphics, maps, and compelling diagrams to present fresh perspectives on the mountains and related issues
[FR]
https://helvetiq.com/ch_fr/montagnes-suisses
A5 is a geospatial index that divides the world into pentagonal cells of nearly equal area, providing greater accuracy and reduced distortion compared to other discrete global grid systems (DGGSs)
https://a5geo.org/
The maritime trade led by Arab merchants transformed China at the end of the 7th century, particularly along the southern coast, where the porcelain trade contributed to significant demographic growth
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aehr.70000
PiLiDAR is a 360° panoramic 3D scanner based on Raspberry Pi, HQ camera and Waveshare STL27L Lidar that creates clouds of 2.2 million points at 25 m
https://github.com/PiLiDAR/PiLiDAR
Traffic and commerce are probably the main causes of noise pollution in Mataró and approximately 96% of the population lives with levels above the 55 dB recommended by the WHO
https://miraidata.es/en/blog/soroll_mataro/
Geolayers is a paid online tool for creating personalized maps that also offers the possibility of applying animations to visualizations, all done in the browser
https://www.geolayers.app/
Small interactive demonstrator that allows you to display maps of 4 cities deformed according to travel time, and not distance as is usual
https://github.com/vvolhejn/spacetime-maps
