Nº1433: curves, berlin, raspberrypi

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 by Raf

• Analyzing OSM data, this map renders the global road network by curviness so you can enjoy or avoid them, you fancy
  https://roadcurvature.com/map/?#map=2.322/-30/19
• A walk over a 3D model of the new Berlin airport uncovers the most significant structural failures that have delayed its inauguration 14 years [DE]
  https://interaktiv.tagesspiegel.de/lab/flughafen-ber-in-3d/
• mosaicHAT is an Open Source and Hardware project for RaspberryPi, based on Septentrio's mosaic-X5, a multi-band, and multi-constellation GNSS receiver
  https://gisuser.com/2020/10/septentrio-announces-open-source-software-and-hardware-for-autonomous-applications-with-gnss/

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Nº1432: tutorials, maps, geographica

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 by Raf

• Mapbox Education Labs contains a set of tutorials to learn about basic cartography and GIS concepts
  https://labs.mapbox.com/education/
• Maps are the most significant civilization's tool, and these eight in particular, changed the way we understand our world
  https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a32832512/history-of-maps/
• This excellent Twitter thread by @kr_wittmann explains the exciting history of Geoghaphica by Ptolemy, rediscovered in 1295 at Constantinople via @vehrka [ES]
  https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1318268512926912513.html

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Nº1431: mars, aerialod, countries

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 by Raf

• You can inspect all the source code of this Mars scroll map with images and other details
  https://codepen.io/hailedev/full/zYrJrbj
• This is a concise introduction to Aerialod: light and powerful free software for Windows to generate 3D maps [FR']
  https://static.geotribu.fr/articles/2020/2020-09-20_tutorial_aerialod/
• The 100 smallest countries in the world put together ordered by size, also displaying other details
  https://www.titlemax.com/discovery-center/lifestyle/the-100-smallest-countries-in-the-world/

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Nº1430: conference, hgis, agriculture

Mon, 19 Oct 2020 by Raf

• GIS LATAM conference is happening on 26 and 27 of October, virtual, Spanish, and free, but you need to register [ES]
  https://althurayya.github.io/
• al-Ṯurayyā is a Historical GIS in development, developing a geospatial model of the early Islamic world
  https://www.gislatam.org/indexspanish.html
• Precision Agricultural data processing using R and QGIS with a collection of Open Source scripts
  https://github.com/Corentin39-aspexit/R-QGIS-Precision-Agriculture

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Nº1429: pac-man, routing, cars

Fri, 16 Oct 2020 by Raf

• PAC-MAN GEO converts any city's street network on a new level to share and enjoy with other players
  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?hl=es&id=com.bandainamcoent.pacmangeo&cache=1602681121
• Openrouteservice offers a toolbox (isochrones, distances, routing instructions, etc.) based on OSM data with a limited free API via doolittle@mastodon.social
  https://github.com/GIScience/openrouteservice-app/tree/dors
• This map shows the most popular electric car per country, a market with 2.1 million vehicles sold in 2019 with Tesla in the front lead
  https://www.uswitch.com/gas-electricity/top-selling-electric-cars/

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Nº1428: collection, books, paris

Thu, 15 Oct 2020 by Raf

• British Library's album on Flickr about King George III contains hundreds of maps, views, drawn atlases, and prints produced between 1500 and 1824
  https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/albums/72157716220271206
• According to Goodreads reviews, this is the map of the most popular books per country
  https://www.netcredit.com/blog/most-popular-book-set-in-every-country/
• Paris map series from 1731 to the present time, grouped and developed in a single website for analysis and comparison [FR]
  https://www.apur.org/dataviz/cassini-grand-paris/

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Nº1427: 3d, landsat, dataviz

Wed, 14 Oct 2020 by Raf

• Fast 3D terrain model generation combining several Python libraries
  https://github.com/kylebarron/pydelatin
• Interactive web service by @giswqs to create image animations from Landsat imagery of any place in the world and with plenty of parameters to customize (service may be overloaded)
  https://geemap.herokuapp.com/voila/render/timelapse.ipynb
• "Seeing With Fresh Eyes: Meaning, Space, Data, Truth" is the fifth book by Edward Tufte about analysis and data visualization and design strategies
  https://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/seeing-with-fresh-eyes

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Nº1426: amazon, cartography, planet

Tue, 13 Oct 2020 by Raf

• You can fight against Amazon deforestation from your home, helping to train an IA to discover human settlements from satellite imagery
  https://app.gatheriq.analytics/rainforest
• This online guide, also available as a downloadable PDF, shows you how to analyze maps and think about them in a more broad way to read them better.
  https://exhibits.stanford.edu/nhdmaps/feature/analyzing-maps
• Planet has more than a hundred satellites in orbit, covering more than 250 million square kilometers per day with an unprecedented archive of 1200 pictures of every place on Earth
  https://storage.googleapis.com/planet-ditl/day-in-the-life/index.html

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Nº1425: game, spring, geomob

Mon, 12 Oct 2020 by Raf

• MadMaps is a French-language online game to learn the Cartography main concepts and how to read a map [FR]
  https://madmaps.huma-num.fr/
• Google Earth's permanent spring view of the world is also a comfortable and artificial way of showing our world
  https://reallifemag.com/springtime-everywhere/
• This Wednesday, October 24th at 7 PM, there's a new edition of Geomob Online, with four talks over Zoom with capacity for a hundred attendants, but you need to register
  https://thegeomob.com/post/oct-14th-2020-geomob-details

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Nº1424: globe, pets, germany

Fri, 09 Oct 2020 by Raf

• How to design and develop an interactive 3D world globe to present origin/destination events using the Three.js library via @xurxosanz
  https://stripe.com/blog/globe
• A robust GPS for your cats and dogs, with geofencing, live tracking, and history via @sfggeogis
  https://tractive.com/en/pd/gps-tracker-dog
• In the 30th reunification anniversary, cut Germany's map in two halves to compare up to 30 different indicators via @xurxosanz
  https://interaktiv.morgenpost.de/deutschland-teilen-deutsche-einheit-wiedervereinigung/

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Nº1423: relief, deserts, women

Thu, 08 Oct 2020 by Raf

• "Cartographic Relief Shading with Neural Networks" by @mappingbernie explains how to generate shades for topographic maps in high-quality automatically
  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344486368_Cartographic_Relief_Shading_with_Neural_Networks
• Europe's desertification that could change with remote working is evident in the continent's two corners, with a shrinking population [FR]
  https://www.lamontagne.fr/paris-75000/actualites/la-desertification-gagne-du-terrain-en-europe-et-la-france-avec-sa-diagonale-du-vide-n-est-pas-epargnee_13831089/
• This world map shows the most prominent entrepreneur women for every country, with their companies' industry and funding
  https://businessfinancing.co.uk/top-female-founder-map/

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Nº1422: interviews, addresses, glaziers

Wed, 07 Oct 2020 by Raf

• "Harvard on the map" is a collection of interviews in a podcast and video formats with well-known experts from digital cartography, remote sensing, and all things geo
  https://www.honthemap.com/
• In France, each municipality is in charge of editing their local addresses; the database editor is in constant evolution, more powerful, with new tools, and easier to use [FR]
  https://blog.geo.data.gouv.fr/editeur-de-base-adresse-locale-des-nouveautes-sur-mesure-pour-les-communes-379c5badffd1
• The last 140 years of Switzerland's glaziers' evolution visualized in a single image captured using a drone and a led torch following the annual ice limit every year
  https://artsexperiments.withgoogle.com/timelines#/

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Nº1421: disasters, hydrology, trade

Tue, 06 Oct 2020 by Raf

• Serious gamification meets GIS: games created with the ArcGIS platform teach disaster management and resilience skills
  https://www.esri.com/about/newsroom/arcwatch/serious-game-play/
• Open course on GIS for Hydrological applications to learn how to process data efficiently and model configuration and development
  https://ocw.un-ihe.org/course/view.php?id=11
• Application of the Graph Theory to trade networks to visualize the import/export connections between countries [ES]
  https://redescomerciales.herokuapp.com/

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Nº1420: streets, tiles, webmapping

Mon, 05 Oct 2020 by Raf

• Google is recreating historical landscapes with deep learning and crowdsourced collaboration from users georeferencing old maps
  https://opensource.googleblog.com/2020/09/recreating-historical-streetscapes.html?m=1
• QMetaTiles is a QGIS plugin to generate raster tiles from any project, with a Leaflet viewer included
  https://bitbucket.org/we-do-it/qgis-latlongo-stage-1/src/master/
• This practical book helps you develop your skills in creating web maps using FOSS like jQuery, D3.js, and Leaflet
  https://github.com/uwcartlab/webmapping

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Nº1419: paris, fonts, uyguhrs

Fri, 02 Oct 2020 by Raf

• Map of the Paris Catacombs, underground quarries, and southern network, layered with current streets
  https://i.redd.it/c81bc5exd4o21.jpg
• Inspired by previous cartographic work, this is a collection of 70 typefaces you can use on your next mapmaking projects
  https://www.typography.com/fonts/styles/cartography
• This interactive map documents 380 detention camps for Uyghurs in Xinjiang, along with their mosques and cultural Islamic heritage destruction
  https://xjdp.aspi.org.au/map/

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Nº1418: bivariate, maps, quiz

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 by Raf

• How to choose a map color-blind friendly bivariate palette
  https://nowosad.github.io/post/cbc-bp2/
• Carl Churchill cartographic portfolio
  https://www.flickr.com/photos/cchurchili/albums/72157705845561141/
• Europe in English: entertainment to know how many European countries you can recognize (and spell correctly) in a timed test
  https://geography.games/europe-quiz/

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Nº1417: switzerland, berlin, textures

Wed, 30 Sep 2020 by Raf

• Smapshot is a crowdsourced time machine to 3D geolocate Switzerland old pictures coming from different collections
  https://smapshot.heig-vd.ch/
• How Berlin has changed in a century: this is a collection of old images in a virtual exhibition that compares them with their modern counterparts [DE]
  https://www.rbb24.de/politik/beitrag/2020/09/100-Jahre-gross-berlin-vorher-nachher-fotos-teil-1.html
• "Postcards from Google Earth": is a subset of images from "The Universal Texture" project by Clement Valla, where he picks errors in the process of mapping textures to the ground
  http://www.postcards-from-google-earth.com/

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Nº1416: confinement, mobility, paris

Tue, 29 Sep 2020 by Raf

• 86% of the inhabitants of the Madrid 37 confined areas work elsewhere, making the restrictions pointless
  http://vps181.cesvima.upm.es/re-hab/2020/09/24/movilidad-y-segunda-ola-en-las-areas-urbanas-donde-trabaja-la-poblacion-de-las-37-zonas-confinadas-de-madrid/
• This interactive dashboard made by the Barcelona Metropolitan Transport Authority analyzes Catalonia mobility during pandemic times
  https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiZTk5MGJmN2YtNjU0MC00NGFjLTk0NTAtMjc1N2EyNTA1NWMyIiwidCI6IjM4ZmY5NzM4LWMwMjgtNGYzNi1hNjNhLTgxN2I4YWJhNGUwYyIsImMiOjh9
• From Paris to Paris: a thematic ten thousand kilometers USA trip from coast to coast without speaking any French
  https://i.redd.it/y2fq4dvjr5p51.png

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Nº1415: lisbon, racism, migration

Mon, 28 Sep 2020 by Raf

• Map of Lisbon acoustic pollution (unknown source)
  https://i.redd.it/236lj2kqxyh51.png
• Racism and temperatures: the neighborhoods of USA cities marked as dangerous in the thirties because of their black population tend to be today the hottest
  https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/08/24/climate/racism-redlining-cities-global-warming.html
• During the COVID pandemic, and collected from mobile data, Spanish internal migrations are shown in a series of maps from the National Statistics Institute
  https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/5e442514cc604efc87ff11c0c3fff8ed/page/page_47/?views=view_1

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Nº1414: taxes, wikipedia, lakes

Fri, 25 Sep 2020 by Raf

• This map helps to understand the tax pressure for the real state in Catalonia, showing municipalities' rural and urban land taxes [CA]
  https://www.naciodigital.cat/noticia/208672/mapes/creus/pagues/molt/ibi/aixo/es/costa/impost/cada/municipi
• On this study, the authors develop how cities' Wikipedia pages affect to their economy (PDF)
  http://marit.hinnosaar.net/wikipediamatters.pdf
• Scotland's lochs ordered by their water surface area
  https://www.flickr.com/photos/dagefo/50367583512/

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Nº1413: trees, trees, beer

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 by Raf

• California Forest Observatory is a data-driven monitoring system gathering tree-level data to map forest fires danger level
  https://forestobservatory.com/tour
• With a companion Android app and using Open Data and citizens collaboration, this website has all London trees cataloged, with images and descriptions
  https://www.treetalk.co.uk/map#xyz=17/51.514303/-0.199273&tg=82135fca-3982-11e7-9beb-1758b501d06a&tyx=51.51422775744007/-0.19902527332305908&tss=nothofagus_antarctica
• There are four leading beer manufacturers globally, occupying half of the world market, except for Germany, where there are still a few successful local beer breweries
  https://katapult-magazin.de/de/artikel/artikel/fulltext/die-grenzenlose-marktmacht-der-vier-grosskonzerne/

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Nº1412: data quality, history, surveying

Wed, 23 Sep 2020 by Raf

• The cartography journal by the Panamerican Geography and History Institute (IPGH) opens a call for articles about geospatial data quality [ES]
  https://revistasipgh.org/index.php/rcar/announcement/view/3
• Click and drag on this website pictures to compare current locations with their WWII state
  https://interactive.guim.co.uk/embed/2014/apr/image-opacity-slider-master/index.html?ww2-dday
• SMASH (Smart Mobile App for Surveyor's Happiness) is an Open Source Android and iOS application to collect geospatial data on the field
  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.hydrologis.smash&hl=en

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Nº1411: analysis, drought, distances

Tue, 22 Sep 2020 by Raf

• "UrbanPy" is a new tool to the Open Urban Planning Toolbox for accessibility analysis in city environments [ES]
  https://blogs.iadb.org/conocimiento-abierto/es/urbanpy-herramienta-analisis-accesibilidad-urbana/
• At mid-August 2020, a third of the USA territory suffered a moderate to severe drought, affecting 53 million people
  https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147118/a-third-of-the-us-faces-drought
• Distances and walking times at Santa Coloma de Gramenet, a municipality in the Barcelonès region, a map by Metrominuto along with a printable PDF [CA]
  https://www.gramenet.cat/sites/per-la-salut-de-totes-i-tots/metrominuto/

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Nº1410: atlas, portolan, journal

Mon, 21 Sep 2020 by Raf

• These six 1519 Miller Atlas illuminated maps by Lopo Homem depict the known world before Magellan exploration
  https://gallica.bnf.fr/services/engine/search/sru?operation=searchRetrieve&version=1.2&collapsing=disabled&query=dc.relation%20all%20%22cb40887479k%22
• An extensive curation of portolan charts references made by Tony Campbell @portolanchart01 via @noraes
  https://historiacartarum.org/medieval-maps-and-mapping-resources/medieval-maps-portolan/
• "Routes" is a new online open journal for geography students; it has just published the first issue and is open to contributions
  https://routesjournal.org/11-2/

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Nº1409: buildings, imagery, gourmand

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 by Raf

• This website provides interactive maps with a timeline to check the construction date of Russian buildings
  https://how-old-is-this.house/moscow/en/
• Distribution, licensing, and pricing are the main problems of the satellite imagery business, having a single customer that unbalances the whole industry
  https://medium.com/@joemorrison/the-commercial-satellite-imagery-business-model-is-broken-6f0e437ec29d
• French cuisine sweets: this map shows the main desserts of each region (without overseas territories) [FR]
  http://dessins-aquarelles.e-monsite.com/album/illustrations/finale.html

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