#416: north, vessels, income, boundaries, stamen

Fri, 22 Jul 2016

• How it was decided to have tho North at the top of maps via @realivansanchez
  http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160614-maps-have-north-at-the-top-but-it-couldve-been-different
• Open Source algorithm to count vessels at docks via @realivansanchez
  https://medium.com/planet-stories/quantifying-ports-with-planet-labs-data-13bc5782d867#.3e4b38ho4
• GDP in Roman times via @realivansanchez
  https://nephist.wordpress.com/2014/01/27/the-challenges-of-updating-the-contours-of-the-world-economy-1ad-today/
• Boundaries you can see from space via @realivansanchez
  https://medium.com/planet-stories/border-post-seeing-boundaries-from-space-60c01c5d2639#.69se6rhbf
• Stamen Mapstack, rendering maps on demand via @realivansanchez
  http://mapstack.stamen.com/

Iván