#847: india, ia, mapping, cities

Fri, 13 Apr 2018

• A collection of old maps showing how the world saw India over centuries
  https://qz.com/1245549/kalakriti-archives-rare-maps-reveal-how-indias-cartography-evolved-over-centuries/
• Teaching an IA how to navigate a city using Google Street View instead of maps
  https://deepmind.com/blog/learning-to-navigate-cities-without-a-map/
• A new platform for web mapping and data management using OSM as a backend
  https://maphub.net/
• The liveability index of big Australian cities, among the most attractive, too many cars and few supermarkets
  https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/apr/10/too-many-cars-too-few-supermarkets-how-australias-cities-really-stack-up-liveable

Raf