[Ráfaga] Nº1547: tiles, cities, sonora

[Jorge Sanz]

Nº1547: tiles, cities, sonora

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 by Raf

* PMTiles is a single file format to host mosaic raster tiles in
simple storage services, enabling serverless webmapping applications

https://github.com/protomaps/PMTiles

* "A computational approach to 'The Image of the City'" explores the
reformulation of Kevin Lynch's theory based on conventional geospatial
data to produce a quantitative synthesis GIS-ready

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264275118309776

* Sonora desert is an arid and implacable extension used by migrants
to cross the US border; GIS helps to map their death locations and
assess the significant risk they face

https://undark.org/2021/03/31/mapping-migrant-deaths-sonoran-desert/

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