[Ráfaga] Nº1789: deforestation, transportation, gmaps

[Jorge Sanz]

Nº1789: deforestation, transportation, gmaps

Mon, 28 Mar 2022 by Raf

* The Amazon lost about 1.9 million hectares in 2021, similar to
annual forest loss rates in 2020 and 2019, mainly as a result of
livestock and other agricultural activities, especially in Brazil.

https://news.mongabay.com/2022/03/2021-amazon-deforestation-map-shows-devastating-impact-of-ranching-agriculture/?mc_cid=963dff37ba&mc_eid=e7be403842

* New York's gray traffic: Unofficial shuttles, called 'dollar vans'
in some neighborhoods, are a thriving transportation system that works
where subways and buses can't reach

https://projects.newyorker.com/story/nyc-dollar-vans/

* A careful dissection of the Google Maps app, monolithic in
appearance but really a grouping of services, to identify the basic
components and propose alternative solutions to each piece

https://bedogged.substack.com/p/unbundling-google-maps?s=r

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