[Ráfaga] Nº1789: deforestation, transportation, gmaps
Jorge Sanz
xurxosanz at gmail.com
Mon Mar 28 01:01:33 PDT 2022
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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