[Ráfaga] #2219: accessibility, digitizing, landscape

[Rafagas team]

#2219: accessibility, digitizing, landscape

Mon, 05 Feb 2024 by Raf

* A new system has been developed to make interactive maps more
accessible, recognizing the elements in the map view and extracting
text that can be read aloud by the user's device

https://sparkgeo.com/blog/map-to-speech-a-method-for-making-web-maps-more-accessible/

* This QGIS plugin utilizes machine learning to speed up digitizing
workflows for georeferencing, vectorizing, and metadata extraction
from raster maps

https://buntinglabs.com/

* A global map demonstrating the fragmentation of landscapes based on
the effective mesh size (meff), which accounts for human settlements,
and the worldwide transportation networks, including roads and
railways

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/17445647.2024.2307539

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Translated by Isaac, Jaume, Jorge, and Wladimir

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