From xurxosanz at gmail.com Wed Oct 1 03:37:41 2025 From: xurxosanz at gmail.com (Rafagas team) Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2025 03:37:41 -0700 Subject: =?utf-8?b?W1LDoWZhZ2FdIA==?= #3078: books, buildings Message-ID: #3078: books, buildings Wed, 01 Oct 2025 by Raf * Your favorite book has a map, and on this website you can follow the characters' journeys, discover new places and share literary adventures. https://www.plotted.io/ * How to load LoD1 data from S3 into QGIS from the 2.75B buildings around the world published in the "GlobalBuildingAtlas" (GBA) of the Technical University of Munich https://tech.marksblogg.com/building-footprints-gba.html ********** Translated by Isaac, Jaume, Jorge, and Wladimir web: https://geoinquiets.github.io/rafagas/2025/10-01.html mastodon: https://en.osm.town/@rafagaslinks From xurxosanz at gmail.com Thu Oct 2 02:26:00 2025 From: xurxosanz at gmail.com (Rafagas team) Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2025 05:26:00 -0400 Subject: =?utf-8?b?W1LDoWZhZ2FdIA==?= #3079: electrical, tasmania Message-ID: #3079: electrical, tasmania Thu, 02 Oct 2025 by Raf * A project to provide information, data and visualizations related to the British electricity sector and UK generation facilities https://www.energydashboard.co.uk/map * Tas360? is a personal project to create the first 360? digital atlas of Tasmania to capture and preserve the beauty of the island and its cultural heritage. https://tas360.au/ ********** Translated by Isaac, Jaume, Jorge, and Wladimir web: https://geoinquiets.github.io/rafagas/2025/10-02.html mastodon: https://en.osm.town/@rafagaslinks From xurxosanz at gmail.com Fri Oct 3 04:53:32 2025 From: xurxosanz at gmail.com (Rafagas team) Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2025 04:53:32 -0700 Subject: =?utf-8?b?W1LDoWZhZ2FdIA==?= #3080: climate, sumo Message-ID: #3080: climate, sumo Fri, 03 Oct 2025 by Raf * Climate Reanalyzer displays climate and weather forecast models with maps, map animations, and interactive time series graphs that can be exported, also with research tools https://climatereanalyzer.org/ * Eclipse SUMO (Simulation of Urban MObility) is an open source, highly portable, microscopic and continuous multimodal traffic simulation package designed to manage large networks https://eclipse.dev/sumo/ ********** Translated by Isaac, Jaume, Jorge, and Wladimir web: https://geoinquiets.github.io/rafagas/2025/10-03.html mastodon: https://en.osm.town/@rafagaslinks From xurxosanz at gmail.com Thu Oct 9 02:39:36 2025 From: xurxosanz at gmail.com (Rafagas team) Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2025 04:39:36 -0500 Subject: =?utf-8?b?W1LDoWZhZ2FdIA==?= #3081: print, ai, ethics, subsea, accidents Message-ID: #3081: print, ai, ethics, subsea, accidents Thu, 09 Oct 2025 by Raf * In 5 minutes and even from your phone you can order your Topodisc, a personal 3D print of any location in Switzerland, with the terrain and buildings https://topoprint.ch/ * Vibe maps, or vibe cartography, or generation of topographic maps with the help of AI, in this case a workflow with Nano Banana and an ortho and the corresponding styles and prompt https://spatialists.ch/posts/2025/10/01-vibing-cartography/ * "What makes a map good? On the ethics of cartography": representing the world responsibly means grappling with what is represented on a map, how it is represented, and for whom https://psyche.co/ideas/what-makes-a-map-good-on-the-ethics-of-cartography * Covert operations by Russian ships harassing Europe's undersea cables pose a serious threat to critical infrastructure and a new challenge for NATO https://www.ft.com/content/0b351091-3f82-4f2f-bef2-a52a35f009f2 * Traffic accidents with personal injuries 2015?2018 in Hungary, on a public or private road open to traffic in which at least one moving vehicle was involved [HU] https://www.ksh.hu/interaktiv/storytelling/balesetek/index.html ********** Translated by Isaac, Jaume, Jorge, and Wladimir web: https://geoinquiets.github.io/rafagas/2025/10-09.html mastodon: https://en.osm.town/@rafagaslinks From xurxosanz at gmail.com Fri Oct 10 02:55:45 2025 From: xurxosanz at gmail.com (Rafagas team) Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2025 04:55:45 -0500 Subject: =?utf-8?b?W1LDoWZhZ2FdIA==?= #3082: power, bug, commute, peaks, ai Message-ID: #3082: power, bug, commute, peaks, ai Fri, 10 Oct 2025 by Raf * Large-scale electricity demand growth from data centers is testing the U.S. power grid and calling for new investments https://maps.nrel.gov/speed-to-power/ * This little creature has over 300 names in England, an almost unique fact in 21st century dialect studies as virtually no other creature (or concept) has so much local dialect variation https://medium.com/@tamsinblaxter/slate-os-and-sow-bugs-and-wood-pigs-oh-my-ef953791c0d4 * The average daily commute distance in km in England and Wales shows that within urban areas people make shorter journeys, suggesting they live closer to their workplace https://puntofisso.net/blog/posts/commute-time-stats/ * Simple views of iconic mountain ranges, made from real elevation data, and available in five color combinations, from the Peakscapes series by Raven Maps&Images https://www.ravenmaps.com/peakscapes.html * The tools, skills, and approaches needed to understand and interpret our world are evolving rapidly, and AI will change the way we work in the GIS world https://geospatialtraining.com/the-ai-revolution-is-coming-for-gis-what-you-need-to-know-about-microsofts-latest-warning/ ********** Translated by Isaac, Jaume, Jorge, and Wladimir web: https://geoinquiets.github.io/rafagas/2025/10-10.html mastodon: https://en.osm.town/@rafagaslinks From xurxosanz at gmail.com Mon Oct 13 01:19:17 2025 From: xurxosanz at gmail.com (Rafagas team) Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 01:19:17 -0700 Subject: =?utf-8?b?W1LDoWZhZ2FdIA==?= #3083: geomob, marine, rehabilitation Message-ID: #3083: geomob, marine, rehabilitation Mon, 13 Oct 2025 by Raf * The next Geomob in Barcelona confirmed for Wednesday, December 3 at 1800 at Coworkidea. Sign up as a speaker and present your project, or come to find out what is being done around the world https://thegeomob.com/post/dec-3rd-2025-geomobbcn-details * The EDITO viewer allows you to explore the online data catalog of the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet) to observe, understand and anticipate the state of the marine environment https://my-ocean.dive.edito.eu * An article that analyzes the policies of comprehensive urban rehabilitation in our country, and specifically, the ARI Plater?as-Catedral in the center of Valladolid [ES] https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/ScriptaNova/article/view/47873 ********** Translated by Isaac, Jaume, Jorge, and Wladimir web: https://geoinquiets.github.io/rafagas/2025/10-13.html mastodon: https://en.osm.town/@rafagaslinks From xurxosanz at gmail.com Tue Oct 14 02:11:23 2025 From: xurxosanz at gmail.com (Rafagas team) Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 05:11:23 -0400 Subject: =?utf-8?b?W1LDoWZhZ2FdIA==?= #3084: population, immigration Message-ID: #3084: population, immigration Tue, 14 Oct 2025 by Raf * Europe is experiencing a population decline: in almost all regions more people are dying than being born, and it will become a desert continent if immigration does not arrive [DE] https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/netto-todeszone-europa-schweiz-waechst-gegen-eu-trend-751238240078 * Interactive application allows you to explore the evolution of immigration in Spain from 2002 to 2024 through a 3D globe, dynamic graphs and rankings by country ********** Translated by Isaac, Jaume, Jorge, and Wladimir web: https://geoinquiets.github.io/rafagas/2025/10-14.html mastodon: https://en.osm.town/@rafagaslinks From xurxosanz at gmail.com Wed Oct 15 02:06:11 2025 From: xurxosanz at gmail.com (Rafagas team) Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2025 02:06:11 -0700 Subject: =?utf-8?b?W1LDoWZhZ2FdIA==?= #3085: counter-cartography, maps Message-ID: #3085: counter-cartography, maps Wed, 15 Oct 2025 by Raf * On Sunday, September 21, about twenty residents of the Conflent region gathered for a counter-cartography workshop with the aim of creating a map in small groups on a topic close to them [FR] https://www.imagomundi.fr/article110.html?lang=fr * The map section of Christophe Chabert's blog Mind the map contains a series of pieces, some commented, that the author has created for different media [FR] https://mindthemap.fr/category/cartes/ ********** Translated by Isaac, Jaume, Jorge, and Wladimir web: https://geoinquiets.github.io/rafagas/2025/10-15.html mastodon: https://en.osm.town/@rafagaslinks From xurxosanz at gmail.com Thu Oct 16 04:58:55 2025 From: xurxosanz at gmail.com (Rafagas team) Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2025 04:58:55 -0700 Subject: =?utf-8?b?W1LDoWZhZ2FdIA==?= #3086: maps portfolio, power lines Message-ID: #3086: maps portfolio, power lines Thu, 16 Oct 2025 by Raf * The map of the density of watercourses in the USA is one of the works included in the web portfolio of Olivia Champoux, a geomatician by training with several years of experience in the field of GIS in France [FR] https://ochampoux.wordpress.com/ * On the new interactive CartoFlux map, put online by the network manager RTE, you can observe real-time traffic on France's national power lines [FR] https://analysesetdonnees.rte-france.com/reseaux/carteflux ********** Translated by Isaac, Jaume, Jorge, and Wladimir web: https://geoinquiets.github.io/rafagas/2025/10-16.html mastodon: https://en.osm.town/@rafagaslinks From xurxosanz at gmail.com Fri Oct 17 02:51:01 2025 From: xurxosanz at gmail.com (Rafagas team) Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 02:51:01 -0700 Subject: =?utf-8?b?W1LDoWZhZ2FdIA==?= #3087: news, postal codes Message-ID: #3087: news, postal codes Fri, 17 Oct 2025 by Raf * The GDELT project monitors world news, print and web, from almost every corner of every country in more than 100 languages ??on an open and free platform https://www.gdeltproject.org * The map of postal codes in the Netherlands (on sale for 19 euros) shows all the municipalities with the first two digits of the code, and a little history about how it works. https://www.studiolegenda.com/products/postcodekaart ********** Translated by Isaac, Jaume, Jorge, and Wladimir web: https://geoinquiets.github.io/rafagas/2025/10-17.html mastodon: https://en.osm.town/@rafagaslinks From xurxosanz at gmail.com Wed Oct 22 03:09:19 2025 From: xurxosanz at gmail.com (Rafagas team) Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2025 03:09:19 -0700 Subject: =?utf-8?b?W1LDoWZhZ2FdIA==?= #3088: eo, cities, routing, fire, routing Message-ID: #3088: eo, cities, routing, fire, routing Wed, 22 Oct 2025 by Raf * TESSERA is a pixel-oriented foundation model for Earth observation time series data that combines optical imagery with SAR backscatter coefficients at a 10 m resolution. https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.20380v5 * Combining quantitative spatial analysis with qualitative urban assessment to transform abandoned street spaces into social spaces. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-16569-2 * DiverCity enables urban planners and policymakers to enhance road network design while balancing route diversification, efficiency, and sustainability https://arxiv.org/html/2510.02582v1 * The forest fires that started on September 22 have burned over one-third of Etosha National Park in Namibia, which is vital grazing land for endangered species https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10/07/wildfires-ravage-one-of-africas-largest-nature-reserves * An algorithm for calculating walking routes that avoid street sexual harassment (SSH) in Madrid, aiming to make cities safer for women by prioritizing safety as a key factor https://medium.com/@c.espinosacevedo/can-algorithms-make-cities-safer-for-women-f2971787eb4b ********** Translated by Isaac, Jaume, Jorge, and Wladimir web: https://geoinquiets.github.io/rafagas/2025/10-22.html mastodon: https://en.osm.town/@rafagaslinks From xurxosanz at gmail.com Fri Oct 24 04:07:16 2025 From: xurxosanz at gmail.com (Rafagas team) Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2025 04:07:16 -0700 Subject: =?utf-8?b?W1LDoWZhZ2FdIA==?= #3089: aitopo, housing, choropleth, amsterdam, hazards Message-ID: #3089: aitopo, housing, choropleth, amsterdam, hazards Fri, 24 Oct 2025 by Raf * An open repository contains code to automate the generation of topographic maps using Google Gemini (NanoBanana) and tests the scalability and consistency of the procedure https://github.com/davidoesch/ai-topographic-maps * Local accommodation, which has grown significantly over the last decade, is considered one of the key factors driving the unprecedented housing crisis affecting Portugal [PT] https://www.desalojamento.pt/ * Exploropleth is an open-source, web-based geospatial visualization tool for interacting with a catalog of established data binning methods and exporting customized maps https://exploropleth.github.io/ * City Atlas examines the processes of urban transformation in Amsterdam from the late 16th century to today through six key locations https://cityatlas.theberlage.nl/ * Interactive 2025 edition of the revised map displaying 18 natural hazards in the USA, featuring multivariate visualizations with layer-switching and spatial query functionalities https://cartoguophy.com/us_rising_hazard/ ********** Translated by Isaac, Jaume, Jorge, and Wladimir web: https://geoinquiets.github.io/rafagas/2025/10-24.html mastodon: https://en.osm.town/@rafagaslinks From xurxosanz at gmail.com Tue Oct 28 01:47:29 2025 From: xurxosanz at gmail.com (Rafagas team) Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 03:47:29 -0500 Subject: =?utf-8?b?W1LDoWZhZ2FdIA==?= #3091: ocean, sound Message-ID: #3091: ocean, sound Tue, 28 Oct 2025 by Raf * Marie Tharp (1920-2006) was a pioneering American geologist and oceanographic cartographer who helped create the first scientific map of the Atlantic Ocean floor. https://web.whoi.edu/womens-comm/marie-tharp-pioneering-mapmaker-of-the-ocean-floor/ * Sound map offering an immersive experience of Al-Hassan, Jordan's largest garment production area, where workers work in semi-slavery conditions https://soundscapes.invisibleworkers.org.uk/ ********** Translated by Isaac, Jaume, Jorge, and Wladimir web: https://geoinquiets.github.io/rafagas/2025/10-28.html mastodon: https://en.osm.town/@rafagaslinks From xurxosanz at gmail.com Tue Oct 28 01:47:29 2025 From: xurxosanz at gmail.com (Rafagas team) Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 01:47:29 -0700 Subject: =?utf-8?b?W1LDoWZhZ2FdIA==?= #3090: hedgehogs, geogame Message-ID: #3090: hedgehogs, geogame Mon, 27 Oct 2025 by Raf * Automatic detection of bramble bushes with a TESSERA satellite image model to make a high-resolution map of hedgehog habitats across the UK https://gabrielmahler.org/environment/ai/ml/%F0%9F%A6%94/2025/07/04/hedgehogs01.html * Allmaps, the collaborative georeferencing of old maps based on IIIF links, now has a geogame to guess where the georeferenced maps of some online collections are from https://arcade.allmaps.org/ ********** Translated by Isaac, Jaume, Jorge, and Wladimir web: https://geoinquiets.github.io/rafagas/2025/10-27.html mastodon: https://en.osm.town/@rafagaslinks From xurxosanz at gmail.com Thu Oct 30 03:52:43 2025 From: xurxosanz at gmail.com (Rafagas team) Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2025 03:52:43 -0700 Subject: =?utf-8?b?W1LDoWZhZ2FdIA==?= #3092: sea, geology Message-ID: #3092: sea, geology Wed, 29 Oct 2025 by Raf * "Observadores del Mar" is a citizen science project with a network of sentinel observatories to understand the transformation of the marine environment. It is coordinated by the public sector. https://www.observadoresdelmar.es/Map * The "Val d'Agri 3D Geological Tour" project, made with Maplibre GL JS, shows the geological details of the area by combining technical data with a clear and intuitive representation https://latidudemaps.github.io/GeologiaVDA/ ********** Translated by Isaac, Jaume, Jorge, and Wladimir web: https://geoinquiets.github.io/rafagas/2025/10-29.html mastodon: https://en.osm.town/@rafagaslinks From xurxosanz at gmail.com Thu Oct 30 04:08:09 2025 From: xurxosanz at gmail.com (Rafagas team) Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2025 04:08:09 -0700 Subject: =?utf-8?b?W1LDoWZhZ2FdIA==?= #3093: ai, trees Message-ID: #3093: ai, trees Thu, 30 Oct 2025 by Raf * Microsoft Earth Copilot is an artificial intelligence-based geospatial application that allows you to explore and visualize Earth science data using natural language. https://github.com/microsoft/Earth-Copilot * DeepTrees is a Python package for segmentation and analysis of tree layers in remote sensing images designed for direct integration with geospatial workflows. https://deeptrees.de/ ********** Translated by Isaac, Jaume, Jorge, and Wladimir web: https://geoinquiets.github.io/rafagas/2025/10-30.html mastodon: https://en.osm.town/@rafagaslinks From xurxosanz at gmail.com Fri Oct 31 09:38:45 2025 From: xurxosanz at gmail.com (Rafagas team) Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2025 09:38:45 -0700 Subject: =?utf-8?b?W1LDoWZhZ2FdIA==?= #3094: ml, react Message-ID: #3094: ml, react Fri, 31 Oct 2025 by Raf * InstaGeo by InstaDeep makes geospatial machine learning faster and more efficient by automating data preparation and creating lightweight versions of large geospatial models https://github.com/instadeepai/InstaGeo-E2E-Geospatial-ML * More than 20 custom controls for MapLibre, each designed as an independent and reusable React component following the IControl interface, with interactive demonstrator https://micheletricarico.com/portfolio/maplibre-playground/ ********** Translated by Isaac, Jaume, Jorge, and Wladimir web: https://geoinquiets.github.io/rafagas/2025/10-31.html mastodon: https://en.osm.town/@rafagaslinks