From xurxosanz at gmail.com Mon Aug 3 07:59:02 2026 From: xurxosanz at gmail.com (Rafagas team) Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2026 07:59:02 -0700 Subject: =?utf-8?b?W1LDoWZhZ2FdIA==?= #3235: trees, genai, fuel, coasts, mornings Message-ID: #3235: trees, genai, fuel, coasts, mornings Fri, 31 Jul 2026 by Raf * The 3-30-300 rule states that in urban areas, you should be able to see at least three trees, live in a neighborhood with 30% tree cover, and have a park located less than 300 meters away https://www.not-ship.com/can-you-see-three-trees/ * "Prompt cartography," or maps created using AI, is still cartography, as long as a human employs an LLM without sacrificing creativity, just like with other tools https://www.webmapgpt.com/blog/the-problem-with-saying-i-dont-like-ai-content/ * A new interactive map created by the Environmental Defenders Office allows Australians to understand the extent of offshore fossil fuel exploitation in their waters https://www.edo.org.au/offshore-map/ * In the 1890s, approximately eight percent of land in major coastal cities in the United States was underwater, but this land has since been reclaimed https://worksinprogress.co/issue/why-the-west-stopped-making-land/ * This interactive tool displays the sunrise and sunset lines in real time on a globe, allowing users to send virtual good mornings (Ohayo). https://www.ohayoworld.com/en/ ********** Translated by Isaac, Jaume, Jorge, and Wladimir web: https://geoinquiets.github.io/rafagas/2026/07-31.html mastodon: https://en.osm.town/@rafagaslinks From xurxosanz at gmail.com Mon Aug 3 07:59:02 2026 From: xurxosanz at gmail.com (Rafagas team) Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2026 07:59:02 -0700 Subject: =?utf-8?b?W1LDoWZhZ2FdIA==?= #3236: rural, wars Message-ID: #3236: rural, wars Mon, 03 Aug 2026 by Raf * A tool to learn about the reality of the rural world allows not only to visualize various indicators, but also to see trends and make comparisons [ES] https://geocomarcas.es/ * Interactive map with the armed conflicts documented throughout almost five thousand years of history, with more than 8500 wars and the historical borders of 427 empires and kingdoms https://waratlas.org/#year=-3000 ********** Translated by Isaac, Jaume, Jorge, and Wladimir web: https://geoinquiets.github.io/rafagas/2026/08-03.html mastodon: https://en.osm.town/@rafagaslinks From xurxosanz at gmail.com Mon Aug 3 07:59:04 2026 From: xurxosanz at gmail.com (Rafagas team) Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2026 07:59:04 -0700 Subject: =?utf-8?b?W1LDoWZhZ2FdIA==?= #3234: hexagons, dining, ascii, csv, webmapping Message-ID: #3234: hexagons, dining, ascii, csv, webmapping Wed, 29 Jul 2026 by Raf * freestyler is a Rust-based vector tiling engine for R and Python, which now enables dynamic H3 hex binning for vector tiling https://walker-data.com/freestiler/articles/h3-hexagonal-binning.html * Interactive timeline of the New York Public Library's Buttolph Menu Collection from 1880 to 1920, highlighting the rise of modern gastronomy https://pudding.cool/2026/06/menu-story/ * glyphcss converts 3D models into ASCII art rendered as text, without the need for WebGL or canvas. It supports the most common formats and is compatible with JS, React, Vue, and also works in the terminal https://glyphcss.com/ * gitRmap is a semi-automated location mapping tool, allowing users to add their own points by editing a CSV file. It is designed for those who are new to GIS but have some knowledge of it https://nickbearman.com/gitRmap/ * A set of 4 simple static tools for browser-based mapping to make range, great circle, situation and concentric circle maps https://tools.thinkinginspace.net/ ********** Translated by Isaac, Jaume, Jorge, and Wladimir web: https://geoinquiets.github.io/rafagas/2026/07-29.html mastodon: https://en.osm.town/@rafagaslinks From xurxosanz at gmail.com Mon Aug 3 07:59:05 2026 From: xurxosanz at gmail.com (Rafagas team) Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2026 07:59:05 -0700 Subject: =?utf-8?b?W1LDoWZhZ2FdIA==?= #3233: musical, genealogy Message-ID: #3233: musical, genealogy Fri, 24 Jul 2026 by Raf * LA Metro: Ambient turns the Los Angeles rail network into a generative musical instrument where every note you hear is a real train arriving at a real station at that moment https://metromusic.weisswideweb.com/ * Forebears is a genealogy portal that includes a directory of geographically indexed and cross-referenced sources for surname and family history research https://forebears.io/ ********** Translated by Isaac, Jaume, Jorge, and Wladimir web: https://geoinquiets.github.io/rafagas/2026/07-24.html mastodon: https://en.osm.town/@rafagaslinks From xurxosanz at gmail.com Mon Aug 3 07:59:06 2026 From: xurxosanz at gmail.com (Rafagas team) Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2026 07:59:06 -0700 Subject: =?utf-8?b?W1LDoWZhZ2FdIA==?= #3231: earthquake, ai Message-ID: #3231: earthquake, ai Wed, 22 Jul 2026 by Raf * Interactive viewer of seismic information from Spain with filters, indicators and graphs to explore earthquake data in various time intervals and generate reports [ES] https://indicadores-terremotos.ign.es/ * The daily "AI maps" published by Ian Muehlenhaus and Kenneth Field are an experiment in "fast mapping" to find out what AI can and can't do, where it fails, and where it's headed https://mapdesign.icaci.org/ ********** Translated by Isaac, Jaume, Jorge, and Wladimir web: https://geoinquiets.github.io/rafagas/2026/07-22.html mastodon: https://en.osm.town/@rafagaslinks From xurxosanz at gmail.com Mon Aug 3 07:59:07 2026 From: xurxosanz at gmail.com (Rafagas team) Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2026 07:59:07 -0700 Subject: =?utf-8?b?W1LDoWZhZ2FdIA==?= #3230: ny, art, georeferenced Message-ID: #3230: ny, art, georeferenced Tue, 21 Jul 2026 by Raf * Map of New York with the names and approximate boundaries of all boroughs (the city does not officially have a borough boundary) from comments and unofficial sources https://nycneighborhoods.app/map#10.07/40.7012/-73.9979 * Jerry's Map (2012 repost, still working on it) is a two-dimensional "virtual world" art project made up of over 4,000 individual panels that once assembled form a circle https://www.jerrysmap.com/the-map * A small geographical game that consists of correctly locating 5 old georeferenced maps, with a time limit and scores for accuracy achieved. https://arcade.allmaps.org/ ********** Translated by Isaac, Jaume, Jorge, and Wladimir web: https://geoinquiets.github.io/rafagas/2026/07-21.html mastodon: https://en.osm.town/@rafagaslinks From xurxosanz at gmail.com Mon Aug 3 07:59:08 2026 From: xurxosanz at gmail.com (Rafagas team) Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2026 07:59:08 -0700 Subject: =?utf-8?b?W1LDoWZhZ2FdIA==?= #3229: data trust, wildfires Message-ID: #3229: data trust, wildfires Mon, 20 Jul 2026 by Raf * PLACE is a global non-profit technology organization that aspires to be the legal and permanent trust for cartographic data https://thisisplace.org/ * Focs.cat shows the wildfires in Catalonia crossing the data from firemenscat and the ArcGIS layer with an artificial delay of 10-15 minutes [CA] https://focs.cat/mapa ********** Translated by Isaac, Jaume, Jorge, and Wladimir web: https://geoinquiets.github.io/rafagas/2026/07-20.html mastodon: https://en.osm.town/@rafagaslinks From xurxosanz at gmail.com Mon Aug 3 07:59:10 2026 From: xurxosanz at gmail.com (Rafagas team) Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2026 07:59:10 -0700 Subject: =?utf-8?b?W1LDoWZhZ2FdIA==?= #3228: belgium, swag Message-ID: #3228: belgium, swag Fri, 17 Jul 2026 by Raf * A tool to browse topographic maps and aerial images that describe how places in Belgium have changed over time https://topotijdreis.be/?year=1971&types=topo * The Museum of Spatial Shirts aims to be the open source community's living archive of geographical promotional materials, and asks for everyone's collaboration to complete the inventory https://museumofspatialshirts.org/ ********** Translated by Isaac, Jaume, Jorge, and Wladimir web: https://geoinquiets.github.io/rafagas/2026/07-17.html mastodon: https://en.osm.town/@rafagaslinks From xurxosanz at gmail.com Mon Aug 3 07:59:10 2026 From: xurxosanz at gmail.com (Rafagas team) Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2026 07:59:10 -0700 Subject: =?utf-8?b?W1LDoWZhZ2FdIA==?= #3232: fungi, bathymetric Message-ID: #3232: fungi, bathymetric Thu, 23 Jul 2026 by Raf * Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi form symbiotic networks that move carbon and nutrients between plants and soils, a globally distributed living infrastructure https://a-hidden-infrastructure.spun.earth/story/a-hidden-infrastructure * Visualization of horizontal and vertical uncertainty in bathymetric data improves operational decision support in navigation planning and monitoring https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15230406.2026.2653841#abstract ********** Translated by Isaac, Jaume, Jorge, and Wladimir web: https://geoinquiets.github.io/rafagas/2026/07-23.html mastodon: https://en.osm.town/@rafagaslinks From xurxosanz at gmail.com Tue Aug 4 02:51:27 2026 From: xurxosanz at gmail.com (Rafagas team) Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2026 02:51:27 -0700 Subject: =?utf-8?b?W1LDoWZhZ2FdIA==?= #3237: cloud, settlements Message-ID: #3237: cloud, settlements Tue, 04 Aug 2026 by Raf * A lightweight, cloud-native GIS platform for visualizing, exploring, and analyzing geospatial data, running in the web browser, on the desktop, and on mobile devices https://github.com/opengeos/GeoLibre * The World Settlement Footprint (WSF) Tracker allows users to explore, analyze, and research how human settlements around the world have grown and changed, and download the data. https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Tracking_urban_expansion_in_hazard-prone_areas ********** Translated by Isaac, Jaume, Jorge, and Wladimir web: https://geoinquiets.github.io/rafagas/2026/08-04.html mastodon: https://en.osm.town/@rafagaslinks From xurxosanz at gmail.com Wed Aug 5 11:29:15 2026 From: xurxosanz at gmail.com (Rafagas team) Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2026 11:29:15 -0700 Subject: =?utf-8?b?W1LDoWZhZ2FdIA==?= #3238: diffusion, drought Message-ID: #3238: diffusion, drought Wed, 05 Aug 2026 by Raf * InfiniteDiffusion, a no-training algorithm that reformulates diffusion sampling for the procedural generation of seamless, infinite terrain https://xandergos.github.io/terrain-diffusion/ * Drought persists throughout Switzerland, with very high temperatures and an extreme lack of precipitation causing a difficult situation in the north of the Alps and in Valais. https://www.trockenheit.admin.ch/en ********** Translated by Isaac, Jaume, Jorge, and Wladimir web: https://geoinquiets.github.io/rafagas/2026/08-05.html mastodon: https://en.osm.town/@rafagaslinks From xurxosanz at gmail.com Thu Aug 6 05:23:21 2026 From: xurxosanz at gmail.com (Rafagas team) Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2026 07:23:21 -0500 Subject: =?utf-8?b?W1LDoWZhZ2FdIA==?= #3239: wine, shelter Message-ID: #3239: wine, shelter Thu, 06 Aug 2026 by Raf * The Inventory of Ethnological Heritage of Catalonia (IPEC) collects detailed information on movable and immovable property and intangible elements, such as location, description, history and others. [CA] https://cultura.gencat.cat/ca/departament/estructura_i_adreces/organismes/dgcpt/02_patrimoni_etnologic/inventari-del-patrimoni-etnologic/ * The map of (potential) climate shelters in Naples identifies public spaces, outdoor or covered, where to find relief during periods of extreme heat in the city [IT] https://www.rifugiclimaticinapoli.it/ ********** Translated by Isaac, Jaume, Jorge, and Wladimir web: https://geoinquiets.github.io/rafagas/2026/08-06.html mastodon: https://en.osm.town/@rafagaslinks From xurxosanz at gmail.com Fri Aug 7 06:02:56 2026 From: xurxosanz at gmail.com (Rafagas team) Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2026 06:02:56 -0700 Subject: =?utf-8?b?W1LDoWZhZ2FdIA==?= #3240: t-shirt, rivers Message-ID: #3240: t-shirt, rivers Fri, 07 Aug 2026 by Raf * High quality extra soft polyester 100% t-shirts printed on the front and back, with OSM data, and the site and with the color palette you like best https://maponshirt.com/ * Water situation of rivers in Spain, according to the climatological percentile of the average daily flow, through historical reanalysis of the EFAS from January 1992 to July 2026 [ES] https://bioclim-mbg.shinyapps.io/river_monitor/ ********** Translated by Isaac, Jaume, Jorge, and Wladimir web: https://geoinquiets.github.io/rafagas/2026/08-07.html mastodon: https://en.osm.town/@rafagaslinks From xurxosanz at gmail.com Mon Aug 10 01:42:04 2026 From: xurxosanz at gmail.com (Rafagas team) Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 01:42:04 -0700 Subject: =?utf-8?b?W1LDoWZhZ2FdIA==?= #3241: pollution, artifacts Message-ID: #3241: pollution, artifacts Mon, 10 Aug 2026 by Raf * Map of chemical pollution in French waterways shows 1700 rivers under pressure from micropollutants, pesticides and even pharmaceuticals [FR] https://www.mediacites.fr/enquete/national/2026/06/29/1700-rivieres-sous-pression-la-carte-inedite-de-la-pollution-chimique-des-cours-deau-en-france/ * Map of cultural heritage displacement tracking the geographic extraction vector between an artifact's origin and its current repository https://exsitu.app/ ********** Translated by Isaac, Jaume, Jorge, and Wladimir web: https://geoinquiets.github.io/rafagas/2026/08-10.html mastodon: https://en.osm.town/@rafagaslinks From xurxosanz at gmail.com Tue Aug 11 00:16:08 2026 From: xurxosanz at gmail.com (Rafagas team) Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 02:16:08 -0500 Subject: =?utf-8?b?W1LDoWZhZ2FdIA==?= #3242: trees, castles Message-ID: #3242: trees, castles Tue, 11 Aug 2026 by Raf * Transferable modeling framework to better estimate urban tree canopy in 19 Canadian cities with a consistent and reproducible method of changes over time https://object-arbutus.cloud.computecanada.ca/webMaps/canTrees/canUTC.html * Map of the world's great castles and fortresses, with 2438 monuments in 130 countries, which can be sorted and searched for by various concepts, and with a daily game of guessing the castle https://thecastlemap.com/ ********** Translated by Isaac, Jaume, Jorge, and Wladimir web: https://geoinquiets.github.io/rafagas/2026/08-11.html mastodon: https://en.osm.town/@rafagaslinks From xurxosanz at gmail.com Thu Aug 13 00:36:32 2026 From: xurxosanz at gmail.com (Rafagas team) Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:36:32 -0700 Subject: =?utf-8?b?W1LDoWZhZ2FdIA==?= #3243: canopies, football, symbols, magicwand Message-ID: #3243: canopies, football, symbols, magicwand Thu, 13 Aug 2026 by Raf * Detecting and measuring small-scale urban tree canopy loss with deep learning and remote sensing in Christchurch, New Zealand https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667393225000018 * Spatial analysis of all goals scored in the 2026 World Cup, with filters by match, player, body part, time, distance and other characteristics https://a-maherr.github.io/wc2026-goalmap/ * Demonstration of how to place symbols on interactive maps, a complex problem since they must remain consistent across scrolling, zooming, and changes in the graphic window. https://visquill.com/gallery/ireland-atlantic-coast/ * QGIS plugin to easily and automatically create polygons by analyzing MapCanvas, in the style of the tool of the same name in graphic design programs https://github.com/Kanahiro/MagicWand ********** Translated by Isaac, Jaume, Jorge, and Wladimir web: https://geoinquiets.github.io/rafagas/2026/08-13.html mastodon: https://en.osm.town/@rafagaslinks From xurxosanz at gmail.com Fri Aug 14 00:50:54 2026 From: xurxosanz at gmail.com (Rafagas team) Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:50:54 -0700 Subject: =?utf-8?b?W1LDoWZhZ2FdIA==?= #3244: diary, ai Message-ID: #3244: diary, ai Fri, 14 Aug 2026 by Raf * A travel diary that traces, with words and watercolor sketches, the atmosphere perceived in different places in the Alma Tr?s-Clo?tres district of Grenoble [FR] https://www.visionscarto.net/cartographie-sensible-rue-tres-cloitres-Grenoble * A long, 74-question open discussion essay on traditional cartography and the advent of natural language GIS and AI https://www.promptcartography.com/blog/disputation-cartographic-expertise.html ********** Translated by Isaac, Jaume, Jorge, and Wladimir web: https://geoinquiets.github.io/rafagas/2026/08-14.html mastodon: https://en.osm.town/@rafagaslinks From xurxosanz at gmail.com Mon Aug 17 01:29:23 2026 From: xurxosanz at gmail.com (Rafagas team) Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 08:29:23 +0000 Subject: =?utf-8?b?W1LDoWZhZ2FdIA==?= #3245: geolens, shade, symbols, heritage Message-ID: #3245: geolens, shade, symbols, heritage Mon, 17 Aug 2026 by Raf * GeoLens is an open source, self-hosted map and catalog creator for geospatial data, using PostGIS and the OGC APIs https://getgeolens.com/ * Where does the sun touch hour by hour on a mid-July day in 431 children's parks in 33 municipalities in the metropolitan area of ??Granada to find out if there is any shade left to play [ES] https://reychico.netlify.app/ * Demonstration of how to place symbols on interactive maps, a complex problem since they must remain consistent in scrolling, zooming and viewport changes https://visquill.com/gallery/ireland-atlantic-coast * An open source geospatial infrastructure that transforms institutional hyperlinks into a spatial index of displaced cultural artifacts with heritage provenance https://github.com/hburakyel/ex-situ ********** Translated by Isaac, Jaume, Jorge, and Wladimir web: https://geoinquiets.github.io/rafagas/2026/08-17.html mastodon: https://en.osm.town/@rafagaslinks From xurxosanz at gmail.com Wed Aug 19 03:57:07 2026 From: xurxosanz at gmail.com (Rafagas team) Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2026 03:57:07 -0700 Subject: =?utf-8?b?W1LDoWZhZ2FdIA==?= #3246: universe, pyrotechnic, heat, trees Message-ID: #3246: universe, pyrotechnic, heat, trees Wed, 19 Aug 2026 by Raf * An atlas of the universe that allows you to wander through the entire cosmos, from view 10e27 to 10e-16, with a Tour mode so you don't get lost https://universeatlas.org/ * Interactive map providing an initial understanding of pyrotechnic risk sensitivity in France from the conflicts of 1870/1871, 1914/1918 and 1939/1945 https://map.pyrorisques.fr/ * Analysis of the vulnerability of Spanish municipalities with more than 40,000 inhabitants to heat waves, to show the shortcomings of urban plots and how to face the future [ES] https://lab.300000.eu/calor/ * Thousands of fruit and nut trees grow on Toronto's public lands, and can be viewed and filtered by species and season in this interactive https://www.mapto.ca/maps/2026/6/8/the-fruit-trees-of-toronto ********** Translated by Isaac, Jaume, Jorge, and Wladimir web: https://geoinquiets.github.io/rafagas/2026/08-19.html mastodon: https://en.osm.town/@rafagaslinks From xurxosanz at gmail.com Fri Aug 21 06:00:21 2026 From: xurxosanz at gmail.com (Rafagas team) Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2026 06:00:21 -0700 Subject: =?utf-8?b?W1LDoWZhZ2FdIA==?= #3247: streets, population, geo hound, svg Message-ID: #3247: streets, population, geo hound, svg Fri, 21 Aug 2026 by Raf * A map that combines `name:etymology:wikidata` tags from OpenStreetMap with Elo ratings from EloEverything to paint streets based on people's ratings https://pizzatreeisland.github.io/Streetnames-by-Elo/ * County-level population data from the US Census, which is taken every 10 years and does not account for original settlers, animated over time https://app.honeycombmaps.com/shared/8VERAg0CP2LFMy4dMcG_jV_bgKC7mPQ8 * Geo Hound for Chrome automatically detects and saves GIS services as you browse: WMS, WMTS, WFS, ESRI FS/MS, OGC API functions, tile services, and downloadable geospatial files https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/geo-hound/nooldeimgcodenhncjkjagbmppdinhfe?authuser=0&hl=en * A new tool allows you to extract map data from a vector map and export it to SVG format, with element selection and even a custom style loaded https://polygrid.dev/map2svg/ ********** Translated by Isaac, Jaume, Jorge, and Wladimir web: https://geoinquiets.github.io/rafagas/2026/08-21.html mastodon: 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