[Ráfaga] #3273: transparency, chatmap, underrepresentation, history

[Rafagas team]

#3273: transparency, chatmap, underrepresentation, history

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 by Raf

* The Transparency Code stipulates that every English council must
publish payments over £500 openly, which, once net and processed, are
displayed on this aggregator map.

https://bentossell.com/council-spend/#/

* The easiest way to make maps in the field is to have a conversation
(on WhatsApp, Telegram, or Signal) and export the chat to view
locations, messages, and photographs.

https://github.com/hotosm/chatmap

* An analysis of satellite images of Argentina's low-income
neighborhoods detected an underrepresentation of households (3 million
people) compared to the official Renabap registry.

https://nlebovits.github.io/posts/writing/informal-settlements-argentina/

* Geo Whisperer shows the history of a place in images, in words, and
in a short film built from what has changed, all from a single
address.

https://www.geowhisperer.org/

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Translated by Isaac, Jaume, Jorge, and Wladimir

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