Why Is Moscow So Weird?
Why so far north? So cold? Why not on a big river or a coast? Why the biggest city in Europe? Why the capital of the biggest country on Earth?
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On the origin of continents - Works in Progress Magazine
Continental drift is as fundamental to geology as natural selection is to biology. Why did it take us hundreds of years to discover it?
Mapping the Earth’s Magnetism - Nautilus
For centuries, explorers sought to map magnetic and true north and to identify the source of Earth's magnetic pull.
Why rural hospitals close
What makes small town healthcare different
The Strange History of Why North Is Always Up | TheCollector
South-up maps are challenging traditional views of the Earth—and the political and cultural beliefs that go with them.
OpenTimes
Spectacular new open geospatial project by [Dan Snow](https://sno.ws/): > OpenTimes is a database of pre-computed, point-to-point travel times between United States Census geographies. It lets you download bulk travel time …
Gulf of Mexico vs. Gulf of America: How digital maps display disputed names
Mapping companies like Google Maps and Apple’s Maps navigate government pressure and political disputes over sea names. Here’s how they decide what to display.
Easy Map Boundary Extraction with GeoPandas
How to visualize country borders with Python
The Power of Geospatial Intelligence and Similarity Analysis for Data Mappi
Strategically enhancing address mapping during data integration using geocoding and string matching
Finding Patterns in Convenience Store Locations with Geospatial Association
Understanding spatial trends in the location of Tokyo convenience stores
Meet the Man Collecting Fading Place Names
What do we lose when we forget about locations like "Troll's Cave" and "Window Claw"?
How to Anonymise Places in Python
A ready-to-run code which identifies and anonymises places, based on the GeoNames database
Create geo image dataset in 20 minutes
Build geo specific subset of LAION-5B
https://about.maps.earth/
Developer Center | Targomo Developers!
Build the next generation of Location Intelligence applications with the Targomo API
Isochrone Map Generator: How to Create Travel Time Maps | Blog
Learn how to create isochrones for different transport modes with our free isochrone map generator, Isochrone API or software plugins.
Rails Geocoder: A Guide to Managing Locations in Your Apps
In 2019 there are a myriad of options for mapping and geolocation services. Rails geocoder gem makes it easy to find your way around those services.
The Battle of Choropleths — Part 3 — Folium
Using the Folium Package to Create Stunning Choropleths
A Python Tutorial on Geomapping using Folium and GeoPandas
Maps and geography have been a long passion of mine, especially in my International Relations background. A side goal of mine as I grow as…
Explore and Visualize Geospatial Data using Leafmap Python Package
Create interactive maps with just a few lines of Python code
SubmarineCableMap2021
Geometric Deep Learning: Grids, Groups, Graphs, Geodesics, and Gauges
The last decade has witnessed an experimental revolution in data science and machine learning, epitomised by deep learning methods. Indeed, many high-dimensional learning tasks previously thought...
Geopandas Hands-on: Geospatial Relations and Operations
Part 1: Introduction to geospatial concepts (follow here) Part 2: Geospatial visualization and geometry creation (follow here) Part 3: Geospatial operations (this post) Part 4: Building geospatial…
PostGIS – Spatial and Geographic Objects for PostgreSQL
[1902.04615] Gauge Equivariant Convolutional Networks and the Icosahedral C
The principle of equivariance to symmetry transformations enables a theoretically grounded approach to neural network architecture design. Equivariant networks have shown excellent performance and...
Represent your Geospatial Data using Folium
As a part of the Data Science community, Geospatial data is one of the most crucial kind of data to work with. The applications are as…
Geometric Algebra for Python
Geometric Algebra for Python.
Six Python Tips for Geospatial Data Science
How to easily and effectively incorporate spatial features in Python using Geopandas
Geospatial Indexing with Quadkeys
Squaring the Earth
Elegant Geographic plots in Python and R using GeoPandas and Leaflet | by K
How to use GeoPandas and Leaflet?
Sentinel Playground | Sentinel Hub
Sentinel-2 L1C imagery taken on October 15, 2024
Visualizing Geospatial Data in Python
Open source tools and techniques for visualizing data on custom maps
Hyperspectral Image Analysis — Getting Started
A Walkthrough on Hyperspectral Image Analysis Using Python.
Open Source Spatial Analysis Tools for Python: A Quick Guide
The ultimate guide on open source GIS tools for spatial analysis. Find the tools you need to support your next spatial data project!
The Art of Geofencing in Python
Tutorial — Triggering notifications and Nudging GPS locations from users.
Distance calculation in Ruby using RGeo
22K subscribers in the rubyonrails community. Everything RoR! Ruby on Rails, often simply Rails, is an open source web application framework which…
Ghost ships, crop circles, and soft gold: A GPS mystery in Shanghai
A sophisticated new electronic warfare system is being used at the world’s busiest port. But is it sand thieves or the Chinese state behind it?
What is a geofence? – A complete guide to geofencing - Proximi.io
7 Techniques to Visualize Geospatial Data
In this article, we explore 7 interesting yet simple techniques to visualize geospatial data that will help you visualize your data better.
From Mauritius to Sudan You Told Us Where To Look. Here Are the Results
Satellite imagery is increasingly used by open source researchers to analyse conflict,natural disasters, mining activities and even construction work. With the help of Planet Labs PBC and Umbra Space, Bellingcat can take a snapshot of anywhere in the world by “tasking” their…