@Pearoid

Urban Planning, GIS, Cartography.

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Joined March 2013
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NEW: We've tracked the world's largest iceberg, A23a, and it's on the move again! It travelled along the seafloor ridge from the Filchner Ice Shelf to past South Orkney islands, pushed by currents, and is now in deeper waters en route to South Georgia.
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WIRED
@WIRED6 Apr 2024
It's time to log off. People are ingesting too much negative news, and it’s not only affecting them personally but impacting society at large. Psychology experts say you need to know your limits—and when to put down the phone. wired.trib.al/mrzI97V

It's Time to Log Off

There’s a devastating amount of heavy news these days. Psychology experts say you need to know your limits—and when to put down the phone.

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EU_Eurostat
@EU_Eurostat12 Mar 2024
🆕📘 'Merging statistics and geospatial information, Experiences and observations from the national statistical authorities, 2016–2020, 2024 edition'. Read it here ⬇️ europa.eu/!Ktqwrk
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Population of the Republic of Ireland by birthplace and age-group in 2023 ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databr…
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Full story with @BBCMarcoSilva & @Danict89 bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-68…

Kazakhstan: Methane mega-leak went on for months

Extremely potent greenhouse gas leaked from a Kazakh well for over six months.

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NEW: One of the worst methane leaks ever recorded revealed. Using satellite data, scientists estimate 127,000 tonnes of methane escaped from an exploratory well in Kazakhstan. We analysed @planet satellite images to understand exactly what happened, from the blowout to its fix
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Incredible to watch tens of thousands of Grey-headed Flying-fox megabats (Pteropus poliocephalus 🦇) leave their roost at sunset to forage for nectar overnight - so many that they're accidentally mapped as rain on the @BOM_au weather radar! 🤯 #wildoz – at Smiths Lake, New South Wales
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Max Roser
@MaxCRoser23 Dec 2023
About 1.2 million people die from tuberculosis every year. Until now, however, we didn't cover this infectious disease on @OurWorldInData, it was an important gap in our publication. @salonium and @f_spooner changed this. Here is our new page on TB: ourworldindata.org/tuberculo…

Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis is still among the most common causes of death globally. Explore global data on tuberculosis and its trends over time.

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Et si les villes devenaient des montagnes, collines et plateaux, et les campagnes des mers ou des lacs ? Voici une carte de la France version "topographie humaine", tout juste finie ! 🗻👥🗻
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New paper just dropped (I think that's what you say) on Valeriepieris Circles, aka Yuxi Circles "The Valeriepieris (VP) circle is the smallest circle containing half of the world's population." It's very cool and does it for countries as well 🤓🥳⬇️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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svg@newgeographer29 Dec 2023
Check out my new website that scrapes and formats random entries from cia world factbook json files
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Andrew DC@andrewdc_nz27 Nov 2023
Day 27/28 of #30DayMapChallenge: Dot / Is this a Chart? To finish off my maps for this month's challenge, a somewhat experimental visual of NZ Wikipedia articles by view count, as tagged in OpenStreetMap.
An abstract map showing dots representing the locations of Wikipedia articles in New Zealand. Dots are sized based on the number of page views the article has had since 2020.

ALT An abstract map showing dots representing the locations of Wikipedia articles in New Zealand. Dots are sized based on the number of page views the article has had since 2020.

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Yohan
@yohaniddawela3 Nov 2023
Night time satellite data is one of the most promising proxies for economic growth. • How does it work? • How accurate is it? • What are its issues? Having worked on this extensively during my PhD and after, here’s everything you need to know:
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Where is North? Mapping the geographic, magnetic & geomagnetic north, created for day 22 of the #30daymapchallenge with the theme "North is not always up." Fascinating subject to explore! Really recommend the resources at wdc.kugi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/
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Tall buildings allow cities to host more workers on less land => Good for productivity, lower commuting costs, & preservation of open space. Potential benefits equate to 5\% of global income, of which only 1/4 have been realized due to height limits. gahlfeldt.de/WP/GA_NBS_RJ_Sk…
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#30DayMapChallenge Day 9: Navigation Although it has flaws, the Mercator projection revolutionised navigation because it preserves angles at all latitudes. Imagine how confusing some of these projections would be with just a boat and a compass! ⛵ – at Dublin City, Ireland
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Migration data from the 2021 census (lines connect current home with home one year previous) - always shows up some interesting ones, but 100 points to anyone who instantly knows what the long distance lines are (I'll share the geodata later on)
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Andrew DC@andrewdc_nz1 Nov 2023
Day 1 of #30DayMapChallenge: Points Point Nemo is the remotest place in the ocean and home of the Spaceship Cemetery.
A radial map showing the location of Point Nemo in the South Pacific Ocean, with distances to nearby countries marked.

ALT A radial map showing the location of Point Nemo in the South Pacific Ocean, with distances to nearby countries marked.

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NEW: This week's climate graphic looks at the devastating Hurricane Otis which hit Acapulco as a Category 5 storm. This animation was made using images from @NOAA's GOES satellite Read @chrissiemurray & @Aime_Williams report ft.com/content/3b89d027-5ad0… #dataviz
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The Verge
@verge26 Oct 2023
The restaurant nearest Google trib.al/pCKD2ZC

The restaurant nearest Google

Can a clever SEO-bait name outsmart Google?

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