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| | pedestrianobservations.com
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| | After writing this post about the urban layout of Germany and high-speed rail, I got interested in city size in Europe and Asia more generally. East Asians live in much larger cities than Europeans, and I'm not just talking about Tokyo and Seoul. I was vaguely aware this was the case, but underestimated the size...
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| | [AI summary] The Open Buildings dataset provides 1.8 billion building footprints across Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean, supporting applications like population estimation, humanitarian response, and environmental analysis.
| | blog.popdata.org
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| | [AI summary] This article discusses the underutilized Census Bureau's centers of population data and their potential for improving statistical mapping. It highlights the advantages of proportional symbol maps over choropleth maps, particularly in accurately representing population distribution and avoiding misleading visualizations. The author provides examples of how these centers of population can be used to create more accurate and insightful maps, especially for U.S. counties, census tracts, and block groups. The article also includes various regional examples and technical notes on using NHGIS data for mapping.
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| The blog Watts up with That is famous for its attempt to reinvent climate physics on Earth, and now they want to reinvent astrophysics as well. Steve Goddard, a frequent poster at WUWT, now has a couple of posts (here and here) as well as write ups by Lubos Motl, about how the extreme temperatures...