Big Geodata
Cartography and the politics of visibility
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Big GeodataCartography and the politics of visibility
This story explains how mapmaking has been used as an instrument of power and how mapping alternatives can make the previously unseen …Annusuya Ghimire 7 min
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Big GeodataGeoVodcast Interview: What is OpenStreetMap?
Our guest this week is a Director of the OpenStreetMap Foundation, one of the world's most widely used mapping projects.Héctor Ochoa Ortiz 43:17
- Remote Sensing
Where's the 'coolest spot' in Suriname's capital? || ES.3 - Dr Geo
This week our contestants do their best to guess the spots in Paramaribo that provide vital ecosystem services!
Willemen, L.L.J.M. 32:14
- Spatial Data Science
What on earth are they trying to visualise? || ES.2 - Dr Geo
In this episode, Dr Geo must guess what data set our contestants are visualising using household items!
Köbben, B.J. 41:39
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Sustainable Cities
How GIS technology can help to keep growing cities sustainable
Continued and increasing urbanization worldwide makes it ever more complicated to keep urban development sustainable. This is a serious task for urban planners and managers. To this end, modern GIS (Geographic Information System) technology has a lot to offer in terms of solution support. A GIS is an information system that integrates, stores, edi…
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