Sunday, January 19, 2025

EMU Analytics

 

EMU Analytics have shared a number of interactive maps on their Location Insights Explorer.



The Christmas Dinner interactive map visualizes where your Christmas dinner ingredients come from and also allows you to compare their 2018 agricultural production to that of 1945. You can therefore use the map to see if the areas associated with different livestock and crops has changed since World War II. You can also how their production has dramatically increased. For example in 1945 there were 1.6 million pigs. There are now 3.9 million pigs in England. 
Conversely the number of hectares given over to growing potatoes in 1945 was almost 4 times higher than it is today.

One thing that the map clearly reveals is that farming is much more intensively concentrated in certain areas today. Back in 1945 the farming of potatoes, pigs and turkeys was fairly evenly distributed across the country. In 2018 there is a less even distribution with livestock and crops being grown much more intensively in specific areas of the country.

This shows where cities are at risk of high temperatures which may make them unliveable.



Use the drop downs on the left hand table to discover a whole host of other maps on a range of themes
e.g. here's one on Social Infrastructure. As you can see, Norfolk doesn't have a great deal of this, and I live in a dark red area...


Other useful maps are:
- a fly-tipping map showing where incidence is highest
- HDI and Global risk mapping
- Tescos coverage in London
- areas where you are more likely to get stuck in a lift

Don't forget the CDRC maps as well for location insight.

Notable memorials in Central London

A map of notable memorials.



Saturday, January 11, 2025

SHIFT podcast with Jack Dangermond of esri

 

Listen to the SHIFT podcast which features an interview with Jack Dangermond, founder of esri. He is the President of esri.

From deciding where to build a new business, airport or fire station, to understanding the potential impact of decisions regarding conservation or governance, people make billions of maps everyday using GIS. 

We explore the history and evolution of this tech with one of its pioneers, in the latest instalment of our oral history project.

He is clear that "geography is everything!"



A few points that Jack makes:
  • Between 4 and 5 billion maps are made on esri's platforms every day.
  • GIS digitises geography and puts it into a geographical frame.
  • Organisations are run by geography.
  • Do analytics of the geography behind the maps.
  • GIS tools help frame the decision making they do.
  • FEMA and other emergency departments use the tools to plan the response to hazards
  • Roger Tomlinson invented the term GIS
  • Talks about getting his customers together and working out what they could develop as a product
  • esri has 680 000 customers... when they started they had single digit numbers of customers
  • A third of revenue is spent on advancing products and R&D
  • UPS saved hundreds of millions of dollars from rerouting their vehicles
  • Helped with EBOLA 
  • 1.3 trillion maps were created showing the spread of COVID19 around the world
  • "Geography is everything"
Find out more here.

Thursday, January 09, 2025

Global Influence Index (GII)

Thanks to Bob Lang / Brendan Conway for the tipoff to this GIS resource which explores the GII: the extent to which countries are influenced by, and align themselves with either USA or China.

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— Bob Lang (@boblanggeog.bsky.social) January 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The Global Influence Index (GII) measures the influence of both the U.S. and China in 191 countries. 

The GII uses 28 measures of influence across the economic, political, and security spectrums to track the U.S. - China competitive landscape.​​​​‌‍​‍​‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌​‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍​‍​‍​‍​​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌​‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌‍​‌‍‍​‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍​​‍‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌​‍‍‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‍​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‌​​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​​‍‌‍‌‌‍‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‍‍​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌​​‌‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‍​​‍​​‌​‌‍‌‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌​‍‌​​‌‌‍‌‌​‍​​‌‍​‍‌​‌​​‍​‌‍‌‍​​‍​‍‌‌‍​‍​‍​​‌‌​‌‍​‍‌​​‌​​‌‍‌‍​​​‍​​‍​​‍​‌‍​‌‍​‌‌‍‌​‌‍​​‍​​‍‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‌‍‌‌​‌‌‍‍​‌‍‌‍‌‌‍‌‌​‍‌​​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍​​‌‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‍​‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌‌‍‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌‌‌​‌​‌‍​‌‌‍‌‌‍‌‌​‌‍​‍‌‍​‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‍‌‍​​‌‌‍‍​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍‌‌​​‌​​‌​‍‌‌​​‍‌​‌‍​‍‌‌​​‍‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌​‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌‍​‌‍‍​‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍​​‍‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌​‍‍‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‍​‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌​​‌‌‍‌​‌‍​‌‍​​‍​​‌​‌‍‌‍‌‍‌​‌‍​‌​‍‌​​‌‌‍‌‌​‍​​‌‍​‍‌​‌​​‍​‌‍‌‍​​‍​‍‌‌‍​‍​‍​​‌‌​‌‍​‍‌​​‌​​‌‍‌‍​​​‍​​‍​​‍​‌‍​‌‍​‌‌‍‌​‌‍​​‍​​‍‌‍‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‌‍‌‌​‌‌‍‍​‌‍‌‍‌‌‍‌‌​‍‌‍‌​​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍​​‌‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‍​‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌‌‍‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌‌‌​‌​‌‍​‌‌‍‌‌‍‌‌​‍​‍‌‌ What is the influence they have in other countries?



Sunday, January 05, 2025

200 000 page views

Thanks for viewing. 

This is one of my older blogs and started out sharing ideas for Google Earth before broadening out over the years....

Thursday, January 02, 2025

Slavery from Space

The UN member countries have set the target of ending slavery by 2030.

However, no country has a system for actively monitoring slavery, and this lack of data leads to poor interventions and policies.

The Slavery from Space programme at the University of Nottingham aims to address this problem. The programme uses Earth Observation (EO) to identify and track the scars left on the Earth by the industries with high levels of slavery.

This includes fish processing in Bangladesh, brick-making in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal, deforestation in Mozambique, cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo, agriculture in Greece, and multiple sectors in Uganda.