by | Dec 3, 2021 | #MapCritiqueMonday
Today for #MapCritiqueMonday I want to discuss creating technology products that are useful. A few weeks ago I was looking up where the nearest Home Depot was on Google Maps. And in the process, I saw that our Home Depot now has an internal map provided. Now, I have...
by | Dec 3, 2021 | #MapCritiqueMonday
Are you dreaming of a white Christmas? Well, today on #MapCritiqueMonday let’s chat about this #WhiteChristmas map from the US Weather Service. A few things strike me: I’d love to have more context on the map– like major city names. I know that will...
by | Jul 26, 2021 | #MapCritiqueMonday, GIS
For #MapCritqueMonday I want us to look at this kid’s play mat. I got this to be a “squishy” map that I can stand on while I work at my standing desk. But this map has so many issues: 🗺️Topology 🗺️Incorrect Geography 🗺️ Projection I don’t have...
by | Jun 29, 2021 | #MapCritiqueMonday
One of my first GIS Projects was related to understanding settlement patterns in Northern Uganda post-conflict. As part of that work, we looked into ways to see how the population has changed over time. We ended up doing a manual classification of huts by looking at...
by | Jun 29, 2021 | #MapCritiqueMonday
What do the disparities look like in the area where you live? For #MapCritiqueMonday I want us to look at this dataset on the Area Deprivation Index (ADI). It “It allows for rankings of neighborhoods by socioeconomic disadvantage in a region of interest (e.g. at...
