'The methods used to collect, interpret, and disseminate map data have been evolving ever since [Hawaiian Volcano Observatory's] founding in 1912, and a digital tool newly available to the public continues that legacy of innovation. The new digital tool is an interactive, browser-based display of map data that can be updated in near-real-time with eruption features, such as lava flows.'
On examination, this is apparently the Rosebud Indian Reservation, which has been shattered into a million different pieces. There's got to be some history to that. (I suspect, probably some trickery/abuse on the part of the US related to supression of Native Americans, but I may be wrong) https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/9869788#map=14/43.4802/-100.5684#gis#mapping#SouthDakota
Aha, yes... "One hundred years ago homesteaders began buying land that was formerly part of American Indian reservations.. The Rosebud Reservation was opened in 1904 after many years of negotiations with the federal government.... Many tribal members never saw the money, but lost the land....The Lakota were left with a disaster, a checker-boarded reservation and land issues that still plague them today. Most reservations in South Dakota were opened to homesteading, all are checker-boarded within the boundaries with land owned by non-Indians, tribal members, the tribes and much lease and fee land."
What’s so bad about a road?
Roads are forest killers.
"A road means access. Once roads are bulldozed into rainforests, illegal loggers, miners, poachers and landgrabbers arrive. Once they get access, they can destroy forests, harm native ecosystems and even drive out or kill indigenous peoples. This looting of the natural world robs cash-strapped nations of valuable natural resources."
Today's fun/success: managed to whip together some software in a few hours on Friday to map out the path of the eclipse totality in real time, and it worked today! I guess I can use it again in 2044, LOL. #software#gis#mapping
The 7th OSM Delhi mapping party is coming up! Newcomers will learn to use and edit OSM, experienced editors will learn new techniques, and together we will improve OSM's coverage. No experience with maps needed, so invite all your friends!
🗓️ Date - Saturday, 13th of April
⏰ Time - 17:00 to 19:00 hours (5 PM to 7 PM)
🗺️ Location - South Campus (exact location will be sent via email)
I've created a new web app - British Placename Mapper at https://placenames.rtwilson.com/ - you can search for placenames in various ways (starts with 'great', ends with 'burgh' etc) and show them on an interactive map. Try a few of the examples and send me any cool maps you come up with!
(Re-posting for those who sensibly weren't using social media on a bank holiday weekend!)
Ever wondered about UK place names? My new web app lets you search place names (starting with 'south', ending with 'burgh', containing 'sea' etc) and plot them on a map - and then share those maps with friends.
Oh look! I have a pre-Google map of Sunnyvale! Look at that giant undeveloped land at Wolfe and Homestead! Maybe someday someone will put a duck pond there. Can someone give me directions to Leonard Ave? It's not coming up on Apple Maps. #Sunnyvale#SiliconValley#mapping#gis#maps#history
“They don’t get much in the way of posthumous glory, but Roman surveyors have left us a wealth of technical treatises, collectively known as the Corpus Agrimensorum Romanorum, which is of unique historical importance for its detailed descriptions of the nature of land settlement, and the role of emperors, especially Augustus, in regulating urban centers in a rural environment. Archaeologist David Gilman Romano, longtime director of the Corinth Computer Project, has been using the Agrimensores to understand the rural geography of Corinth and the nature of Roman re-settlement of the city… #GIS#spatial#mapping#surveying#surveyor#survey#instrumentation#ancientrome#roman#history#urban#buildings#aqueducts#roads#fortifactions#construction#engineering#design#archaeology#archaeologist