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alan, 4 months ago to random

OMG the anti-truck urbanists are going to go nuts for this one!

That normal car with snow on the hood looks like it has better visibility than the truck with its gigantic oversized hood height.

It’s no wonder that we’re seeing an increase in pedestrian fatalities with truck designs like these. https://www.npr.org/2023/11/14/1212737005/cars-trucks-pedestrian-deaths-increase-crash-data

Original FB post: https://www.facebook.com/share/68K2BpbBzgbW5sZy/

alan, 9 months ago to maps

New text-on-maps search tool from the David Rumsey Map Library at Stanford: https://machines-reading-maps.github.io/rumsey/
#DavidRumsey #maps #cartography #historical #search #ocr

alan, 10 months ago to random

So frustrating to see articles about third party presidential campaigns and vote splitting without any mention of #RankedChoiceVoting as a solution https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-19/in-poll-47-of-voters-would-consider-third-party-candidate-for-president

alan, 5 months ago to pnw

Very cool to see so many local Mastodon servers here in the #PNW / #Cascadia region, on @jaz's great "Mastodon Near Me" map.

Also an excellent use of the "uMap" tool from the #OpenStreetMap community!

http://mastodon-near.me/#6/44.590/-121.113

alan, 11 months ago to TheExpanse

I may have just created a discussion group (a "magazine") for #TheExpanse over on #kbin, which is a fediverse alternative to #reddit https://kbin.social/m/TheExpanse @TheExpanse #RedditMigration

alan, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to random

I'm really excited that the famous @stamen map styles will continue to live on into the future, thanks to @stadiamaps! I've been helping to support these styles for a decade now and it's a relief to see them updated and refreshed for the next generation of map users. https://stamen.com/here-comes-the-future-of-stamen-maps/

alan, 4 months ago to maps

I really don't know when you would need to do this, but I'm glad you can do this.

From the #CesiumJS code examples:
https://sandcastle.cesium.com/?src=Cartographic%20Limit%20Rectangle.html

#maps #cartography #earth #globe #OpenSource #JavaScript #Cesium

alan, 4 months ago to random

In the early years of Twitter there were so many cool apps built on geotagged tweets for use cases like disaster mapping. Also many beautiful maps of spatial patterns of social media from creative coders like Erica Fischer.

Gradually, though, people stopped using geotags in Twitter and nothing quite took its place.

But now with @Edent's work to implement "Foursquare on Mastodon" maybe a new geosocial age is dawning?

Feature request for geotag display in Mastodon: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/29002

alan, 6 months ago to random

#WholeWashington (the volunteer organization that is working to bring #UniversalHealthcare to #WashingtonState) is currently studying when to attempt their next signature-gathering campaign for a ballot initiative. In the mean time, you can help them out by signing this "Pledge to Sign" petition so they are ready to go when it's time to gather official signatures: https://wholewashington.org/pledge-to-sign/

#WaState #WashingtonSt #HealthCare

alan, 9 months ago to TheExpanse

A programming language based on Belter creole #LangBelta from the SciFi TV show #TheExpanse https://github.com/demaere-oiie/beltabol

alan, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to cascadia

Interesting news-ish article about #HighSpeedRail in the #SeattleTimes sponsored by Microsoft.

https://www.seattletimes.com/sponsored/a-look-at-high-speed-rail-convenience-jobs-housing-and-cleaner-air/

I can't quibble with the content (it all holds water) and it's a good promotional summary of the topic.

The whole sponsored thing is a bit "ick", but whatever, newspapers aren't what they once were! And it's a nice counter to the regressive, anti-HSR editorials recently published in the Seattle Times.

#Cascadia #Seattle #HSR #CascadiaRail #CascadiaHSR @CascadiaRail

alan, 11 months ago to SanJuanIslands

I just stumbled upon another local instance similar to our own, right "next door" in the #SanJuanIslands called https://sanjuans.life. Hello over there @jeff, @LeeOnOrcas, et al.! I also appreciate this line in their description: "Local conversation, globally federated with the rest of the world." Nice concise explanation of the concept of a local server. I might steal that! #SanJuans #SalishSea #PNW #Cascadia #SubduedSocial #LocalServer #LocalInstance

alan, 6 months ago to art

"Map Projections: The Hot Dog" by artist Agnes Denes 1976, in the National Gallery of Art

https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.127416.html

#Art #Maps #cartography #MapProjections #projections #AgnesDenes #HotDog #NationalGallery #NationalGalleryOfArt

alan, 4 months ago to Seattle

Today is Point Elliott Treaty Day here in the northwest part of #WashingtonState, including #Seattle, #EverettWA, #BellinghamWA, & much of #PugetSound & the #SalishSea. On this day in 1855 the United States signed a treaty with representatives of local sovereign native nations that provides the legal foundation for all non-native settlement in this area, including ongoing legal obligations that we have to our #indigenous neighbors. Take a moment today to learn more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Point_Elliott

alan, 10 months ago to cascadia

“Maritime Washington National Heritage Area launches interactive map”
https://www.thenorthernlight.com/stories/maritime-washington-national-heritage-area-launches-interactive-map,27347
#WashingtonState #SalishSea #Cascadia #BellinghamWA

alan, 7 months ago to random

Kids National Day of Action: #WhatcomCounty.

Join us on Sunday, Nov. 12 @ 12pm in Squalicum Creek Park.

Whatcom Families for Justice in Palestine presents a child-focused event advocating for a #ceasefire in Gaza. Stand in solidarity with families nationwide opposing the violence against the Palestinian people.

• Letter writing campaign to representatives
• Children's art projects
• Children's literature readings
• Community solidarity stand

Repost from https://www.instagram.com/whatcomfamiliesforjustice/

#BellinghamWA

alan, 1 year ago to random

Attention friends in Bellingham, Washington. I'm afraid there is a young English football prodigy named Jude Bellingham who has made the #Bellingham hashtag useless for local news. This guy has a 20+ year career ahead of him, so I suggest we abandon that hashtag & switch to #BellinghamWA.

alan, 6 months ago to Japan

#OpenStreetMap question: Does anyone have any pointers where I could learn more about the tagging of rivers in #Japan? (Unfortunately, I don’t speak Japanese). Looks like there was an #OpenData import that tagged too many features as "rivers" that should probably be “streams”, causing Japan to have way too much waterway density.

Here are screenshots of #Tokyo, Seattle, and Zurich all at zoom 10, showing how Japan has way more rivers than you'd expect at this zoom level.

#Maps #Data #OSM

A map of the Seattle area at zoom 10, showing nothing but water features from OpenStreetMap. Compared to Tokyo, there are many fewer rivers, and they are more evenly spaced across the landscape.
A map of the Zurich area at zoom 10, showing nothing but water features from OpenStreetMap. Compared to Tokyo, there are many fewer rivers, and they are more evenly spaced across the landscape.

alan, 1 year ago to Minnesota

Great news, the #NationalPopularVote is now law in yet another state: #Minnesota! Slow and steady progress toward a fairer and more representative democracy. https://myemail.constantcontact.com/National-Popular-Vote-signed-into-law-in-Minnesota.html #NPVIC #ElectoralCollege

TerribleMaps, 1 year ago to random

A comprehensive map of all countries that use the MMDDYYYY date format

alan, 6 months ago to SketchUp

I used to use Google #Sketchup for occasional amateur #architectural drawings, and it was the perfect tool for what I needed to do. Not too powerful, not really for actual construction-quality designs, but just right for fleshing out ideas about building volume and interior floorplans. But Sketchup moved to Trimble a few years ago, the free version doesn't work anymore. Anyone have recommendations for another free tool I should use instead? Would learning #Blender be overkill for this use case?

A 3D Sketchup illustration I made a few years ago showing some interior floorplans, calling out the square footage of various rooms and the location of bathrooms, kitchens, etc. It's a very simplified, computer-graphics looking drawing but it's enough to get the idea of what a hypothetical floorplan might look like inside a building.

alan, 10 days ago to random

What a headline! I guess this passes for breaking news here in our sleepy town of #BellinghamWA

"New restaurant abruptly opens in Bellingham"

#BellinghamHerald

alan, 4 months ago to cascadia

The #SubduedSocial Mastodon server now has custom emoji for the flags of #BellinghamWA, #WashingtonState, and #Cascadia. Enjoy!

:bellingham:
:flag_washington_state:
:cascadia:

alan, 3 days ago (edited 16 hours ago) to accessibility

I have Opinions about conference name tags.

These name tags at State of the Map US are beautifully designed, but the name needs to be bigger! I have to get way too close to people to read their name.

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#OpenStreetMap #sotmus #sotmus2024 #conferences #accessibility