Marcus Blake

Geographer working to help expand the use of spatial technologies in Public Health.

[Marcus Blake @MarcusMapMaker]

Fun making #GISArt today...

Distance to your nearest GP from every address in Australia.

[Marcus Blake @MarcusMapMaker]

@abcnewsradio One of the problems with a the lack of social infrastructure in suburbs is the lack of good data. The Centre for Australian in to Access is trying to combat this. https://t.co/DVWML2YWWO

[Dani Arribas-Bel `@[email protected]` @darribas]

On the theme of spooky 👻 @levijohnwolf, @rsfrankl and myself have a brand new episode of #theGLaDpodcast🎧🎧🎧This one, no less, on Digital Twins. You love them, you hate them, you can't ignore them...

📢https://t.co/5r8H8zAQbN

[Marcus Blake @MarcusMapMaker]

Amid Australia’s chaotic climate politics, the rooftop solar boom is an unlikely triumph https://t.co/QfZZjM6Bu4

[Mariana Mazzucato @MazzucatoM]

Achieving #HealthForAll requires concrete changes in economic policy.

My latest article with @DrTedros on the cover of the @TheLancet outlines next
steps on how to align health, economic, and environmental priorities at national
and international levels.

Read it here ➡️ https://t.co/xWj3mFUtUF

and more on the underpinning Council @Economy4Health recommendations here ➡️ https://t.co/Ke2wnor4SU

[Oliver Duke-Williams @oliver_dw]

An unexpected diversion in this talk; Ian spoke very positively about @WalthamstowAcad which he had recently visited; I'm proud to be a school governor there

[Marcus Blake @MarcusMapMaker]

Light pollution at night may increase risk of Alzheimer’s, study finds https://t.co/UfF9BFMCIL

[Marcus Blake @MarcusMapMaker]

How bad maps win elections - Gerrymandering explained https://t.co/8jwgmWW6F1 via @YouTube

[Alex @alexgleith]

Did we mention that @FOSS4G_Oceania is happening in Tasmania this year?

It's definitely not being held at Boring Creek!

[Tom Patterson @MtnMapper]

https://t.co/GCjPkG42Zb

[Marcus Blake @MarcusMapMaker]

@bogind2 @MapMakinMeyers @lyonwj Yep you can use https://t.co/AjtGWHPfsu_wkt to convert it to a geometry datatype.

[Hugh Saalmans @minus34]

#Postgres dump files, #geoparquet files in AWS S3 & #Docker containers for the August 2024 Geoscape #GNAF & admin boundaries release are up, for both GDA94 & GDA2020:

https://t.co/TDqIBqpX8Q
https://t.co/N9FJdnUtwC

[CARA @CARA_DRH]

Australia has a poverty problem – so why is there no agreed measure of it? | Poverty | The Guardian https://t.co/30g1rWsXP2

[CARA @CARA_DRH]

Given SEIFA is going on 40 years old, perhaps
@ABSStats should look at some more nuanced approaches. For example, the Alkire-Foster (AF) Method.

Technical introduction to the AF Method | OPHI https://t.co/Ym0vNXQEE1.

[Marcus Blake @MarcusMapMaker]

GP shortfall to worsen with regional and remote areas most at risk, report warns https://t.co/skSaaEdLh9

[eli knaap @knaaptime]

the new PySAL is out today! This release introduces the new Graph class and includes a *ton* of new stuff all across the metapackage

https://t.co/Ih1ILB12j5

[Overture Maps Foundation @OvertureMaps]

Overture Maps launched the Address Theme with over 200M addresses from 14 countries. 🌍

Our goal is to build a single, conflated, global address dataset and we invite our community to provide feedback on the schema.

Read our blog for details: https://t.co/wV0AdnhapU

[Michael E. Martin @locativespaces]

I've been taking a look at the @NUSingapore @fbiljecki Global StreetScapes dataset this morning for my city. Fascinating stuff. 🧵

https://t.co/tGiBN44a9O

[Owen Boswarva @owenboswarva]

Overture Maps Foundation Releases General Availability of its Open Maps Datasets https://t.co/qfVBztSukb from @OvertureMaps

Download process https://t.co/ni48XkNR80 + release notes https://t.co/QhFS55gywo (no persistent link)

#geospatial #osm #opendata

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[Yohan @yohaniddawela]

The most important geospatial concept?

The Modifiable Areal Unit Problem.

It can be the difference between reliable and deceptive results.

Here’s what you need to know about it:

[Yohan @yohaniddawela]

The most important geospatial concept?

Spatial Autocorrelation.

It can make the difference between spurious and accurate results.

Here’s what you need to know about it: