Nick Rabinowitz

Javascript and data visualization developer, father. Generally curious, cautiously optimistic.

[Nick Rabinowitz @nrabinowitz]

New notebook empirically demonstrating how hexagons provide a more compact tile for data indexing #h3 #bestagons https://t.co/rftMYZdti2

[Nick Rabinowitz @nrabinowitz]

Looking forward to this @Foursquare webinar on Mar 13! Join me for an overview and detailed use case exploring how non-profit organizations can leverage geospatial analysis to make informed decisions about their work. https://t.co/enDleoGeV9

[Foursquare Studio @FSQStudio]

Foursquare Senior Staff Engineer @nrabinowitz sat with the @Mapscaping podcast to discuss unraveling the secrets of transforming data into captivating #geospatial visualizations with FSQ Studio.💡

Listen to the full show 👉 https://t.co/DumCWzQU1K #mapscaping #locationdata

[Foursquare @Foursquare]

We're honored to share that Foursquare's #HexTiles has been nominated for @BigDATAwireNews Readers’ Choice Awards in the Best Big Data Product: Business Intelligence and Data Visualization category!

Click👇 to vote until 10/25 at 11:59 p.m. PT.
https://t.co/soD5H8gFKh

[Nick Rabinowitz @nrabinowitz]

Thanks so much to @MapScaping for hosting me on the podcast to discuss big data in web-based geospatial applications. Really honored to be included, and thanks for making me sound so good! 😄 https://t.co/IbhbutWaI3

[MapScaping @MapScaping]

I have been working with @Foursquare on a series of podcast episodes and they have been absolutely awesome to work with!

https://t.co/UPdAmhz9GE

[Nick Rabinowitz @nrabinowitz]

#MayThe4thBeWithYou A tribute to Princess Leia in H3 hexagons: https://t.co/yflQ4dqChK

[Nick Rabinowitz @nrabinowitz]

As promised, here's the notebook (thanks @observablehq!). The new functions are a little esoteric, but they open up some very efficient data processing approaches - let me know what you do with them! https://t.co/6wUU8oRxvq

[Nick Rabinowitz @nrabinowitz]

h3-js v4.1.0 is now up on npm 🎉 https://t.co/24LuZsBVma

This version fixes the bundle for React Native and Web Workers, and includes the new functions cellToChildPos and childPosToCell - I'll put up a new notebook soon to demo some of the new use cases they support.

[Nick Rabinowitz @nrabinowitz]

@vikramgundeti @patrick_oshag @heshan_cheri That’s super kind, but I’m not even sure I’m in the top 2 at @Foursquare 😄

[Nick Rabinowitz @nrabinowitz]

@kylebarron2 We’ll miss you Kyle! You’ve been an awesome teammate and a really original thinker - glad I got a chance to work with you!

[Isaac Brodsky @IsaacBrodsky]

.@Foursquare released new open source bindings for H3 in Presto: https://t.co/SMjXZmev6G @FSQStudio @nrabinowitz

[Nick Rabinowitz @nrabinowitz]

Looking forward to @ieeevis! @heshan_cheri and I will be offering a tutorial on large-scale geospatial visualization & analysis using #H3 and Unfolded Studio: https://t.co/TE8jm9M2hM

[Isaac Brodsky @IsaacBrodsky]

H3 version 4.0.0 is released! https://t.co/oS6hqCnLps @nrabinowitz @ISV_Damocles @ajfriend1

[Nick Rabinowitz @nrabinowitz]

Just to reiterate the release notes: H3 v4 does not change the cell indexes themselves. It's 100% compatible with existing data, using the same hexagons you know and love ⬣❤️⬣❤️⬣

[Nick Rabinowitz @nrabinowitz]

Over the weekend, we published the first v4 release candidate for h3-js 🎉. We've been working on v4 of the core H3 library for some time, and we're excited to get it out to users. https://t.co/L0FDOwx5xp

[Nick Rabinowitz @nrabinowitz]

For h3-js users, npm/yarn should protect you from breaking changes until you're ready to upgrade. But if you use an *unpinned* version of h3-js, e.g. in @observablehq notebooks, you'll want to pin the import to 3.7.2 to avoid errors.

[Nick Rabinowitz @nrabinowitz]

Always great to see #H3 used in a new project - this is super interesting, and really well done!

[John Wiseman @lemonodor]

Finally, the only daily, global, free map of GPS interference has officially launched: https://t.co/4ezvY3PEQN Watch jamming around conflict zones develop over time. Wonder who's jamming GPS all around Moscow. Like all the best maps, it raises more questions than it answers!

[Isaac Brodsky @IsaacBrodsky]

OSM features have landed in @unfoldedinc as Hex Tiles: you can now bring in being on a road or building into your analytics. Or, my favorite, explore the global railroad network: https://t.co/l83qq5YRHg @JWasilGeo @nrabinowitz