Tom Peterken

Data Scientist doing all things geospatial at Ordnance Survey. Views my own etc. I don't really do Twitter much any more.

[Ordnance Survey @OrdnanceSurvey]

Created by Data Scientist Tom Peterken, this map shows the maximum temperature recorded across the UK each day in 2023. 🌡️

For Day 25 of the #30DayMapChallenge - Heat.

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This map visualises the results of OS employees plotting towns and cities in Hampshire on a blank map from their memory. Southampton had the highest accuracy, while Andover scored the lowest.

By Graduate Rebekah Spratt for Day 23 of the #30DayMapChallenge - Memory.

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Created by Associate Data Scientist Rebecca Aspin, this animated map uses the building age attribute in NGD Buildings to show the increase in residential building coverage over time. 🏘️

For Day 12 of the #30DayMapChallenge - Time and Space.

[leo🐋 @formuleo_]

What a crazy double overtake from Alex Albon. #F1 #CanadianGP https://t.co/JuofrDdf0e

[Tom Peterken @tompeterken]

@AstroMikeMerri @bbcpaddy The dark side of the moon is "dark" in the same way the Dark Ages were.... Just difficult to learn about due to lack of in-situ communication technology.

(I have no idea if this is what PF were thinking!)

[Tom Peterken @tompeterken]

@sarahinchis @undertheraedar I like this idea but I can think of a couple of omissions which satisfy that, e.g. Rutland is entirely within Rutland and Melton constituency.

[Tom Peterken @tompeterken]

@undertheraedar If it helps anyone, the list is local councils (north to south) Shetland, Orkney, Western Isles, Fermanagh & Omagh, Mid Ulster, North+South Tynesides, Rossendale, Bury, NW Leicestershire, Torridge, Gosport.

That doesn't help me answer the question though!

[Tom Peterken @tompeterken]

@sarahinchis @undertheraedar I thought this too at first based on Torridge, Western Isles, Orkney, and Shetland. But Mid-Ulster and Fermanagh+Omagh are Sinn Fein, Gosport is Lib Dem, North+South Tynesides are Labour, haven't checked the inland ones...

[Zac B 🇺🇦🇵🇸 @ZacB_MN]

Wikipedia is unironically one of the most impressive feats of human civilization, I’m not even being hyperbolic

[Tom Peterken @tompeterken]

@James_Hawke1 @99Battle You know you can see satellites right? Look at the sky as soon as the sky gets dark enough for stars, and you should see a few if you watch long enough.

[Tom Peterken @tompeterken]

@LeoMars75 @CallumCMason According to ONS, in FY21/22 (last data I can find), the median *household* (i.e. including partner) income is £32.3k. The average couple could get a house worth £160k with 1% deposit and 4.5xsalary mortgage.

Half of households (including most young couples) will be less.

[Michael Merrifield @AstroMikeMerri]

Here’s the thing: knowing that aurora are produced by the solar wind being channelled by the Earth’s magnetic field and crashing into the atmosphere doesn’t make the phenomenon any less beautiful.

Quite the opposite, in fact.

[Tom Peterken @tompeterken]

A cheese sandwich is the most basic of lunches, but really does anything beat fresh bread and fancy cheese?

Like vanilla flavour, it's a world away from being dull once you stop to think about how wonderful it is.

Find beauty in the everyday.

(And pay for good food if you can)

[Tom Peterken @tompeterken]

@tinscognito__ Everyone acknowledges the awkwardness of sharing an armrest. Sharing legroom is so much worse. Table seats are the worst.

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OS Data Scientist, Tom Peterken maps the longest line of sight ever photographed at 483.5km across northern Argentina for Day 2 of #30DayMapChallenge - Lines.

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

NEW: we need to talk about UK graduate wages, and the idea that Britain sends too many people to university.

American readers should stick around for the UK/US comparisons 👀

Let’s start with this: the UK graduate wage premium has fallen substantially over the last 25 years

[Tom Peterken @tompeterken]

@_biancachavez @ashleyruba_phd In my experience, I've had the opportunity to mentor some fantastic graduates. I've designed+delivered technical workshops to my colleagues on many occasions, plus helped with some training for a partner org a couple of times too. It's one of my favourite aspects of my job.

[Tom Peterken @tompeterken]

@ZJAyres Just putting this out there...

https://t.co/R60P3yq6bg

[Tom Peterken @tompeterken]

@AstroMikeMerri Really not sure but possibly a marsh harrier?

[Dr Charlie Gardner (also on the blue place) @CharlieJGardner]

Happy 111th birthday to this little one