Had a dream about how skilifts are a really energy-efficient form of transport because they don't move much more than a person's body and a little metal, so they're more like a bike than a car. Now I'm trying to find out if this is actually true or not...
and wishing if my brain wants to work on sustainable transport overnight, it would pick a more useful topic 😅
Oh yeah, this is what it looks like as a puzzle (used the box picture for clarity before). Now I've got to work out what to do with it.
Google's is very commercial - mostly pubs and cafés apart from the Jewish Museum. (Does Google think I'm very interested in pubs, or is that what people are usually looking for in Surry Hills?) The NAS is a blank gray space, suggesting nothing interesting, until you zoom in closely and it gains a small label.
How much does ubiquitous use of one mapping system influence how we understand the city and what possibilities we see in it?
(Maybe not much for people less into maps than me!)
Darlinghurst mapped: Google vs Public Sydney
Spent a few too many hours since Christmas doing my Public Sydney puzzle the slow way - without looking at the picture or other maps to help!
The complex in the middle here puzzled me - I had no idea what or where it was. Turns out it's the National Art School, in the marvellous historic buildings of one of our oldest prisons: https://nas.edu.au/history/
Anyway, it really brought home the different perceptions of a city via different maps (cont)
@vallery Also I'm really interested in how they will be programmed to treat cyclists, but I imagine it will be respectful: this is another valid road user I will only overtake if it is safe to do so. Could actually lead to feeling much safer cycling in cities like mine, where many drivers seem angry and stressed at the sight of a bicycle.
Christmas presents! My people know me ❤️
Though I did send some of them a link to @philipthalis’s puzzle in advance… gotta drop hints 😁
I wrote a technical guide showing how you can create your own orthorectified (aka satellite view/bird mode) imagery, point clouds and 3D models of streets with nothing but a 360 degree camera mounted on bicycle helmet, and the open source photogrammetry software OpenDroneMap.
Why might you want to do this? With your own up-to-date, highly detailed point clouds and imagery you could:
- quantify and communicate inefficient road space allocation
- record necessary infrastructure repairs
- take measurements such as lane and cycleway widths
- measure footpath obstructions in 3D and rate pedestrian amenity
- map kerb features on OpenStreetMap
- survey street parking using the new OSM spec: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Street_parking
- 3D print a model of your home street!
#openstreetmap #opendronemap #maps #photogrammetry #curb #kerb #parking #cycling #urbanism #mapping
Did you know? We have a list of our favorite books for kids. Radicalize 'em into The War on Cars young... that's our philosophy.
Perfect gifts for the holidays!
https://twitter.com/FrankWu2316/status/1600284783950827521?s=20
RT @FrankWu2316@twitter.com
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Dropped a mention of @walk_sydney in there :) Suggested looking them up in response to many callers concerned about safety and lack of footpaths in their local areas, who don't necessarily know where to start with raising these issues.
Will be speaking on #walkability at our unit seminar (open to all) next Friday 4pm AEDT.
Have done the thing where I set myself a rather broad abstract for a 10 minute talk... Wanted to try something new in terms of bringing people on board, rather than the usual 'here is everything I've done in my PhD to date' talk that I've given before.
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/cfrc-seminar-series-friday-9th-december-2022-tickets-428935095417
PhD student at UNSW City Futures Research Centre. Committee member of WalkSydney (https://walksydney.org/). Interested in access, walkability, sustainable transport in general, open source urban analytics. Transport cyclist, climber, plant based.