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12 decisions when designing maps for the Sustainable Development Goals
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Artificial Intelligence12 decisions when designing maps for the Sustainable Development Goals
Adapted by Ottevanger, M. 8 min
ITCSpatial Data ScienceGeospatial data and the Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, the United Nations introduced the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the year 2030. The SDGs agenda encompasses 17 goals aimed at addressing various global challenges, including poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, peace, and justice.
At the time, the UN proclaimed that making better use of data was an imp…Adapted by Ottevanger, M. 7 min
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Dinosaurs are undoubtedly the most famous of all extinct creatures that have lived on our planet – a fame only matched by their popularity.
However, identifying these iconic animals and reconstructing their environment is an intricate puzzle.
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Lots of presentation, design, and publishing software allows you to quickly draw things like charts and maps. When you create a symbol with that software, say a pin on a map or a line on a data chart, you're typically given some default design, and then the option to change things like thickness and colour. Often people choose things they like, ma…
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Continued and increasing urbanization worldwide makes it ever more complicated to keep urban development sustainable. This is a serious task for urban planners and managers. To this end, modern GIS (Geographic Information System) technology has a lot to offer in terms of solution support. A GIS is an information system that integrates, stores, edi…
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