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SUHII or “Surface Urban Heat Island Intensity” is now Mapped for Every City in the World

by John GarnerEnvironment, Exclusive, Tool Reviews July 28, 2021July 28, 2021No Comments

SUHII, which stands for “Surface Urban Heat Island Intensity,” has been globally mapped by authors and creators T. Chakraborty and X. Lee with Yale University’s Center for Earth Observation. As the world is getting hotter, our urban areas are suffering the most, with highly developed neighborhoods sometimes climbing 15°F to 20°F hotter than their neighboring …

EXPLORE THE COMPREHENSIVE INTERACTIVE DATABASE OF THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT

Interactive Maps to Better Understand the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

by John GarnerExclusive, Justice, News, Political, Tool Reviews May 17, 2021July 22, 2021No Comments

With the Israeli-Palestinian conflict raging on, we’ve put together a quick list of interactive maps to better understand what’s happening in Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip. And, as always, feel free to explore more web mapping applications and interactive data tools found on this site. 1. Conquer and Divide: Interactive map illustrating …

Mapping Inequality: Redlining in New Deal America

by John GarnerExclusive, Housing, Justice, Tool Reviews April 22, 2021July 22, 2021No Comments

Mapping Inequality: Redlining in New Deal America Tool Review Between 1935 and 1940, in the midst of the Great Depression recovery, the Home Owner’s Loan Corporation (HOLC) used data from local real estate appraisers, developers, and lenders to assign housing “grades” to residential neighborhoods across the U.S. in an effort to show a particular neighborhood’s …

Neighborhood Poverty In America: Using The Opportunity Atlas

by John GarnerExclusive, Justice, Tool Reviews February 16, 2021July 22, 2021No Comments

Neighborhood poverty in America may be difficult to pinpoint, but it’s certainly not impossible. The Opportunity Atlas, created by the U.S. Census Bureau and Opportunity Insights, is an interactive map that successfully identifies which neighborhoods provide children the best chance of rising out of poverty. Using anonymous data and following 20 million Americans from their …

Check Out This Interactive New York City Street Trees Map

by John GarnerEnvironment, Exclusive, Tool Reviews February 6, 2021July 22, 2021No Comments

New York City may have lost a lot of trees since its early founding, but there’s signs of hope in the Big Apple with the new “New York City Street Trees Mapper.” The city’s latest tree census includes, “the world’s most accurate and detailed map of a city’s street trees,” and it’s ushering in a …

Hate Groups In the United States: Using The SPLC Tool

by John GarnerJustice, Political, Tool Reviews January 14, 2021January 17, 2021No Comments

Hate groups in the United States come in many different forms — white nationalist, anti-LGBTQ, skinheads, neo-confederates, etc. — but how many of them actually exist? Well, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), who has been fighting hate groups since 1971, there are over 1600 extremist groups and 940 hate groups currently operating in …

Visualize Sea Level Rise With NOAA’s New Tool

by John GarnerEnvironment, Tool Reviews December 28, 2020January 2, 2021No Comments

The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has created a user-friendly tool to visualize the potential impacts of sea level rise on communities. Called the Sea Level Rise Viewer, the tool allows you to pick an area (in the U.S.) and explore potential inundation through best and worst case scenarios. Additionally, you can use it to …