Four weeks ago I blogged here about the availability of open data, posting it on the open web and its potential social impact. Two weeks ago I blogged here too about tracking three hurricanes in the Caribbean via the brilliant but closed earth.nullschool.net. In between I compared & contrasted open & closed regimes on my Medium channel... and that 2½ yrs after a previous blog here on same!
Tuesday, 26 September 2017
Wednesday, 13 September 2017
Trio of Caribbean Hurricanes early Sept 2017
Evolution of Hurricanes Katia, Irma and José, and of Tropical Storm 57. Note how:
- Katia developed late over Gulf of Mexico & stops shortly after head-on landfall
- Irma is the strongest having developed over warmer S Atlantic then Caribbean
- weakens to Category 3 on first Florida Keys landfall
- strengthens again over western Gulf of Mexico
- immediately weakens at second Florida Coast landfall
- still Cat2 (not shown) then finally Cat1 before degrading
- José stays strong over water, strengthens briefly to Cat4-5 then swerves to W Atlantic
- Tropical Storm 57 never materialised into a possible and feared hurricane three-punch
Friday, 1 September 2017
Emergency response maps as easy as 1-2-3
Update 5: read here my new occupation inspired by this 18 months later
Update 4: for a predictive app using Esri & Alexa, see this example in Maryland
Update 3: presented at European Petroleum GIS Conference in London, 2 Nov 2017
Update 2: Medium professional channel posting on Open Data issues raised here
Update 1: Youtube of freely available data show flood spread from 27 to 30 August
Update 4: for a predictive app using Esri & Alexa, see this example in Maryland
Update 3: presented at European Petroleum GIS Conference in London, 2 Nov 2017
Update 2: Medium professional channel posting on Open Data issues raised here
Update 1: Youtube of freely available data show flood spread from 27 to 30 August
