Community Engagement 1, ... 12, 13, 14 & 15
[ Update 3: the next installment updates the infrastructure aspects of this for East Anglia
Update 2: Cambridge could be completely underwater by 2100, warns Emoov report
Update 1: added slide deck at bottom, to summarize the last two years of work on this ]
After a hiatus focusing on Coronavirus and story maps on East Anglia and other mapping topics, let's revisit that moving target of sea level rise timing.
[ In the news: ‘Amazing success’ as community group plants 165 trees by banks of river Cam ]
The previous Tree planting survey 1-2-3 showed what3words used to located and post on a web map rough surveyed locations for tree planting directed by a tree surgeon, to help restore tree rows along the River Cam towpath immediately north of Cambridge UK. The beauty of turning out a web map the same day as the survey, is that shortly after, printing out the same map for tree-planting volunteers to take into the field was feasible almost as quickly. So after a 'high tech' Part I, here's a 'low tech' Part II.
[ Update: see next the fieldwork preparations that went on as a follow-up to this project
Update 2: See also other prior actions & concerns by same group here ]
New Flamingos, my Extinction Rebellion group in Cambridge decided to do a little outreach - not unlike my other group On the Edge that engages with my village around flood preparedness - we work with the community to replant trees along the left bank of the River Cam immediately North of Cambridge UK. This afternoon, a tree surgeon accompanied our survey along the river bank and suggested tree location and density as we walked.
[ Update 2: see Mars in 3D web view here for the latest imagery from NASA / USGS
Update 1: see "Explore Mars with GIS", the app and the story HT @PhilipMielke ]
And now for something completely different... Lockdown gave me plenty of time to be armchair explorer, and my latest story map Mars revisited open with:
As NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover prepares to land on the Red Planet, let's extend what started on #30DayMapCallenge Day 24 bonus images displaying tantalising pictures of what looked like solifluction and rock glaciers.
[ Update 2: Anaglyph 3D pops up Central Cambridge halfway down under Other Areas
Update 1: added four effects to enhance relief maps on mountain areas at the bottom ]
Last month's Story-in-a-map reminded me I created a number of map posters, as a mean to reach out to the community, where prints are better in town hall or small group presentations, as well as wall art.
[ Update: ONS deaths still rise slightly, NHSx cases resurgence continues topping 6.5M ]
Since our previous update, a third national lockdown resulted from the numbers that just keep increasing, as well as a second strain of the virus appearing but not split out in NHSx stats. That is patent in the comparative graphs below, updated as per above:
Here is the Parliament f i n a l l y addressing the challenges posed by the pandemic, with a fairly comprehensive review of the facts they gathered.
[ Update: see Update #7 in this story map on how to address topo inversion (#6 is this) ]
While I have written a few story maps, the #30DayMapChallenge last month has taught me to tell a story in a single map. The amazingly detailed DEFRA digital terrain model has already been used here (go to Update 1) in the Cambridge area of East Anglia. So here is a synoptic view of South Cambridgeshire, with its story in the box.
[ Update 1: Still no sign of the second wave abating and deaths on the increase again
Update 2 : next installment shows how the second wave numbers just keep growing ]
Further to our last blogpost, the second lockdown resulted from / is reflected in both sharp increases in cases passing 1.5M, and marked ones in deaths passing 70,000 and on the increase again.
[ Update: here is a final version for finer-grained subdivision of the same data ]
This is the third in a series of Story Maps after Sea Level Rise models in Cambridge, East Anglia and on Local Flooding in Cottenham immediately north. Full page here.
