The Avencia Atlas blog is our take on how geography impacts our daily lives. Where am I? What’s around me? How do I get there? What does a location mean? Pretty simple questions, but they obviously have many ramifications. From data sharing to innov
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We’ve been wrapped up in walkability to bring you Walkshed NYC. Using 10 data collections drawn from the NYC.gov Data Mine, we’ve entered Walkshed into the NYC BigApps competition to provide custom walkability mapping to NYC residents.
Just how much...
A theme I keep reiterating in presentations is that everything we encounter in daily life has a geographic component. Â Tying this geographic component into the technology we use is the key to real transformation in how we consume data in daily life....
Smart phones combine Internet access and camera capabilities with conventional cell phone functionality. The most recently released smart phones have global positioning systems (GPS), magnetic compass and accelerometer capabilities built in that...
Nonprofit technology is about eyeballs — attracting eyeballs, engaging eyeballs, and reporting on eyeballs. Whether the goal is to raise funds, advocate for a cause, or engage constituents, it is all about eyeballs. And here is the thing, we don’t...
Sometimes the only reaction that is possible to utter is — wow. Â This installation visualizes not only the air quality in particular neighborhoods in Seoul but also the public interest in a particular neighborhood’s air quality.
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