#30DayMapChallenge Day 28 - Black Friday
Black Friday or Bird Friday?
We think that birdwatching is better than impulsive shopping - even in November.
Our map shows the 1512 observations in Finland that eBird users have posted over the past Black Fridays (2015-2024).
What birds have you seen today?
By: @matabatchi & Sini Ruohomäki
The popularity of outdoor recreation in Finland is growing and the ways
people move in nature are diversifying.
Together with Metsähallitus Parks and Wildlife Services we propose operationalizing the use of mobile big data for visitor monitoring and the management of outdoor recreation.
Our policy recommendations draw on our long-term research using digital footprints to understand recreation and nature conservation.
Read more from our blog post: https://lnkd.in/dGYn2gvW
Our work at @digigeolab using #BigData in #NatureRecreation and #Conservation research is quite extensive, and we have collaborated with #Metsähallitus on this research extensively over the last ten years.
We decided to turn our findings and understanding into policy recommendations on using such data to get useful information (only in Finnish). Please check it out here: https://helda.helsinki.fi/server/api/core/bitstreams/f8f62c15-8ed1-4844-917e-6091675e32a4/content
#Luonto #Kansallispuisto #Politiikka #Luonnonsuojelu #Nature #Recreation #Conservation
#30DayMapChallenge Day 20 - Water: An Australian River Alphabet
Inspired by Katie Holten's Irish Tree Alphabet 🌳
Not many Australian river names begin with either 'X' and 'Z'. Symbols to still be developed
River centrelines courtesy of the amazing HydroSHEDS project https://www.hydrosheds.org/
River catchment data courtesy of Geoscience Australia (2011) https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/73078
(c) Rory Taylor
📢 GREENTRAVEL VR Technical Report Released!
🌳 🚴 🌳In GREENTRAVEL, we developed an in-house VR system to conduct VR cycling experiments into the wellbeing effects of urban street greenery during everyday cycling activities. We learnt a lot, documented the process in detail and now release that documentation openly for all.
📄Read more here: https://blogs.helsinki.fi/digital-geography/2025/11/17/greentravel-vr-technical-report-released/
📖 Check the report out here: https://helda.helsinki.fi/items/395be1aa-3b03-465d-959e-4a301f0153b0
#UrbanPlanning #VirtualReality #ActiveTravel #UrbanDesign #SmartCities
We also made a new tool!
Play around on this interactive shade webmap over all of Helsinki: https://tadusko.github.io/hki_shademap/
#30daymapchallenge Day 17: A new tool
Helsinki enjoyed a grand total of 12 minutes of sunshine in November (1.–13.11). No better time to remember that yes, the sun does still exists.
This map shows Helsinki's shadiest / sunniest places in June. New tool? #GRASSGIS solar irradiance model.
Tuomas Väisänen 📼🧟♂️