Day: May 12, 2020💾

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Planet of the Humans | Full Documentary | Directed by Jeff Gibbs

Michael Moore presents Planet of the Humans, a documentary that dares to say what no one else will this Earth Day — that we are losing the battle to stop climate change on planet earth because we are following leaders who have taken us down the wrong road — selling out the green movement to wealthy interests and corporate America. This film is the wake-up call to the reality we are afraid to face: that in the midst of a human-caused extinction event, the environmental movement’s answer is to push for techno-fixes and band-aids. It's too little, too late.

There is a lot of truth in this film - as much as people want to denounce it. Green energy isn't as green as it's proponents make it seem. Before you reject the film, I encourage you to catch the film in it's entirety and give it a lot of thought.

SVGZ Graphic: Number of Bridges by State

Buildings In Municpality

The other day I was experimenting with the Microsoft Buildings dataset, trying to better understand where there are most buildings. I knew suburban areas had more buildings then urban areas, with sprawling single family homes, a trend you can see around most of the major upstate cities. Manhattan, has a massive under-count of buildings, by almost a factor of 10, due to the way the Microsoft Building algorithm sometimes groups together buildings in urban areas.

How I made this map:

  1. Took the Microsoft Building Footprint data, converted to Centroids.
  2. Ran Count Points in Polygon, against Census TIGER/Line for County Subdivisions

    https://github.com/Microsoft/USBuildingFootprints

Map: Green Mnt NF Forest Road 74 Camping
Map: Green Mnt NF Forest Road 74 Camping