GEO
TOKYO
GEO TOKYO
MEETUP
#1
THU, JAN 30 · 19:00 EDGEof
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Geo Tokyo #1

when
Thu, Jan 30 2020
19:00 – 21:30
where
EDGEof
Jinnan, Shibuya, Tokyo
hosts
Alastair Tse, Shane Reustle
meetup
meetup.com/geotokyo

Our first Geo Tokyo event. We casually chatted about all things mapping: active projects in Japan, what people were working on, and what everyone wanted to see from future meetups.

Map links discussed all map links →
gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com
2020 Coronavirus Tracker — Johns Hopkins' ArcGIS dashboard tracking COVID-19 cases worldwide. visualization · dataset · gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com
All roads in Tokyo — Every road in Tokyo drawn from OpenStreetMap, by @anvaka. visualization · japan · anvaka.github.io
blog.mapbox.com
Custom Treasure Map styling with Mapbox — Mapbox's write-up on designing a hand-drawn treasure map style. basemap · illustration · blog.mapbox.com
Edo era Google Maps — Tokyo in the Edo period rendered in Google Maps' style, by @chizutodesign. historical · illustration · japan · twitter.com
justinobeirne.com
Justin O’Beirne’s cartography articles — Wonderfully detailed articles comparing Google and Apple Maps' design. basemap · justinobeirne.com
Kepler.gl — Uber's open-source tool for large-scale geospatial visualisation in the browser. tool · visualization · kepler.gl
Kyoukai-Kyoukai: Boundary Society — A society for people fascinated by administrative boundaries (境界協会). japan · facebook.com
Live Tokyo Trains in 3D — Real-time 3D visualisation of Tokyo's trains, by nagix. 3d · transit · visualization · japan · nagix.github.io
Medieval Fantasy City Generator — Procedurally generated medieval city maps, by watabou. illustration · watabou.itch.io
OpenStreetMap Community — Tokyo OpenStreetMap meetups on Peatix. Other tech meetups are listed at tokyotech.com. japan · peatix.com
anvaka.github.io
Peak Map — Ridgeline-style elevation maps of any area, by @anvaka. visualization · anvaka.github.io
map.safecast.org
Safecast’s Radiation Map — Crowdsourced radiation measurements mapped worldwide, started in Japan after 2011. dataset · visualization · japan · map.safecast.org
Tokyo Suribachi — Exploring Tokyo’s bowl-shaped valleys and micro-topography (東京スリバチ学会). japan · facebook.com
tokyobikeshare.com
Tokyo’s Docomo Bike Share Inventory Map — Live map of bike availability at Docomo bike share ports across Tokyo. transit · japan · tokyobikeshare.com
Transit Maps — Twitter account collecting and reviewing transit map design. transit · illustration · twitter.com
GEO
TOKYO
Tokyo mapping meetup.
Organizers
Alastair Tse Independent Researcher
Shane Reustle Founder of Strata KK, Software Engineering
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