Geo Tokyo April 2022

when: Mon, Apr 18 2022
18:30 – 20:30
where: the Hive Jinnan
Jinnan, Shibuya, Tokyo
hosts: Alastair Tse, Shane Reustle
meetup: meetup.com/geotokyo

Our fourth meetup, and the first in person since 2020. Casual chat about all things mapping, beautiful data visualisations, GIS tech, cool map based projects, and demos from anyone whose company works on map related tech.

Schedule

18:30 Doors open

19:00 Discuss and demo interesting projects from Tokyo and globally

19:30 Round table: what people are building and what they want from future meetups

20:00 Networking

20:30 Doors close

Notes

Drinks were available at the bar with a minimum ¥500 contribution.

Thomas Logan presented about making spatial information accessible for people with disabilities. Here are a few more targeted references:

Projects presented

Making spatial information accessible — Thomas Logan How to make maps and spatial information accessible for people with disabilities.

Map links discussed all map links →

earth (nullschool) — Animated global map of wind, weather, ocean and pollution conditions, updated every three hours. visualization · dataset · earth.nullschool.net earth.nullschool.net

ekolokal.com

Ekolokal (エコローカル) — Eco-map of shops in Japan that are organic, plant-based, plastic-free, zero waste or fair trade. japan · ekolokal.com ekolokal.com

Electrical grid map of Japan (announcement) — @chizutodesign shares a nationwide power grid map two years in the making, all on one sheet. illustration · japan · twitter.com twitter.com

Equal Entry — Thomas Logan's accessibility consultancy. He presented on making maps and spatial information accessible. tool · equalentry.com equalentry.com

GEODIVE EXA — iPhone app linked to network RTK GPS for high-precision positioning (video, Japanese). tool · japan · youtube.com youtube.com

Surname Map — Map where a surname is found across Europe to trace its geographic origin. visualization · surnamemap.eu surnamemap.eu

Topographic Surveying with iPhone 13 Pro LiDAR — Surveyor Rami Tamimi maps terrain with the iPhone 13 Pro's LiDAR sensor (video). 3d · tool · youtube.com youtube.com

Viila — Japanese real estate portal for finding homes on a map. japan · viila.co viila.co

YAMAP LABO — YAMAP's lab of experimental hiking map features: foliage and snow maps, 3D trail replays, off-trail alerts. tool · japan · labo.yamap.com labo.yamap.com

YAMAP: trail traffic shown by line thickness — YAMAP's hiking map draws routes thicker where more hikers walk them. visualization · japan · corporate.yamap.co.jp corporate.yamap.co.jp

電力系統マップ (Electrical grid map of Japan) — chizutodesign's map of Japan's transmission lines, substations, switching stations and power plants. illustration · japan · chizutodesign.com chizutodesign.com