#landusage — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #landusage, aggregated by home.social.
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Stony Brook University: Mapping Eight Decades of Long Island Land-Use Change with AI. “The students… explored how large language models with computer-vision capabilities could help identify urban areas, roads, and non-urban land in the historical imagery. Using AI-generated classifications, they documented substantial development in the study areas including an increase in urban area from 8.5 […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/07/stony-brook-university-mapping-eight-decades-of-long-island-land-use-change-with-ai/ -
Stony Brook University: Mapping Eight Decades of Long Island Land-Use Change with AI. “The students… explored how large language models with computer-vision capabilities could help identify urban areas, roads, and non-urban land in the historical imagery. Using AI-generated classifications, they documented substantial development in the study areas including an increase in urban area from 8.5 […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/07/stony-brook-university-mapping-eight-decades-of-long-island-land-use-change-with-ai/ -
New York City: Mayor Mamdani Launches LIFT Tracker to Build Affordable Housing on City-owned Land. “The tracker maps more than 100 City-owned sites across the five boroughs that will deliver more than 50,000 new homes, making it easier for New Yorkers to follow the City’s progress in bringing new housing online. LIFT also highlights opportunities to pair new housing with public amenities, […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/31/new-york-city-mayor-mamdani-launches-lift-tracker-to-build-affordable-housing-on-city-owned-land/ -
New York City: Mayor Mamdani Launches LIFT Tracker to Build Affordable Housing on City-owned Land. “The tracker maps more than 100 City-owned sites across the five boroughs that will deliver more than 50,000 new homes, making it easier for New Yorkers to follow the City’s progress in bringing new housing online. LIFT also highlights opportunities to pair new housing with public amenities, […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/31/new-york-city-mayor-mamdani-launches-lift-tracker-to-build-affordable-housing-on-city-owned-land/ -
University of Waterloo: GeoSafe empowers communities to plan for a changing climate. “Drawing on more than 18 years of experience in civil and environmental engineering, geospatial technologies and infrastructure resilience, Shwan developed GeoSafe, a user-friendly platform that helps property owners, municipalities, engineers, planners, insurers and developers better understand climate-related […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/28/university-of-waterloo-geosafe-empowers-communities-to-plan-for-a-changing-climate/ -
University of Waterloo: GeoSafe empowers communities to plan for a changing climate. “Drawing on more than 18 years of experience in civil and environmental engineering, geospatial technologies and infrastructure resilience, Shwan developed GeoSafe, a user-friendly platform that helps property owners, municipalities, engineers, planners, insurers and developers better understand climate-related […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/28/university-of-waterloo-geosafe-empowers-communities-to-plan-for-a-changing-climate/ -
The Conversation: When can a power company take your land for data center infrastructure?. “I’m a legal scholar who studies eminent domain issues, and I interpret today’s disputes over seizure of property for the benefit of AI infrastructure as the latest incarnation of a long-standing debate about the limits of taking private property for public use.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/22/the-conversation-when-can-a-power-company-take-your-land-for-data-center-infrastructure/ -
The Conversation: When can a power company take your land for data center infrastructure?. “I’m a legal scholar who studies eminent domain issues, and I interpret today’s disputes over seizure of property for the benefit of AI infrastructure as the latest incarnation of a long-standing debate about the limits of taking private property for public use.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/22/the-conversation-when-can-a-power-company-take-your-land-for-data-center-infrastructure/ -
Beautiful Public Data: The footprints of every building in NYC. “As of July 13, 2026, there are 1,082,974 buildings that New York City tracks. Anyone who has spent any amount of time in NYC knows that the city is under a permanent state of construction, and demolition — massive new buildings just pop up out of nowhere all the time. The pace of change is so rapid in fact, that the New York […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/21/beautiful-public-data-the-footprints-of-every-building-in-nyc/ -
Beautiful Public Data: The footprints of every building in NYC. “As of July 13, 2026, there are 1,082,974 buildings that New York City tracks. Anyone who has spent any amount of time in NYC knows that the city is under a permanent state of construction, and demolition — massive new buildings just pop up out of nowhere all the time. The pace of change is so rapid in fact, that the New York […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/21/beautiful-public-data-the-footprints-of-every-building-in-nyc/ -
University of British Columbia: New tool maps public land with potential for hundreds of thousands of affordable homes in B.C.. “The B.C. Public Lands Map is the first tool of its kind in Canada, combining federal, provincial, and municipal data to identify prime parcels of public land — from empty plots to vacant government buildings to surface parking lots — suitable for affordable […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/04/university-of-british-columbia-new-tool-maps-public-land-with-potential-for-hundreds-of-thousands-of-affordable-homes-in-b-c/ -
University of British Columbia: New tool maps public land with potential for hundreds of thousands of affordable homes in B.C.. “The B.C. Public Lands Map is the first tool of its kind in Canada, combining federal, provincial, and municipal data to identify prime parcels of public land — from empty plots to vacant government buildings to surface parking lots — suitable for affordable […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/04/university-of-british-columbia-new-tool-maps-public-land-with-potential-for-hundreds-of-thousands-of-affordable-homes-in-b-c/ -
Gizmodo: A Farmer Donated Land for a Public Park and the City Sold It to a Data Center Developer for $10 Million. “When news of the sale broke, locals were initially concerned for the usual reasons one might have when learning that a 135,000-square-foot facility—the sort now known to wreak havoc on small towns—is being built next door without their approval or input. But thanks to the sharp […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/09/gizmodo-a-farmer-donated-land-for-a-public-park-and-the-city-sold-it-to-a-data-center-developer-for-10-million/ -
The Guardian: US farmers are rejecting multimillion-dollar datacenter bids for their land: ‘I’m not for sale’. “Yet despite sums that often dwarf the land’s recent value, farmers are increasingly shutting the door. At least five of Huddleston’s neighbors gave similar categorical rejections, including one who was told he could name any price.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/24/the-guardian-us-farmers-are-rejecting-multimillion-dollar-datacenter-bids-for-their-land-im-not-for-sale/ -
The Guardian: US farmers are rejecting multimillion-dollar datacenter bids for their land: ‘I’m not for sale’. “Yet despite sums that often dwarf the land’s recent value, farmers are increasingly shutting the door. At least five of Huddleston’s neighbors gave similar categorical rejections, including one who was told he could name any price.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/24/the-guardian-us-farmers-are-rejecting-multimillion-dollar-datacenter-bids-for-their-land-im-not-for-sale/ -
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy: Lincoln Institute Unveils Updated Visualizing Density Database. “The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy launched an updated iteration of Visualizing Density, a database containing hundreds of aerial photographs of neighborhoods each measured by housing density in units per acre. Intended for planners, designers, public officials, policymakers, practitioners, […]
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Lincoln Institute of Land Policy: Lincoln Institute Unveils Updated Visualizing Density Database. “The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy launched an updated iteration of Visualizing Density, a database containing hundreds of aerial photographs of neighborhoods each measured by housing density in units per acre. Intended for planners, designers, public officials, policymakers, practitioners, […]
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University of Hawaii: First-of-its-kind agriculture maps help Hawaiʻi track crops, boost food security. “Newly released, first-of-its-kind agriculture maps of the state of Hawaiʻi are expected to help policymakers, land managers and researchers better monitor crop diversity, evaluate land-use change and design programs that support food security and sustainable agriculture.”
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University of Hawaii: First-of-its-kind agriculture maps help Hawaiʻi track crops, boost food security. “Newly released, first-of-its-kind agriculture maps of the state of Hawaiʻi are expected to help policymakers, land managers and researchers better monitor crop diversity, evaluate land-use change and design programs that support food security and sustainable agriculture.”
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Dartmouth College: Dartmouth Team Launches Public Database on Soil Fungi. “In a new study published in Scientific Data, Dartmouth researchers present a comprehensive database that catalogues the spore traits of 344 mycorrhizal fungi species. By consolidating existing but neglected knowledge of mycorrhizal traits, the database will help scientists study how fungi—and the plants they […]
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“Countries across the world use more land for golf courses than wind or solar energy”
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“Countries across the world use more land for golf courses than wind or solar energy”
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A recording from last night's talk by #GeorgeMonbiot on how not to devour the planet in the #Amsterdam venue #DeBalie: https://vimeo.com/775547169
A lot of food for thought. On his book #Regenesis #LandUsage #livestock #farming
Recording: Sunday 27 November 2022