#techinq — Public Fediverse posts
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My latest article for Inquirer.net is now up and I take a look at map projections, and specifically at the Mercator projection popularly used by mapping services such as Google Maps. GIS professionals in particular might remember EPSG:900913 from the late 2000s. 🗺️
https://technology.inquirer.net/147648/why-africa-looks-smaller-than-it-really-is-on-google-maps
(Inquirer.net is the digital arm of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, the country's largest newspaper.)
#TechINQ #GoogleMaps #Mercator #maps #Mapstodon #gischat #Africa
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My latest article for Inquirer.net is now up and I take a look at map projections, and specifically at the Mercator projection popularly used by mapping services such as Google Maps. GIS professionals in particular might remember EPSG:900913 from the late 2000s. 🗺️
https://technology.inquirer.net/147648/why-africa-looks-smaller-than-it-really-is-on-google-maps
(Inquirer.net is the digital arm of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, the country's largest newspaper.)
#TechINQ #GoogleMaps #Mercator #maps #Mapstodon #gischat #Africa
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My latest article for Inquirer.net is now up and I took a look at the English Wikipedia article on the recent 7.8M 2026 Mindanao earthquake.
https://technology.inquirer.net/147392/diving-deep-into-an-earthquake-wikipedia-article
(Inquirer.net is the digital arm of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, the country's largest newspaper.)
#TechINQ #Wikipedia #Wikimedia #earthquakes #Philippines #Mindanao #tootSEA
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My latest article for Inquirer.net is now up and I took a look at the English Wikipedia article on the recent 7.8M 2026 Mindanao earthquake.
https://technology.inquirer.net/147392/diving-deep-into-an-earthquake-wikipedia-article
(Inquirer.net is the digital arm of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, the country's largest newspaper.)
#TechINQ #Wikipedia #Wikimedia #earthquakes #Philippines #Mindanao #tootSEA
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My latest article for Inquirer.net, the digital arm of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, is now up! 🎉
https://technology.inquirer.net/147084/dunes-butlerian-jihad-and-the-future-of-ai
Here I introduce Dune’s Butlerian Jihad for those who haven’t read Frank Herbert’s novels and how it relates to the current AI age.
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My latest article for Inquirer.net, the digital arm of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, is now up! 🎉
https://technology.inquirer.net/147084/dunes-butlerian-jihad-and-the-future-of-ai
Here I introduce Dune’s Butlerian Jihad for those who haven’t read Frank Herbert’s novels and how it relates to the current AI age.
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My latest article for Inquirer.net, the digital arm of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, is now up! 🎉
https://technology.inquirer.net/147036/digitally-mapping-the-philippines-historical-markers
Here I talk about using technology to make a digital map and database of the #Philippines’ national historical markers using #Wikidata and #WikimediaCommons.
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My latest article for Inquirer.net, the digital arm of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, is now up! 🎉
https://technology.inquirer.net/147036/digitally-mapping-the-philippines-historical-markers
Here I talk about using technology to make a digital map and database of the #Philippines’ national historical markers using #Wikidata and #WikimediaCommons.