Zoomata http://zoomata.com Powered by freelance journalist Nicole Martinelli Tue, 30 Jul 2019 00:47:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 Navigating the San Francisco micro-mobilty wars http://zoomata.com/archive/navigating-the-san-francisco-micro-mobilty-wars/ http://zoomata.com/archive/navigating-the-san-francisco-micro-mobilty-wars/#respond Tue, 07 May 2019 01:32:25 +0000 http://zoomata.com/?p=3128 The streets of San Francisco have always been hilly, foggy and ideal for movie car chases — now they’re a battleground for alternative forms of transportation. Scooters. Electric bikes. Hoverboards. Just who gets to use the bike lane? Park on … Continue reading →

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]]> http://zoomata.com/archive/building-resiliency-maps-for-indonesia/feed/ 1 Looking at the world through “Red Lines: Maps that recount our world” http://zoomata.com/archive/red-lines-federico-rampini-book/ http://zoomata.com/archive/red-lines-federico-rampini-book/#respond Sat, 29 Sep 2018 02:13:15 +0000 http://zoomata.com/?p=2980 SAN FRANCISCO — Federico Rampini wants everyone to play with maps. The veteran foreign correspondent – Brussels, Beijing, New York – has been drawing red lines on maps to reveal more about present, past and future geopolitics. Rampini is something … Continue reading →

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]]> http://zoomata.com/archive/red-lines-federico-rampini-book/feed/ 0 Beautiful maps in minutes: Meet Kepler.gl http://zoomata.com/archive/beautiful-maps-in-minutes-meet-kepler-gl/ http://zoomata.com/archive/beautiful-maps-in-minutes-meet-kepler-gl/#respond Tue, 24 Jul 2018 19:02:03 +0000 http://zoomata.com/?p=2940 SAN FRANCISCO — Shan He may hold Silicon Valley’s most meta job. “When I started out, I was building maps. Then I moved on to build tools to build maps and now I’m doing tools to do tools that build … Continue reading →

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