As the COVID-19 pandemic has generated growing worries regarding the time and conditions of the reopening of international flights, some had declared summer 2020 canceled. But fear not. Surely we will most likely spend our next holidays in France, but this also might be the perfect opportunity to […]
Mapping Epidemics: why actual data is necessary Media all around the globe are currently in a frenzy because of an epidemic. Since the beginning of January 2020, numerous cases of the Novel Coronavirus have been reported outside of China. The virus was first identified in the city of […]
Earthworms: what do they do ? Earthworms live in the soil. They eat dead matter and transform it into valuable nutrient for plants. By crawling through the earth, they are able to bring air and water to the deeper layers of the ground. Their actions also enable them […]
Le 5 novembre 2018, l’immeuble du 63 rue d’Aubagne s’est effondré dans le centre de Marseille. Cet incident a conduit à un débat sur l’état du logement dans la ville. Depuis, les numéros 63, 69 et 71 ont succombé, eux aussi victimes d’un état de délabrement avancé. Un […]
The City of Angels is said to host the largest jail system on Earth with an annual cost of almost one billion dollars for its residents. The Million Dollar Hoods website hosts an interactive map designed to show the extremely unequal repartition of the cost of mass incarceration […]
With its 3 287 259 square kilometers, India is one of the largest countries in the world. On top of that, the country’s development is often questioned because it’s an emergent one. The government has however announces a project using drones to map 75% of its territory with […]
A Prussian heritage This year, Germany celebrates the 250th birthday of Alexander von Humboldt. The Prussian scientist’s work is considered a major contribution to knowledge for many reasons. Humboldt strongly believed that all phenomena and scientific fields should be observed as intertwined objects in order to be fully […]
Baton Rouge and crime Baton Rouge’s authorities have developed an efficient tool to predict the places in which crime is most likely to happen. This new tool is strongly linked to the context of the town. In Baton Rouge, as well as in other cities of Louisiana, crime has proven to be […]
It seems that everyday, we discover new ways in which human activities have taken place over the globe and centuries with little consideration of its environment. As we grow more environmentally aware, the damages caused to the Earth seem to multiply. As many Asian governments are currently refusing […]
During the course of the 2018 Fall semester, the GIS master of Cergy-Pontoise university has developed potential suggestions to help New Orleans manage its exposure to risks and hazards. My team was in charge of the city’s transport system. The article that follows details the tool we aimed to developed to fail the many hazards New Orleans is facing.
