The Ordnance Survey air photo mosaics capture 16 towns and cities in England and Wales at 1:1,250 scale, including #Dover, #Hull, #Liverpool, #London and #Swansea. These cities had often sustained Second World War bomb damage, which can be clearly seen. maps.nls.uk/additions/#134

Our new paper shows green inequalities within Britain's city centres, highlighting a north-south disparity with implications for health / wellbeing and biodiversity. City centres are important spaces due to high volumes of people who spend time there. journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

Surprisingly good results for a deforestation Unet trained on 30 Sentinel 2 patches using github.com/qubvel/segment…

👋 Sheffield Local Plan consultation deadline is 20th Feb - our draft responses are now on our website, along with a recording of our recent #WildNightIn, where we explain what it is and how you can most effectively respond to the consultation. wildsheffield.com/getinvolved/pl…

In our latest #geovisualisation feature Paul Brindley and Jake Robinson discuss the data behind their visualisation revealing the 'greenness' of Britain’s town and city centres. Find out more about their work: orlo.uk/BjIAd 📷 Anne-Lise Paris

The Landscape Character Assessment database has been Launched by the Landscape Institute with the support of Natural England, Natural Resources Wales, NatureScot, Transport Infrastructure Ireland and DAERA Northern Ir... landscapeinstitute.org/news/the-lands… #LandscapeArchitecture #Membership

Introducing ⚡️GB Renewables Map⚡️ – my latest (personal) energy experiment Play with a map showing live generation for major wind farms in Great Britain, showing what each farm is generating and where that generation is physically located. More soon! 👀 renewables-map.robinhawkes.com

Whitebox Geospatial is pleased to announce the release of WhiteboxTools Open Core v2.3. This feature-rich release includes several new tools and the all-new Whitebox Runner. Download WbT today. whiteboxgeo.com/download-white… #gis #gischat #geospatial #opensource #remotesensing #lidar

🔔 The landscapemetrics package series:🔔 General background --- read more about it at buff.ly/3FC5JH2 . #rstats #rspatial #landscapeecology

Very cool, @WUNetwork site for our project #DangerousDensity: Impacts of #urbandensity on #childrens #health & #wellbeing - working transnationally between Australia, Brazil, UK, Hong Kong, Uganda, South Africa, New Zealand & Ireland. For more info: wun.ac.uk/wun/research/v…

Research is underway for the next generation of USGS land cover. In the initial product release, users can expect #NLCD-like land cover categories at a 30-meter spatial resolution on an annual time step from 1985-2023 for #CONUS. ➡️ Read more at mrlc.gov

A new version of Aerialod is almost public 🥳- now with colour overlays and more fog options - example here is a Swisstopo terrain with colour satellite overlay (this one's a bit rough and quick but you get the idea) #aerialod from ephtracy

Flooding has been a hot topic across the area the last few days. We've made our documentary short film 'TORRENT' available to watch for FREE on YouTube: see the history of flooding in Sheffield and what is being done to help mitigate it in the future. ▶️ youtu.be/Sai2VanfHGs

📢New paper alert! Want to explore how much greenery we see at eye level from street view images but are limited by commercial data & complex coding? we presented a methodology using open & free Mapillary data & transformer deep learning model (1/3) Link: tinyurl.com/549w78jk

NEW #Playgrounds research w. Paul Brindley #YueshanMa #RuiWang & #HelenWoolley in Land MDPI Using #opensource data we explore 33,736 #playgrounds in #England Our study generates a new framework to help reduce #play inequalities nationally FREEACCESS mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/3…

England’s 34,000 Playgrounds: Stark Inequalities Exposed 📢 A study by @SheffieldUni reveals huge gaps in play access—some areas have 5x more children per playground than others! We need #PlaySufficiency legislation & a #NationalPlayStrategy NOW! GOV.UK playengland.org.uk/newsblog/to-pl…

API and its members out in force along with #play champion Tom Hayes MP supporting the Play England #ItAllStartsWithPlay event at the Houses of Parliament this morning. This special launch event will also mark the formation of the first-ever All-Party Parliamentary Group

Research The University of Sheffield explores inequalities in children's playground provision across England - with some areas having eight times the provision of similar areas. Read our summary on The Conversation: theconversation.com/we-mapped-18-0…

Absolutely fantastic to hear Tom Hayes MP reference our The University of Sheffield research on #playgroundinequalities in England 🛝 on LBC this morning!! Listen from 2:27:48 👏 Or read in The Independent here: independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n… Good luck 🍀 Tom, Play England and all associated 🤞

Fantastic to see Paul Brindley & my research on #playground #inequalities featured in Financial Times 👏 'Risk and Reward: A New Era for Adventure Playgrounds'’ on.ft.com/40yfEYp "Recent research by The University of Sheffield found stark inequalities in playground provision across England”