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Martin Fleischmann @martinfleischmann.net · 26/03/2025

After last year's success, we have opened a registration to 2025 instalment of **Spatial Data Science in Python** as a standalone course open to anyone. It is perfect for anyone looking to dive spatial data analysis using Python, regardless of prior experience. 🔗 martinfleischmann.net/sds/micro/

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A course on Spatial Data Science – Spatial Data Science in Python

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Martin Fleischmann @martinfleischmann.net · 19/05/2025

Call for papers! A special issue on Open Urban Data Science, by Filip Biljecki, @geoffboeing.com, Hugo Ledoux and me, is open. We are looking for open software tools on spatial data science, cities, and related. www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu.... If you have any questions, I’m happy to answer!

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Computers, Environment and Urban Systems | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier - Computers, Environment and Urban Systems | ScienceDirect.com by ElsevierScienceDirect

Read the latest articles of Computers, Environment and Urban Systems at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature

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Maggie Wittlin @maggiewittlin.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

The opposite of conclave is convlex

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Martin Fleischmann @martinfleischmann.net · 28/04/2025

Ever needed to simplify street networks? I did. And it is a pain. So we wrote an algorithm that does that for us. And can do for you, as it is available as a Python package called `neatnet`. Here's a short blog about it - martinfleischmann.net/simplificati... and package - uscuni.org/neatnet

Original network on the left, simplified one on the right.

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Martin Fleischmann @martinfleischmann.net · 22/04/2025

Just arrived in Bristol for #GISRUK! Will be doing a workshop on urban morphology tomorrow morning and then a talk on street network simplification on Thursday. Anyone around?

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Joris Van den Bossche @jorisvandenbossche.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Finally a new #Shapely feature release! 🎉 Shapely 2.1.0 highlights include initial support for geometries with M or ZM values, functionality for coverage validation and simplification, and much more. For a full overview, see shapely.readthedocs.io/en/latest/re... #python #geopython #geospatial

Code snippet showing the initial support for M values, illustrating that with a POINT M.

Image showing the functionality of `shapely.coverage_simplify`: on the left the countries of Africa, on the right the result of topologically simplifying those polygons preserving the coverage.

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Martin Fleischmann @martinfleischmann.net · 26/03/2025

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eli knaap @knaaptime.com · 19/02/2025

i dont like plugging my own shit (and I haven't pushed the complete edition yet)--but anything you can do with the monopoly mapmaker you can do much better with Python knaaptime.com/urban_analysis bsky.app/profile/knaa...

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Urban Analysis & Spatial Science

This text provides an introduction to the technical and theoretical foundations of urban analysis, a field with a long history and surging growth across multiple disciplines. It covers intermediate qu...

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Martin Fleischmann @martinfleischmann.net · 09/02/2025

I have a typo in there but you get it… 🤦‍♂️

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Martin Fleischmann @martinfleischmann.net · 09/02/2025

If you haven’t sone so yet, go and listen this interview with @geoffboeing.com by @rsfrankl.bsky.social, @levijohnwolf.bsky.social and @darribas.bsky.social. Esp. the last section on open source in academia is something that should be a part of every syllabus. podcasts.apple.com/cz/podcast/t...

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Episode 20: Street Smart — A Conversation with Geoff Boeing

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Levi John Wolf @levijohnwolf.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

The 2025 GISRUK abstract deadline has now been extended to January 31st, 2025! We're really excited to welcome papers rethinking the role "Process" plays in GIScience. We hope to see your abstract real soon! app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/76668...

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James Balamuta @coatless.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

At long last... An official way to convert from office formats to #markdown with Microsoft's new {markitdown} #python package!!!! Next week's datathoning will be fun :) github.com/microsoft/ma...

A screenshot of the top half of the markitdown python package repository showing how to convert a microsoft excel spreedsheet into markdown.

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Dani Arribas-Bel @darribas.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

On this, we crunched the numbers on what the Green Belt is made up of, based on our own (urban) form and function classification (urbangrammarai.xyz/story/). Results (+ code) over at: urbangrammarai.xyz/green_belts_... The gist is there are different "shades of green", some of them not very green.

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Martin Fleischmann @martinfleischmann.net · 22/11/2024

Polars API will feel more “native” to you. But pandas is everywhere. Hard call.

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Martin Fleischmann @martinfleischmann.net · 13/11/2024

Guessing from the example in your blogpost, there is no reason why it should not work. GeoDataFrame.explore just builds the folium.Map for you behind the scenes. We don't do anything else there.

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Martin Fleischmann @martinfleischmann.net · 12/11/2024

I don't think I've shared with you the recording of the workshop on GeoPandas 1.0 we did with Joris Van den Bossche last year at GeoPython. So here it is - Getting the most out of GeoPandas 1.0: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PM_... The notebook used in the workshop lives here github.com/martinfleis/....

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GeoPython 2024 Workshop: Getting the most out of GeoPandas 1.0

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Martin Fleischmann @martinfleischmann.net · 31/10/2024

We're heading to #WUF12 to Cairo next week and organise and event on monitoring urban fabric ops Wednesday at 3pm. wuf.unhabitat.org/event/wuf12/... Everyone is invited! Also, if you are coming to Cairo and would like to catch up, please let me know! I'll be around until Thursday.

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Monitoring urban fabric for data-driven planning and decision-making

The event offers attendees the opportunity to be part of the EuroFab project, gathering their perspectives on how Earth Observation and AI can substantially change the way urban fabric data is produce...

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Martin Fleischmann @martinfleischmann.net · 28/10/2024

Assuming the question about recording, I think it exists but am yet unsure about if it os going to be released. If I get my hands on it I’ll make sure to share it as well.

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Martin Fleischmann @martinfleischmann.net · 28/10/2024

Time to share slides! I delivered an invited talk at an International Seminar on Urban Morpho-Science, showing some early results of an ongoing, yet unpublished, work we do on scalable urban morphometrics capturing structure od cities. “From a building to a region” - uscuni.org/talks/slides....

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Jakub Nowosad @nowosad.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2024

🎓 Check out my slides on 'Learning resources and teaching methods' for Spatial Data Science 🎓 buff.ly/3Y1P5dr #SDSL2024 in Prague 🇨🇿 #SpatialDataScience #GeoEducation #OpenScience #rspatial #geopython #juliageo

A slide with videos and podcasts resources

A slide with new opportunities and issues

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Trivik Verma @trivikrama.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

As Bluesky is growing 🥳, I have updated this starter pack with more people who post about cities, science, and policy. go.bsky.app/Gf7viP1

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Martin Fleischmann @martinfleischmann.net · 01/10/2024

Today was the first time I’ve used #Pixi to manage students' Python environments and I must say, compared to last year's Conda, it was a breeze. The only issue was caused by Avast Antivirus, which removes python.exe from the environment thinking it is a virus :). For, reasons, you know. #python

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Martin Fleischmann @martinfleischmann.net · 01/10/2024

The teaching started today with a session aimed at Python environment installation (using Pixi) and general setup. Only to find out that wifi on campus is down 🙃. I’m all for improvisation but I’d be happier without this one 😂. What a start of the term.

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Martin Fleischmann @martinfleischmann.net · 30/09/2024

We may have some leftover budget within my research team. I got some ideas how to spend it but, how would you spend it? Some cool gear to recommend? Other ideas?

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Martin Fleischmann @martinfleischmann.net · 29/09/2024

Two weeks ago I did a keynote on 'The emergent structure of cities' followed by a workshop ‘A Brief Introduction to Spatial Data Science’ during the UrbanMetaMapping conference in Saarbrücken. Now live on YouTube! 🔬Keynote: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG2j... 🎓Workshop: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQKc...

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The emergent structure of cities keynote

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Martin Fleischmann @martinfleischmann.net · 29/09/2024

Some time ago I've moved my activity primarily to Mastodon (and I love it!) but it feels that only part of my network has moved there. So, here I am for the other one! Expect stuff primarily about cities and open source for spatial data science. #intro

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