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Prediction using narx Network
By: Technical Source
Tags: Productivity, Covid 19, Programming, Machine Learning, Matlabsolution

%Neural network to create a Fibinocci series

u=[1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10]; %Input Series

y=[1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89]; % Target series

[u,us] = mapminmax(u);

[y,ys] = mapminmax(y);

y = con2seq(y);

u = con2seq(u); d1 = [1:2];

d2 = [1:2];

narx_net = narxnet(d1,d2,10);

narx_net.divideFcn = ‘’;

narx_net.trainParam.epochs = 1000;

narx_net.trainParam.min_grad = 1e-10;

[p,Pi,Ai,t] = preparets(narx_net,u,{},y);

% Train the Network-Open Loop

narx_net = train(narx_net,p,t,Pi);

% Simulate the Network-Open Loop

yp = sim(narx_net,p,Pi);

y_again=mapminmax(‘reverse’,yp,ys)

%view(narx_net); %error_OL = cell2mat(yp)-cell2mat(y(3:end));

%Close narx net for future prediction

narx_net_closed = closeloop(narx_net);

[p1,Pi1,Ai1,t1] = preparets(narx_net_closed,u,{},y);

% Train the Network-Closed Loop

% narx_net_closed = train(narx_net_closed,p1,t1,Pi1);

% Simulate the Network-Closed Loop

yp1 = narx_net_closed(p1,Pi1,Ai1);

yp1_again=mapminmax(‘reverse’,yp1,ys)

Please answer the following questions:

1. How can I make one step prediction without closing loop?

2. How can I get the next 5 numbers in the series? please provide the code if possible. I went through all your posts but could not solve it.

3. When I close the narx net, I get the same results as of open loop without training.

4. If I train the close loop, the outputs deviate from the target. How can I reduce this error?

ANSWER

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The Fibonacci series does not result from an input/output relationship. It is autoregressive

Either y(1:2) = [ 0 1 ] or y(1:2) = [ 1 1 ] and then

y(n+1) = y(n) + y(n-1)

Obviously this can be implemented with a NARNET WITH NO HIDDEN NODES.
2020: A Brief Pause of Opportunity
By: Saurabh Mehta
Tags: Pandemic, Motivation, Covid 19, 2020, Life

“Hurray!! Whoaaa!” Everyone was completely mad with happiness and why wouldn’t we be happy?

Getting up everyday, attending early morning lectures in the university, slogging the whole day with studios, assignments and going home again to keep working on submissions until you are almost perished out on your bed! Imagine having this as your daily routine, no social life, no entertainment and just nothing but college and work! and then, on one of the breezy summer evenings; when you are in the middle of your studio discussions, you get a mail of a two week vacation! Here arrives the Covid-19 in India!

Wearing the mask for the very first time in my life, I somehow managed to adjust on a lower berth of the Gujarat Express going to Mumbai. I was feeling immensely happy for this vacation! I really enjoyed it for a week, treating it like summer holidays!

At the start for one month the lockdown felt really good! I would get up late, have mom-made lunch, spend quality time with my family and just relax around. But when the lockdown started extending, the fear started scaling up. Homesickness started building up in my mind and on some days it was extremely frustrating to not go out, meet your friends and just sit at home! Back then, no one knew that this mini vacation would extend into indefinite lockdowns with the virus becoming so deadly!

However good a vacation feels, however nice you feel at home but you cannot do it for a year! It becomes simply boring when you live in a box merely like a robot! The pandemic has totally changed the way we live, spend time with each other and our daily routine too! It stopped my travelogues, my bike rides, my pub outings and mainly it paused my entire life!

But you cannot give up, you cannot stop achieving your goals and dreams. One thing was sure, this pandemic has given us an opportunity to grow ourselves. It is important that at a time like that you are on the right side, behind the wheel moving it forward, not in front of it getting crushed. You have to make sure that you utilize this ‘Brief Pause’ in your life as an opportunity.

That is what I essentially did. I learned new soft wares, explored new apps and worked on my fitness and health. I started cycling and I really started loving it. I tried new recipes and developed my forgotten hobby of cooking. Most importantly, I tried to follow a healthy and happy lifestyle, while developing myself professionally. When I look back at the person I was at the start of the year and now, I realized It has helped me a lot.

Life nowadays is like playing out a new ball in test cricket and once the ball becomes old, you can score as fast as you can! But currently, YOU MUST PREPARE! YOU MUST UTILIZE THIS BRIEF PAUSE AS AN OPPORTUNITY!

I have started my preparations and already reaping the benefits of it. Have you started preparing? If not, you must start today!
My fabulous journey through this negative time
By: Rutuj Bhajak
Tags: Covid 19, Mental Health, 2020, Lifest

Now, let me tell you 3 ways by which this time was positive for me.

Learning New Skills :

I had plenty of free time in the day. Initially I watched movies, chilled, and kept assignments pending for weeks, but then my panic monster awakened suddenly and told me that I was not managing my time effectively. So, I started doing some online courses and playing some physical games. For example, I learned to trade in the stock market. This new knowledge that I gained from these courses amazed me. Also, at the end of the day I got a satisfaction that my day was spent well. These skills turn out to be useful at some or the other point in life. I was able to do things that were long planned. Slowly, things went into place and I had a schedule for every day. You should also check out some amazing courses on this website.

2. Spending Time with Family :

Considering the hectic life of a middle class individual, it is difficult to spend much time with family, isn’t it? I spent a lot of time with my parents, went to my grandparent’s place, we had dinner together. This was an opportunity for me to bond with my family.

3. Spending Time with Myself :

Whom do u love the most? I know your answer will be from someone in your family, but you love yourself the most. I spent time with myself, just me, understood myself, completed my desires, and most importantly kept myself happy.
Getting The Most Out of Working From Home
Tags: Work From Home Mom, Work From Home, Covid 19, Wellbeing

Very few of us were unaffected by the Covid lockdowns that have been with us for more than a year now. Some, like restaurant owners and their staff members, were unfortunately not able to operate. Others were more fortunate in that they could work from home.

Now that many businesses have seen that working from home has several benefits, many people are given the leeway by their employers to continue working from home. This new normal has led me to think about how we can be at our most productive when working from home, and also what pitfalls we should look out for.

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Draw the lines

Most of us who work from home already know the three biggest threats: the fridge, the phone, and the television. It is therefore vitally important to design a workday plan and banish these distractions from your professional hours, apart from your scheduled breaks. The other distraction you need to manage is the very tool you use to make your money — your computer. Surfing the web or playing games can easily creep into your routine if you don’t make a clear effort to manage them.

2. Have an ‘office’

It is important to keep the work and leisure activities separated in your mind. Working on your laptop in your bed is almost certainly going to lead to poor productivity. Create a space in your home where that is for work only. Others will also know not to bother you when you are in your work zone.

3. Create rituals

Since you are no longer on the office clock, one of the biggest challenges to working from home is to actually get started. Many of us have realized that just getting to our workspace and sitting down is more of a challenge than we could have anticipated. Our mornings are filled with children, dishes, laundry, and a whole host of other things that require our attention and before we know it, we started our workday an hour late and immediately we are under pressure. Instead, make a list of the things that cannot wait (like dropping the kids off at school) and get those done. Then sprinkle the other stuff in during the course of the day when you take a mini break. But the most important thing is to start on time, even if it is just answering that first email.

4. Prepare

One of the best ways to ensure that you start your day on time is to prepare the day before. Make planning for the next day the last thing you do every day. If you work an eight-hour day, for instance, write down the tasks you want to complete the next day to fill up the required eight hours, leaving time for things like answering emails and making phone calls. When you know you have a lot to do the next day, there will be an incentive for you to get started as early as possible. And that’s half the battle.
Press Release June 2021
Tags: Medical, Cyrptocurrency, Cardano, Blockchain, Covid 19

Press Release June 2021

COVID-19 Tracking and Management Pilot Study for Cameroon

Immunify.life is pleased to announce it has commenced planning discussions with Local NGO BAWAC Blessing Associates for Woman and Children to conduct a COVID-19 pilot in two health districts in the Limbe region of Cameroon.

Blessing Associates for Women and Children BAWAC Cameroon is an organisation dedicated to human rights, youth development and entrepreneurship, prevention of gender-based violence, health, nutrition, as well as peace building, mediation and conflict resolution.

The design considerations for the COVID-19 pilot study in Cameroon include the following:

Assess the feasibility and community acceptance of the Immunify.life disease management platform

Identify implementation issues

Assess the training and technology requirements

Collect success stories to support launch

Support local community healthcare outcomes

Assess the impact of rewards on the completion of vaccination protocol (follow up vaccinations completed in the desired time frame)

Formally the COVID-19 clinical pilot study has two clear objectives:

To demonstrate the use and acceptance of the Immunify.life health management app in collection of real time COVID-19 testing and vaccination records in field conditions. To scientifically assess the impact of providing the IMM token rewards on patients returning to receive their second COVID-19 vaccination

Ideally the study will have two arms, providing a comparison between incentivised and non incentivised groups. ( receiving reward tokens)

One group will receive a token reward when they present for their second vaccination, the other group will rely on regular practice.

Numbers need to be confirmed but as a starting point ideally 100 patients who are vaccinated in each group will be followed up to see if there is a difference in taking the second vaccination. This suggests at least twice that number will need to be tested for Covid 19.

Immunity.Life will provide regular updates on this important work as the organisation and BAWAC Cameroon prepare to launch the COVID-19 pilot study.

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Why business and market intelligence important for GCC corporates?
By: Marmore Mena Intelligence
Tags: Business, Gcc, Mena, Middle East, Covid 19

Interview with Mr. M.R.Raghu, CEO, Marmore MENA Intelligence

Do GCC companies actively seek market intelligence?

Private organizations in the GCC often find themselves in a situation where they need to make decisions of considerable importance with substantial consequences under uncertainty. In such scenarios, they seek out more information to enhance their understanding and take calculated risks. The foremost procurers and users of market intelligence, the private sector, obtains research for a wide variety of reasons, ranging from strategic, economic, industry, market to policy, investment, etc. Apart from regularly subscribed research reports, the private sector is also the main consumer of customized research for specific requirements to address their own business, operational, or investment needs. Growth in the services industry (financial service, telecom, trade & tourism) and increasing allocation in state budgets by the GCC governments for the development of social infrastructure such as educational & training institutions, healthcare facilities have spurred the need for market intelligence by companies operating in these segments.

To read more Why business and market intelligence important for GCC corporates? and know more about our reports and articles from Marmore Mena Intelligence
A pandemic pregnancy: from the outbreak of the sanitary crisis until today
By: Victoria Pont
Tags: Pandemic, Spain, Health, Covid 19, Pregnancy

Nurse and maternity coordinator, Erika Sánchez, corroborates these extreme times: “At first, this was crazy. Health workers, sometimes had to adapt to new measures five different times within the same day”. Little information was available on the effects of Coronavirus on pregnancy, but the urgency to adapt to the new situation created by the pandemic led to a number of fast decisions taken by doctors in charge to best prepare their professionals to help new moms. Patients like Alicia were not the only ones who perceived the chaos that COVID brought. Health workers were overwhelmed, under a lot of stress and working with fear in a state of alarm that engulfed the whole country. And they were falling too. The situation threw hospitals into turmoil, given that its professionals — anesthesiologists, midwives, etc. — were getting infected with the virus. “Therefore, after the outbreak, I, as the head of department, felt that it was essential that no more of my professionals fell so as not to be left without personnel on duty for the women who came to give birth”, explains Dr Gómez Roig.

In Sant Joan de Déu, they were delivering 20 babies a day at the peak of the pandemic, which made them become a reference hospital for the whole country. A temporary joint protocol was drawn up with the professionals in the sector, hand in hand with specialists in infections, so that everyone would follow the same standards and caution actions. They minimized the number of face-to-face visits to only those that were mandatory, regulated bringing companions to medical visits, all with the common objective of minimizing the risk of exposure of women and professionals. “Based on the experience of dealing with the pandemic for over a year now, we have been learning more and more every day and decided to set up a “clean area” and another one specifically for women with COVID to deliver. Today, future mothers who are positive can give birth in a prepared area where both, the baby and her, will be safe; and if they do not have COVID, the delivery is the same, only with everyone wearing a mask”, explains Dr Gómez Roig.

In addition, the specialist gynaecologist publishes the information resulting from her research in national and international journals. Through these, they have detected that pregnant women do not appear to be more susceptible to infection or to serious complications compared to non-pregnant women and most COVID-19 infected pregnant women will have mild or asymptomatic disease; but the existing data are still limited, and sizable series are scarce. The only ones at risk or more vulnerable are elderly, obese, hypertensive and diabetic mothers. On the other hand, based on the available scientific studies, there is currently no clear evidence of vertical transmission — one from mother to newborn during pregnancy, at the time of delivery, or through breastfeeding.
SUCCESS AHEAD NO EXAMS'
By: Shivam Raj
Tags: Examination, Success, Covid 19

SUCCESS AHEAD NO EXAMS'

A piece of paper can not decide anyone’s future' Most popular quotes during exam times. Either you call it unfortunate or a opportunity for bright future of education as the results seems to be prepared without direct board exams. Earlier the 10th grade and later on a random Tuesday,12th students school life came to an end after PM’s tweet.

The question triggering my mind is that will these students be regarded as a better batch in upcoming future during job fundamentals. Success expectations from a batch with digital based education and later on no exams year will be a challenge for a the students itself at its priorities.

To be in present before moving ahead in future a lot, what the present consequences be that a student with good communications with academic authorities might grab better marks than deserving one. What options knock the deserving one is that you can show your performances on exam conducted later in better situations, says PM's tweet but question hammering the students is that, ‘Will he/she be eligible for his dream college at that time?’

The contouring questions are firing like a machine gun encounter, but the solution is like a conundrum.
Using Mapbox in Angular application
By: Timo Bähr
Tags: Location, Mapbox, Angular, Map, Typescript

Using Mapbox in Angular application

This tutorial explains how to show a simple map inside an existing Angular application using the Mapbox SDK. We do not explain how to show markers or anything else.

Expected result of this tutorial

Integration steps

Mapbox Token

Go to Mapbox, make an account and fetch your Mapbox token.

Install Mapbox GL

npm install mapbox-gl --save

npm install @types/mapbox-gl --save

Add the CSS to index.html

<script src='https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/v1.0.0/mapbox-gl.js'></script>

<link href='https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/v1.0.0/mapbox-gl.css' rel='stylesheet' />

Add the API Token

export const environment = {

...



mapbox: {

accessToken: 'YOUR_TOKEN'

}

}

Create map component

Create a component that is responsible for showing the map. Using Angular CLI this is a one liner.

ng g component map

map.component.css contains style match-parent, that makes the map as large as possible inside the parent view:

.match-parent {

width: 100%;

height: 100%;

}

map.component.html is simply a div container:

<div class="map" id="map" class="match-parent"></div>

map.component.html is simply a div container:

<div class="map" id="map" class="match-parent"></div>

map.component.ts imports mapboxgl and injects the map into the empty div container at initialization:

import { environment } from '../../../environments/environment';

import { Component, OnInit, ChangeDetectorRef } from '@angular/core';

import * as mapboxgl from 'mapbox-gl'; @Component({

selector: 'app-map',

templateUrl: './map.component.html',

styleUrls: ['./map.component.css']

})

export class MapComponent implements OnInit {

map: mapboxgl.Map;

style = 'mapbox://styles/mapbox/streets-v11';

lat = 37.75;

lng = -122.41; constructor() { } ngOnInit() {

mapboxgl.accessToken = environment.mapbox.accessToken;

this.map = new mapboxgl.Map({

container: 'map',

style: this.style,

zoom: 13,

center: [this.lng, this.lat]

}); // Add map controls

this.map.addControl(new mapboxgl.NavigationControl());

} }

Common errors

I don’t see the map.

Check if your parent view does have width and height bigger 0.
Hazard Mapping
By: Erika Hall
Tags: Maps

Talking about ethics in digital system design and engineering is the new hotness. Because the conversation is so fresh, we don’t yet have a lot of tools for incorporating an ethical dimension into the typical design practice.

I propose adding an additional overlay on the information architecture and UX documentation: hazard mapping. Borrowed from the field of risk management with common applications in occupational safety and disaster prevention, a hazard map highlights areas affected by or vulnerable to a particular hazard.

This model USGS earthquake hazard map depicts the potential shaking hazard from future earthquakes.

In the case of natural disasters, the goal is to predict hazards. In the case of occupational safety and, as I’m suggesting here, digital system design, the goal is to identify and eliminate them. We haven’t done a good job identifying and eliminating hazards because we haven’t visualized them along with all the other aspects of the design we’ve been visualizing.

Diagram of household hazards from an OSHA hazard-mapping manual.

In this OSHA training sample of a residential floor plan, the diagram is annotated with various hazards, so you can see how many and what type are in each location. (The people who made this map clearly never had dinner at my house growing up. Our dining room wasn’t that hazard-free.)

This is the key to the map above. Blue = purple.

In order to map the hazards, it’s necessary to perform a risk assessment in conjunction with the design process. This will likely be uncomfortable at first in any delivery-driven, “ship fast and fix it later” environment. Just as New Jersey suggests, it should be a participatory process that involves as many coworkers as possible. Ready.gov offers guidelines for risk assessment.

The risk assessment process from Ready.gov.

Let’s do a quick thought experiment. What are the hazards potentially associated with a website, application, or other digital system? I thought of a few off the top of my head:

This is by no means exhaustive.

Do a little cardsorting to create hazard categories and a key. For example:

And then, apply this mapping system as an overlay on any conventional design deliverables, or as a standalone document. All maps, flows, and journeys should reference the ethical dimension and note potential hazards. This will require cross-disciplinary collaboration at every stage, as well as the development of additional expertise.

I don’t think hazard maps should be too pretty.

Developing a more ethical digital design practice doesn’t require new tools, merely sustained attention and political will. Those of us involved in creating the future, owe it to the future.

I’ll be thinking about how to refine and further develop this idea. I invite you to do the same.
OUTSTANDING article Jesse Weaver I have been car-free since 2012 which has yielded some interesting…
By: What Is Money
Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Maps, Awareness, Technology, Gps

OUTSTANDING article Jesse Weaver I have been car-free since 2012 which has yielded some interesting discoveries. As a regular user of Uber and Lyft, I have chuckled watching drivers go into a panic state when their mobile mapping app goes haywire. It shows me that most drivers have ZERO basic orientation and awareness of the very city they may have lived in for years.

And while this is total conjecture on my part, I believe that the best-paid drivers are the ones who have not only logged tons of time behind the wheel but have some non-mobile map based hacks and shortcuts for efficiently navigating around the city.

In addition to rideshare, I rely heavily on walking to get me to and from nearby places. The urban cores of Denver and San Diego are two amazingly walkable areas that I enjoyed using foot power to get around. Las Vegas where I just moved, not so much. But the broader message is that walking does help to build awareness of your nearby surroundings in a way that a car combined with tech gadgets could never accomplish.

All this being said, I’d have to admit that beyond a 5–7-mile radius of wherever I’ve resided, I have no clue as to how to get to places. So maybe I’m being a little harsh on Uber and Lyft drivers. In fact, whenever a driver has asked me for some help in getting home from the far reaches of where I live, I sternly tell them “you’re the damn driver. So just follow the map on your phone.”
Array.map() + async/await
By: Estefanía García Gallardo
Tags: Asynchronous, Map, Array, JavaScript, Async

MDN Web Docs: The map() method creates a new array with the results of calling a provided function on every element in the calling array.

Today I found myself in a situation where I had to use an asynchronous function inside of an Array.map. Needless to say, Array.map is a synchronous function. Therefore, I had a slight problem in my hands.

I came across this problem while refactoring my code to get rid of a nasty “for..of”. Basically, I had an Array of objects upon which I had to make several calculations. One of these calculations involved making a call to an API which, of course, is asynchronous. Before my refactoring, I had no problem with using async/await inside my for..of loop. However, after making the switch to Array.map, I realized it wouldn’t be as simple.

Here’s what I did:

Asynchronous Array.map()

As you can see, my getDistance function simulates a call to an API, and returns a Promise.

Note: The return value of async functions is always a Promise

This means that our Array.map function will return an Array of unresolved promises. Therefore, outside of the Array.map, we have to wait for all the promises to be resolved before we can make use of the resulting Array. This is why we use Promise.all().

Note: If you aren’t comfortable with async/await syntax, you can always resort to good ol’ “.then”

You can check out my solution in the following CodePen:

Pretty simple, right? It took me a while to figure it out…

Which is why I decided to share my solution, in case someone else encounters this issue. I hope it helps! Thank you for reading, feel free to share or leave a comment :)

P.S. You can check out my Github and Twitter pages if you like...
Porch gets its own makeover
Tags: Logistics, Maps, News, Customer, E Commerce Business

Porch gets its own makeover

By: Julia Winder

Porch, the Seattle-based company connecting homeowners with local contractors, just launched Mapbox maps and geocoding across their entire offering. Whether you’re looking from someone to mount a TV or need an estimate on a new addition, it’s now faster and easier to find the right pro to tackle your home improvement needs.

While users will see Mapbox all over the site with search boxes powered by our Geocoding API, Porch is actually using our tools to power the end-to-end experience. Their “Pros”, or contractors, can select areas they’re willing to work in on an easy-to-navigate map, giving them full control over how they spend their time. Homeowners can search for a professional close to their home, and vet them based on past projects organized by location. Internally, the Porch team relies on Mapbox maps to visualize millions of projects to better understand demand, trends, and what cities to expand service into next.

The Porch team recently completed their own significant home-improvement project: Switching from Google to Mapbox with a team of five in just 10 days. With detailed documentation and hands-on support, their scrappy and ambitious group of engineers effectively moved everything over in a two-week sprint.

“Mapbox has an incredible developer support team. They were friendly, knowledgable, and went above and beyond to make themselves available to help. The high-quality Mapbox documentation and active open source community made updating our React applications straightforward and easy.” — Alex Hogue, Senior Software Engineer

The Porch team is already starting to see returns on their switch, noting:

“We experienced performance gains out of the box when we switched to Mapbox. This is evident in the responsiveness of the WebGL map component and its ability to render large service areas without lagging.” — Alex Hogue, Senior Software Engineer

Need a better way to connect service providers with your customers? Get in touch with our experts to learn how we can help.
MicroStation CONNECT Edition 3D Basics- Part 7
By: Bentley Microstation
Tags: Google, Lumenrt, Google Earth, Maps, 3d

Export models to Google Earth & LumenRT

In this MicroStation training video we learn how to export DGN files out to Google Earth and to LumenRT. Topics quickly covered include: Geographic Coordinate Systems, Synchronize to Google Earth View, Export Google Earth File both in 2D and 3D. Export Materials from 3D file to Google Earth (KML & Collada), Export 3D content to LumenRT (including Google Earth draped imagery), manipulate atmospherics, quickly add plants, and finally watch a short movie clip showing just how much you can do in LumenRT to add maximum realism to your MicroStation design.

MicroStation CONNECT Edition 3D Basics

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How to Draw Oceans on Fantasy Maps
By: Tadeas Salvatore Jun
Tags: Worldbuilding, Fiction Writing, Maps, Fiction, Fantasy

Our planet is mostly water — seas and oceans making the most of it. Your worlds, fantasy or sci-fi, are going to have to have large bodies of water. But how do you draw the ocean to your maps?

I’d like to talk about coastlines, seas, and oceans. I will show you several styles I use in my maps. These are only my styles, and there’s nothing wrong if you use different styles, or if you don’t like the style I show you — mine is not the only way (nor the best way, art is very individual).

Style 1

In the first style, you can draw dots and small lines around the coast. This symbolizes waves. I’ve not seen this style much in fantasy maps. It’s inspired by the maps of Shams from the YouTube channel Pen & Blade, which you should definitely check out if you haven’t already — he makes cool videos about worldbuilding and art.

Style 2

For the second style, try drawing straight lines from the coast to the sea. This is a style similar to the one that the World of Warcraft world maps use.

Style 3

The last style, which is currently my favorite one, takes more work than the other, but I think it’s worth it. You trace the shape of the coastline, going out, widening the distance between each “wave” as you move further from the actual coast.

Conclusion

Overall, there are many styles to draw the ocean, sea, and coastline in maps, but these three are the ones I most often use when drawing maps of my world, Eledris.
Storytelling Map: The NINE-fish that got away — lessons through failure
By: Jing Liu
Tags: Maps, Sales

Making mistakes is key for a sales account manager to grow fast.

The Nine fishes in Huangpu River, Shanghai, China

Storytelling Map: https://codepen.io/flyloveyin/pen/ExmKyzG

1st failure: Ignoring ROI

Everyone has 24 hours a day. I usually spend much time on contacting and engaging with not so qualified leads, making me feel it is a productive day, but my time disappears through less meaningful actions.

1st learning: Master at time management, work life balance

2nd failure: stuck Internally

Blocked issues internally without fast feedback? It’s great to get some help from the team internally, however, everyone has a list with priority. Some issues are blocked and I usually let it be there without much action.

2nd Learning: Sync information in a right time and channel

3rd failure: lack proactive follow up

I am not the proactive side between customer and sales. Waiting usually causes unimaginable issues.

3rd Learning: Customer Refined Operation, set meeting milestones in the evaluation period and meetings in advance, set calendar reminders as needed

4th failure: lack of clear communication

Prepare enough materials before meeting. I may waste some time on introducing Mapbox in customer meetings, but ignoring asking questions about use cases, and extend one meeting to more discussing the same topic.

4th Learning: Tell a good story, but not just listen, be sensitive for details

5th failure: serving different people with the same solutions

Although the product is the same, a prospects need requires a different customized solution. If I don’t have a chance to understand the product deeply, it will be hard to recommend even though I get support from Support Engineer.

5th Learning: Build your product library, understand win points

6th failure: lack of courage

When you do some outbound, you’re not sure if you’re working with the right person. You are usually be afraid to get rejection, but keep trying and give you another chance.

6th Learning: Embrace unsure and change bravely

7th failure: missing project management basics

Even though you pay more than 90% attention, the timeline may kill the efforts.

7th Learning: Control the case with enough information

8th failure: Not focusing on the long term need

Something wins in a short term but doesn’t last long, which may requires double workloads

8th Learning: Stand in the shoes of the long goal, Not only use case, considering customer’s strategy

9th failure: being a salesperson and not a friend

There is really some clear workflow of sales, but people are complex and emotional accelerated sometimes.

9th Learning: Take everyone as yourself, It’s great to focus on goals but don’t forget people is not a robot

Conclusions:
A new dimension in Earth Engine
By: Google Earth
Tags: Google, Earth Engine, Maps, GIF, Animation

By Michael DeWitt, Software Engineer, Google Earth Engine

Every day, thousands of scientists, researchers, journalists and policymakers use the Earth Engine Code Editor to generate knowledge from massive geospatial datasets. Earth Engine’s ability to quickly produce previews of compute- and data-intensive outputs is one of the features that distinguishes the platform from other geospatial analysis tools. Because it’s simple to experiment with algorithms and datasets in the EE Code Editor, you can quickly ask questions, iteratively test hypotheses, and get answers.

To that end, we’ve added new methods for generating on-the-fly visualizations of image collections from within the Code Editor: ee.ImageCollection.getVideoThumbURL() and ee.ImageCollection.getFilmstripThumbURL() . Using these functions allows you to quickly visualize the contents of image collections and makes it even easier to experiment with new techniques and data interactively.

Temperature over the course of a day from NOAA/NCEP/EMC’s GFS: Global Forecast System 384-Hour Predicted Atmosphere Data

Image Collection Animations

The ee.ImageCollection.getVideoThumbURL() function stitches together images to create an animated result. Because collections can contain arbitrary data, this means that you can craft animations of any data in the Earth Engine platform, even if it’s a synthetic, computed result that you’ve created as part of an Earth Engine script. Today, we support writing animated GIFs, but keep an eye out for more file formats in the future. The GIF format, while limited, is supported by basically everything, which means that you’ll be able to put your Earth Engine animations in Slides, Docs, memes and more.

An on-the-fly wind speed animation using NOAA/NWS’ RTMA: Real-Time Mesoscale Analysis

Once you’ve developed a visualization that you’re happy with, it’s easy to pipe your results into the Earth Engine batch-processing framework to generate substantially larger and more complex outputs (like HD video).

Why bother with animation? The human brain has custom hardware for extracting information from motion, which means that videos can be used to make change detection, time-series analysis, etc. visually intuitive.

Image Collection Filmstrip Images

Sometimes, you may find that you want to preview the contents of a collection spatially rather than temporally. For this use-case, we’ve added an ee.ImageCollection.getFilmstripThumbURL() function which displays the images in a grid. This “filmstrip” result can power inspector tools, thumbnail galleries, and more — let us know if you build something cool!

Three sections of the filmstrip image from NOAA/NCEP/EMC’s GFS: Global Forecast System 384-Hour Predicted Atmosphere Data animation above

We hope this new functionality makes it a little easier for you to understand the images that make up a collection as part of your development iterations. Happy coding!
Mapping the UK’s phased reopening of hospitality industry
By: Juan Felipe Alvarez Jaramillo
Tags: Covid 19, Reopening, Hospitality, Maps

The UK government has recently (as of April 12th) relaxed some measures, allowing hospitality venues to serve clients in outdoor spaces. While not every restaurant or pub can benefit from this temporary arrangement, people have flocked to the ones that did open. Planning ahead and booking in advance is now more crucial than ever.

Since last year, Google has been updating its mobility index and has now added regional granularities to their open datasets. This rich view, which aggregates mobility data of people’s visits to places that fall under certain category, gives us nice insights into the collective mind of the nation.

Using the map boundaries from the Open geography Portal, I have mapped a time series of the frequency of visits to places of Retail and Recreation (here is where they would classify the entertainment venues such as restaurants, pubs, hotels, theatres, etc).

View the interactive version here

It is very interesting to see how the shift is generalised across all country on a specific date: in April 12th, visits were back at the level of the comparison baseline. This is amazing, taking into account that temperatures have not risen comfortable levels for sitting outdoors. The data also shows, however, that the rebound has not been consistent enough to surpass the levels of the baseline (which is a 5 week period in Jan-Feb 2020). This might have to do with the limited seating availability at the venues, or it could also signal that some people are not ready yet to go out and have a drink.

Here is a zoomed in version for Greater London:

I would be updating this entry on May 17th, which is when hospitality venues are allowed to sit guests indoors. Hopefully, the visit to these kind of places will increase in favour of the hospitality industry by then.
Extruded tile facade: A budget-friendly and long lasting option!!!
By: Design Central Australia
Tags: Extruded Tile Facade, Tiles, Facade, Maps

The buildings being constructed these days are designed keeping in mind the factors of sustainability and energy efficiency. To this end, the extruded tile facades are multifaceted and flexible enough to fulfill all such requirements and yet appear pleasing to the eyes. Especially for properties being constructed in urban cities, it is crucial that they are designed considering the overall city planning and designing.

Extruded tile facades perfectly capture the essence when it comes to combining the latest technology with eco-friendly practices at affordable prices. Facades built in such a manner are natural and sustainable alternatives and yet match the designing requirements of the properties.

Color options and intactness. The tile facades do not deteriorate due to weather conditions. Their color remains intact and the overall look appears pleasing to the eyes for the longest of time. Not to say, you have a variety of color options when it comes to building an extruded tile facade.

2. High protection and durability. The strategically aligned tiles and their format in addition to the properties of the tile, prevent the tiles from shifting positions and also penetration of rain. Proper compression of tiles ensures that the tiles do not rattle in windy weather conditions. Since the tiles used to make up the facade pass through the fire at abnormally high temperature, it implies the facade can easily withstand fire, acid rains, and other similar external elements.

3. Zero maintenance requirement. If the facade is built in a proper manner, you will not have to worry about carrying out any maintenance activity at all. Extruded tile facades are built to easily withstand the most extreme weather conditions. The angle at which the extruded tiles are strategically placed further enhances their longevity. Along with this, the innovative concept for ensuring proper drainage prevents soiling. It can, thus, rightly be said that extruded tile facades can very easily maintain their aesthetic appeal with no effort at all.

4. Economical option. The best part about extruded tile facades is that they are budget friendly despite so many numbers of benefits that they offer. This inexpensive option is preferred by the majority of people purely because of its cost-effectiveness.

The aforementioned benefits highlight the positive implications that constructing an extruded tile facade will have for your property. To learn more about its benefits, contact a builder who can do a good job at constructing an extruded tile facade as per your requirement.
Garmin Sat Nav — How To Update Garmin Maps
By: Garmin Update
Tags: Garmin Map Update, Garmin Support, Maps, Garmin Gps Map Updates, Garmin

Garmin device showing map direction

Garmin Sat Nav is one of the best portable Navigation systems intricately designed by the company itself. These devices have made driving a lot easier and convenient thanks to a bunch of their features that have simplified a chore like driving. These easy to use devices come in an array of screen sizes. You can choose from 5.0, 5.5 and 6.9 inches of the display screen and all these devices brags about the high screen resolution and edge to edge technology.

Garmin Sat Nav devices feature an engaging user interface which is quite easy to comprehend and they are also equipped with Voice-integrated search features so that you don’t have to look at the screen every time you have to take a turn. A voice-integrated search feature enhances safe driving by avoiding all the distractions. Adding more to that, these devices feature driver alerts that send you to push notifications whenever you are in a school zone or near the speed limit. That’s not all you have got. You get live traffic alerts so that you can take a detour to save your time and these devices also send you weather alerts as well.

To make sure that you are not embarking on a wrong route or a road, Garmin Real Life Directions are a great asset. They use names of landmarks or buildings so that you are aware of your whereabouts and know whether you are on the right track or not. Not only this, the addition of TripAdvisor travel rating is worth mentioning here. No matter whether you are looking for an accommodation or any gastronomical delicacies to devour, TripAdvisor travel rating will help you discover the best restaurants, hotels, cafe while you are on the way to reach your destination.

While routes and roads are changing perennial, Garmin has also taken care of this thing. These devices can be updated easily and the new maps will show you the right direction. Today’s best Garmin Sat Nav devices are equipped with built-in wifi updates so that whenever an update is available, the device gets automatically updated.

Steps To Update Garmin GPS

Below, we have listed down some steps that you can follow to update your Garmin GPS manually.
Visualizing COVID-19 in U.S. Counties
By: Jason Zhu
Tags: Mapbox, Data Science, Data Visualization, Maps, Coronavirus

With these considerations in mind, my team and I sought to build upon these existing maps. Our aim was to create a set of visuals that better represents the outbreak at the appropriate scale for everyday citizens, as well as local health officials. We believe a county-scale choropleth map is the best way to accurately visualize new confirmed cases of COVID-19 across the United States.

Early Development

The team currently consists of three members from Carnegie Mellon University and New York University. If you think you could help, get in touch!

• Jason Zhu— Project & Design Lead

• Justin Chen —Development Lead

• Miranda Luong —Research & Design

Prior to initial map development, we noticed that many college students were starting to compile their own lists of higher learning institutions and events being shut down. With minimal development, we quickly built a crowd-sourced repository of institutions and events affected by the outbreak. This effort was crowdsourced by the community and became instrumental in generating interest for a more comprehensive map. For example, one Reddit post on an NYU subreddit brought in over 1000+ unique visitors and reshares on Reddit and Twitter.

An initial list of universities that have gone online as of March 16th.

Initial Cumulative Map Visualization

Using Mapbox GL JS and a public data set, we developed a map of the United States that displayed confirmed cases— similar to the HealthMap visualization referenced above. We then moved to chart each coordinate to its relevant counties. We felt this was an appropriate amount of granularity — useful for all levels of government and for the everyday citizen. To not dismiss the importance of seeing state-by-state numbers, we also pulled U.S. state data to display on the left.

Taking a publicly available GeoJSON boundary file of the U.S. counties, we use Node.js to add properties to each county, noting the number of confirmed cases for each date. This data is sourced from a UW GitHub repository, that outlines each case, date of confirmation and coordinates.

An initial version of our data visualization

In one more day, we were able to create a choropleth map that mapped each confirmed case coordinate with its relevant county. While rudimentary, this was the first effort that we know of that has successfully mapped U.S. coronavirus cases on a county level. We believe this has not been previously done due to difficulty in finding the necessary data.

One drawback of the map is that it can misrepresent how COVID-19 is spreading and growing across the United States. With testing capabilities in the United States just beginning to ramp up, this is an inevitable consequence of visualizing data over time.