Tarık Emre Yorulmaz·2d agoThe Cartographer’s Paradox: Deciphering the 30 Border Enclaves of BaarleAs a geomatics engineer, my profession is built on the pursuit of precision, clarity, and continuous lines. When we map international…
Tarık Emre Yorulmaz·Oct 30When a Border Becomes a Map: Cambodia, Thailand, and Preah VihearThe dispute around an ancient Khmer temple shows how a line drawn on paper can outlive the people and politics that first put it there.
Tarık Emre Yorulmaz·Oct 29The Swiss Banking Map Is More Than ZurichSwitzerland’s banks are often reduced to a single image: a discreet office in Zurich, a numbered account, a locked door. It makes for a…
Tarık Emre Yorulmaz·Oct 28The Biodiversity Map Was There All AlongWhat Google’s hedgerow maps and Amazon’s restoration search can — and can’t — tell us about nature
Tarık Emre Yorulmaz·Oct 27A Train Arrives in Iran.Satellite imagery and spatial data can help separate a corridor that exists on a map from one that works on the ground.
Tarık Emre Yorulmaz·Oct 26The Cooler Route Is Hiding in Plain SightWhy city maps may soon need to account for the heat on the sidewalk, not just the minutes on the clock
Tarık Emre Yorulmaz·Oct 23A Power Project Needs More Than a Pin on the MapA power project can be close to a transmission line and still be a bad fit for the grid. That’s one of those facts that looks obvious after…
Tarık Emre Yorulmaz·Oct 22When the Shortest Route Isn’t the Easiest OneA practical guide to comparing distance with slope-weighted walking routes using OSMnx and elevation data
Tarık Emre Yorulmaz·Oct 21What Switzerland’s Railways Teach Us About DistanceIn Switzerland, a railway map is more than a guide to getting from one station to another.
Tarık Emre Yorulmaz·Oct 20Can a Text Prompt Map Rooftops? Testing LangSAM on Satellite ImageryA practical Google Colab workflow for turning a satellite image into candidate building polygons — and a look at what the results still missA response icon1A response icon1
