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Raj Bhagat P #Mapper4Life

@rajbhagatt

Earth Observer, Civil Engineer
Tweets: Data-Driven Decision Making, GIS, Remote Sensing, Water, Urban Development, Environment, Maps

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#Thread on beaches to the south of Marina in #Chennai Many people complain about erosion near Pattinapakkam - Srinivasapuram neighbourhoods which are between Marina & Adyar. Considering that there are no significant man-made structures here, what is happening? Let's explore

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Context: When Kamarajar was chief minister of Madras state, some 200+ acres of guindy national park (then reserve) forest land & a lake were given to build IIT-Madras. Animals hence roam around campus. Since we don't remove lake bunds, the old lake area gets flooded once a while

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Fun #Map: Tamil Nadu has a very high number of artficial waterbodies (tank or #lake) to store water. In Tamil, they are called in different names like Kulam, Kanmai, Eri etc. Based on the names available in digitized format, map shows #Eri vs #kulam. Eri is dominant in North

Fun #Map: Tamil Nadu has a very high number of artficial waterbodies (tank or #lake) to store water. In Tamil, they are called in different names like Kulam, Kanmai, Eri etc. 

Based on the names available in digitized format, map shows #Eri vs #kulam. Eri is dominant in North
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#Map shows man-made #coastal structures in Tamil Nadu. There are 350+ such structures which include boat jetties, groynes, seawalls, and many other structures. Not all of them are hard structures, but rest of them act as walls affecting the littoral drift and hence alter the

#Map shows man-made #coastal structures in Tamil Nadu. There are 350+ such structures which include boat jetties, groynes, seawalls, and many other structures. 

Not all of them are hard structures, but rest of them act as walls affecting the littoral drift and hence alter the
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3D #Map Visual of #Kerala Most of Kerala's population resides within the narrow belt between the mountains and the sea. Combined with the climatology, socio-economic history, this geography resulted in high population density and its unique urbanization pattern.

3D #Map Visual of #Kerala

Most of Kerala's population resides within the narrow belt between the mountains and the sea. Combined with the climatology, socio-economic history, this geography resulted in high population density and its unique urbanization pattern.
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Reminder :) Tamil Nadu government is seeking good research work on best practices and methods related to land use. Today is last day to submit abstract!

Reminder :)

Tamil Nadu government is seeking good research work on best practices and methods related to land use.

Today is last day to submit abstract!
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#Bengaluru Tentative boundaries of the new 5 municipal corporations to replace the single giant municipal corporation (BBMP) Interactive site for the same: brandblr.github.io/brandblr/

#Bengaluru
Tentative boundaries of the new 5 municipal corporations to replace the single giant municipal corporation (BBMP)

Interactive site for the same:
brandblr.github.io/brandblr/
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#Map shows #wind turbines in the Aralvaimozhi pass between Kanniyakumari & Tirunelveli districts of #TamilNadu. This is one of India's largest wind energy production areas 2700+ windmills here tap the effect of local topography & the ghats-deflected monsoon winds from the west

#Map shows #wind turbines in the Aralvaimozhi pass between Kanniyakumari & Tirunelveli districts of #TamilNadu. This is one of India's largest wind energy production areas

2700+ windmills here tap the effect of local topography & the ghats-deflected monsoon winds from the west