Raj Bhagat P #Mapper4Life
@rajbhagatt
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Earth Observer, Civil Engineer Tweets: Data-Driven Decision Making, GIS, Remote Sensing, Water, Urban Development, Environment, Maps
Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu
Joined March 2011
#Thread on Ponniyin Selvan #Maps Last year, I had the opportunity to work as map consultant in director Maniratnam's magnum opus, #PonniyinSelvan movie. Though seen only in bg, there was a lot of professional effort put into maps which must be the 1st in Indian film industry 1/n
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#WhereinIndia is this location? Level: Moderate Hint: Historically significant place on the right
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These many colours on the surface of Earth in less than 10 kms!
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The #colours of the Gulf of Mannar coast! 😍 The blue of the sea, the white of the salt pans, the yellow of the beach sand, the seval red of the Theri red soils, the karisal black of the interiors' black soil. All in same frame Some villages are named after soil colours here
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We have evolved to touch, feel, sense, & see the world around us in a physical way but increasingly digitizing map world We decided to make maps in tracing sheets so that people can do analysis without any #map software! MapDemocratization Read: https://t.co/W8f7bgcWMA
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The greatest benefit of the ability to forecast weather from data, maps, & models is the advantage it provides in finding the right spot & time to dry clothes In a world where shade is limited & there's a dance between sunny days & rainy days, this is a good talent to acquire
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#Map : Dehradun Premnagar bridge collapse incident 1. Tons river is taking a curve & hence the flow is intensified on one side of bed 2. River sides are walled & narrowed over the time without buffer 3. Lot of sand mining to immediate upstream & downstream side which can
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There would be a data jam on lakes in Chennai. Planning to attend it.
Hello Chennai! OpenCity invites you to a Datajam on the topic of "Chennai Lakes". 🗓️: Sept 27th 2025 ⏰: 10 AM to 5 PM 📍: IIT-M Research Park, Tharamani, Chennai - 600113 Registration and more details : https://t.co/ldD3281VX1
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In a personal first, I handled sessions on #Geography and #map making for American High school students (two batches) yesterday! It was so much fun. Loved the interactions
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In a personal first, I handled sessions on #Geography and #map making for American High school students (two batches) yesterday! It was so much fun. Loved the interactions
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Adding context: Not all that is blue is water. Only the darkest blue is water.
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Processed SAR Satellite images of #Punjab from 4th. Apart from the water extent, the dataset is useful in studying built environment, agricultural / crop patterns. One can notice the start difference at India-Pakistan border between Amritsar and Lahore because of the difference
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The way we draw disconnected and meaningless electoral boundaries in the country with a top-down approach pains a lot :(
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#FunMap Yeshvanthapura assembly constituency in #Bengaluru doesn't include its namesake locality, Yeshvanthpura.
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Today, we would be conducting a session in #Delhi on floods and enabling action through data. Meanwhile it is flooding :/ @WRIIndia @WRICitiesIndia @smkirthiga
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