Category: sociology of space

  • Socio-spatial secondary data source for all over the world

    In this post I want to echo this fantastic source of socio-spatial data, perfect for your GIS analysis in most of the countries all over the world The files have been created from OpenStreetMap dataand are licensed under the Open Database 1.0 License. Seewww.openstreetmap.org for details about the project. This file contains data as of…

  • Socio-economic analysis with nighttime light series. Step 1: downloading shapefile of the study area

    Context: we analyze economic changes in Colombian municipalities between 1993 and 2020. We need to download ArcGis, a geographic information system (GIS) for working with maps and geographic information maintained by the Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri). It is used for creating and using maps, compiling geographic data, analyzing mapped information, sharing and discovering geographic…

  • Socio-economic analysis with nighttime light series: downloading nighttime images

    Context: we analyze economic changes in Colombian municipalities between 1993 and 2020. In this post, we focus on how to download our “raw data”, i.e. the nighttime light data for Colombia. Step 1: Download nighttime light series from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Particularly Version 4 DMSP-OLS Nighttime Lights Time Series (DMSP) –…

  • Socio-economic analysis with nighttime light series: uploading nighttime light file to a GIS software

    Context: we analyze economic changes in Colombian municipalities between 1993 and 2020. After having downloaded nighttime images from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), and install ArcGIS or any other GIS software in our computer, we proceed now to upload nighttime files for our analysis. NOAA provide images covering the whole world which can…

  • Urban sprawl and identity. The case of post war Madrid (In Spanish)

    This article,  see Original source, reflect on the urban spraw of Madrid in teh context after the civil war in Spain, and how neighbor municipalities were adhered to the capital and lost their identity due to political and belic reasons. Indeed, today Madrid center consists of only one municipality, compared to, for instance, Copenhagen, where the city centre counts with different ones, so called kommune.…