Cities need a mingling of old buildings to cultivate primary diversity mixtures, as well as secondary diversity. In particular, they need old buildings to incubate new primary diversity. Jane Jacob, the Death and Life of Great American Cities. My Personal View of This Project For the past few months, I have been digitising old maps […]

The Building Footprint dataset, produced by Google Research under the Open Buildings project, is a large-scale open-access dataset containing the outlines of 1.8 billion buildings across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Launched in 2021, the project covers about 40% of the globe and 54% of the world’s population​. The dataset was developed as

To me, old maps from the past reveal some of the most interesting features that I have never would have noticed in my city or anywhere in my home country. Historical Maps on Interactive Map I began by downloading scanned images of historical maps from The Perry-Castañeda Library (PCL) Map Collection website. Once I had

Sereisaophaon City Overview Sereisaophaon city is the provincial capital of Banteay Meanchey province. It has a unique layout compared to many of Cambodia’s provincial capitals. The city sprawls around four noticeable mountains: Phnom Svay, Phnom Chanhchang, Phnom Bek, and Phnom Klakon. In the southern part of the city, the Sereisaophaon river winds around almost the

Siem Reap Overview Siem Reap is know for its Angkor Archaeological site, which features hundreds of ancient Khmer temples. Amongst these, Angkor Wat stands out as the largest religious monument in the world, attracting millions of tourists annually. Many of these temples are situated within and surrounded by forest cover, making Siem Reap city the

Battambang City Overview Battambang city is known for its well-planned colonial layout. The city centre is arranged in a gridiron pattern, reflecting its colonial heritage. The main attractions in Battambang city are its French shophouse architecture buildings, the Sangkae river quays, the local cuisine, and the vibrant art scene. It is renowned as the city

Phnom Penh Overview Phnom Penh is the capital city of Cambodia and is home to more than 2 million people. The city lies at the confluence of Mekong and Tonle Sap rirvers. Wat Phnom, an iconic landmark, is considered the founding site of modern Phnom Penh. The Wat Phnom area is lush with tall trees

To quote directly from Meta’s Data for Good site, the Relative Wealth Index predicts the relative standard of living within countries using privacy-protecting connectivity data, satellite imagery, and other novel data sources. The map above presents the level of the standard of living nationwide in Cambodia. I have classified the index into seven classes ranging

Leaflet stands as the premier open-source interactive web mapping tool of our time. Bringing Leaflet maps to this site has been a long-standing goal of mine, and I’m excited to present the demo above, showcasing some of its basic interactive features. In the realm of urban planning and management, data is paramount. Yet, the true

There are 11 cities in this list, minus Brunei’s capital city. Originally, I intended to curate just only capital cities in south-east Asia (SEA) nations; however, a few countries such as Myanmar’s, Vietnam’s, and Indonesia’s secondary cities have greater populations than their capital city. Jakarta stands as Indonesia’s capital at the moment until the planned