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From Pixels to Plans

A blog by Dr Balamurugan Soundararaj covering a combination of Spatial Analysis, Data Science, and AI that is fuelling the Smart City revolution.

Latest Posts

• #30DayMapChallenge Day 11: Senses: Sound

  Posted on:November 11, 2026 |  at 09:00 AM

  Day 11 of the 2026 #30DayMapChallenge. Theme: Senses: Sound. The aircraft noise contours around Western Sydney International Airport, and the 867 properties inside them, mapped in MapAI with two short prompts.

• #30DayMapChallenge Day 10: Prompting only

  Posted on:November 10, 2026 |  at 09:00 AM

  Day 10 of the 2026 #30DayMapChallenge. Theme: Prompting only. Every map this month has been prompt only, so instead of another map, a deep dive into why the trace behind an AI answer matters more than the answer itself, using the Day 9 Sydney to Lithgow transect.

• #30DayMapChallenge Day 9: Urban-rural

  Posted on:November 9, 2026 |  at 09:00 AM

  Day 9 of the 2026 #30DayMapChallenge. Theme: Urban-rural. A 103 km transect from Sydney Town Hall to Lithgow, through 32 SA2s: where the city ends, where the country begins, and how age and income change along the way, mapped in MapAI.

• #30DayMapChallenge Day 8: Utopia

  Posted on:November 8, 2026 |  at 09:00 AM

  Day 8 of the 2026 #30DayMapChallenge. Theme: Utopia. How many Sydneysiders live within 800 metres of a station, a school, a supermarket and a park, and where would one new station or school make the biggest difference? A 15-minute city check in MapAI.

• #30DayMapChallenge Day 7: 10 minute map

  Posted on:November 7, 2026 |  at 09:00 AM

  Day 7 of the 2026 #30DayMapChallenge. Theme: 10 minute map. Instead of one map in 10 minutes, I made 23 with MapAI, and what that means for the routine side of GIS work.