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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 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.

• #30DayMapChallenge Day 6: Vintage

  Posted on:November 6, 2026 |  at 09:00 AM

  Day 6 of the 2026 #30DayMapChallenge. Theme: Vintage. 45 sites of the Indus Valley Civilization, the extent of the Harappan world, and a first pass at where to dig next, mapped in MapAI.

• #30DayMapChallenge Day 5: Senses: Sight

  Posted on:November 5, 2026 |  at 09:00 AM

  Day 5 of the 2026 #30DayMapChallenge. Theme: Senses: Sight. Which lots in Darlinghurst and Woolloomooloo could see the Sydney Opera House if everything were built to its height limit? A planning-control viewshed in MapAI.

• #30DayMapChallenge Day 4: Clusters

  Posted on:November 4, 2026 |  at 09:00 AM

  Day 4 of the 2026 #30DayMapChallenge. Theme: Clusters. 74 cafe strips found with DBSCAN in MapAI, and how many Sydneysiders live within a 10-minute walk of one.

• #30DayMapChallenge Day 3: Polygons

  Posted on:November 3, 2026 |  at 09:00 AM

  Day 3 of the 2026 #30DayMapChallenge. Theme: Polygons. Population change across Greater Sydney's 364 SA2s from 2020 to 2025, mapped in MapAI using ABS estimated resident population.