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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 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.

• #30DayMapChallenge Day 2: Lines

  Posted on:November 2, 2026 |  at 09:00 AM

  Day 2 of the 2026 #30DayMapChallenge. Theme: Lines. The Greater Sydney rail network in MapAI from one prompt, then the same map for Camden, London with a one-line follow-up.

• #30DayMapChallenge Day 1: Points

  Posted on:November 1, 2026 |  at 09:00 AM

  Day 1 of the 2026 #30DayMapChallenge. Theme: Points. 6,245 cafes across 624 suburbs of Greater Sydney, mapped in MapAI from a single prompt using Overture Places.

• #30DayMapChallenge 2026: This year is all about MapAI

  Posted on:October 31, 2026 |  at 09:00 AM

  The #30DayMapChallenge starts tomorrow and this year I am doing all 30 maps with MapAI, the spatial analysis platform I have been building for the past two years. It is live, it is launched, and this November is my chance to show what it can do, one map a day.