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You have wide-open poles with only one or two attachments in your own community. So why do providers keep building in over-connected areas instead of your backyard? Broadband deployment is driven by ROI. Providers flock to places with lots of potential customers. Once they've built in the best areas, they move on to the second best, third, and so on until the cost to deploy outweighs the number of customers. BEAD incentivizes build-outs to underserved communities, with providers connecting less-populated areas that meet BEAD qualifications. But providers still try to find the largest of these areas to get the highest return. As a result, the least served communities are stuck waiting, crossing their fingers and hoping the delays and hidden costs of deployment don’t drain all the money before providers reach their towns. Engineering firms can help connect their community to the services it so desperately needs using Katapult Pro. They can collect photo data in their own backyard and use that info to encourage providers to build in the area. The collection process is straightforward and fast—our team collected four local townships in our surrounding area in less than 8 hours. (Plus, it’s an easy way to give new staff a crash course in the basics of Katapult Pro.) Leveraging that data brings value to providers, creates potential future work for your team, and invests in the future of your community. To get these models set up, give us a shout at hello@katapultengineering.com! 

It’s the moment you’ve been waiting for! With no further adieu, we bring you the 411 on the most in-demand area codes in the nation for 2023! Check out our third annual study featuring “The 20 Most Popular Area Codes of 2023!” Find out if your area code made the list, and why! #areacodes #top20 #phonenumbers

🚨Big news! We've completed phase 1 of our residential fiber-to-the-home network in Boise, Idaho. Boise residents now have access to internet speeds that were previously unattainable, transforming the digital landscape of Idaho's capital. Check out the press release to learn more: https://hubs.ly/Q02-7VdT0 #FatbeamFiber #Boise #FiberInternet

Every municipality is different. Different rules, different resources, and ultimately, different opportunities. If you're evaluating a deal in a new municipality, or expanding into a new asset class, odds are, you're spending loads of time getting up to speed with the resources available in that municipality. Plotzy makes this easy. Click into any parcel & instantly see key resources for that municipality that you should be aware of. Ask any question, and get AI-powered answers about that parcel's zoning, from it's municipality's zoning documentation. Oh, and we make the AI cite sources (with clickable links).

Ever wondered how routing algorithms can help us understand and improve accessibility by taking into account hills and gradients? Assessing accessibility means accounting for the different ways we experience our entire urban landscape including walking routes which veer up or down hills. Watch Gala's talk which explores routing algorithms, 20-minute neighbourhoods and hills from #TICTeC2024 https://buff.ly/3WUEDUD #WomenInTech #WomenInInnovation #Accessibility #UrbanPlanning #Planning

"Induced" or "stimulated" demand: this is the concept that widening a highway (and likely in other contexts as well) does not always produce the intended effect of easing congestion. Rather, it can result in the opposite of the initial goal of the technological intervention in the first place - more frequent use of the highway. In my U of T days I recall professors talking about how one of the effects of widening the 401 was encouraging home owners to move several kilometers further away from the city since they could have a similar commute time with a larger home ... thereby contributing to urban sprawl. Perhaps another example of "the technological fix." Sometimes we need to be more creative than "just build a bigger and better" approach to a problem.

We are excited to announce the publication of our latest blog post, which explores the innovative features of Streets GL and its integration with 3D OpenStreetMap technology. This post delves into how these advancements enhance urban navigation and contribute to more efficient city planning. Discover the potential applications and transformative impact of this cutting-edge mapping solution. Read the full article here: https://ift.tt/3oRcjYC

🗺 OpenStreetMap is today's topic for the #30DayMapChallenge OpenStreetMap (OSM) is a collaborative, open-source mapping project launched in 2004 . It relites on contributions from a global community of volunteers who map streets, buildings, and other features using GPS devices, satellite imagery, and local knowledge. Its data is freely available under the Open Database License (ODbL). As of now, OpenStreetMap hosts over 10.6 billion map objects worldwide! This map of Utrecht highlights the detail and coverage achieved by the open-source community in recording building, roads, land use and waterways. Thanks to the efforts of the open-source community, we're now able to conduct complex urban analytics to further understand how to make our cities more efficient, sustainable and human-friendly. #geospatial #openstreetmap #utrecht #netherlands #smartcities #urbanplanning #mapping

I'm excited to share my third task in the Digital Engineering program with KAITECH on QGIS! I focused on analyzing the relationship between green spaces and digital infrastructure in New York state Through my analysis, I found a strong positive correlation between the locations of public parks and Wi-Fi hotspots, suggesting that smart city design should focus on integrating green spaces with digital services. #GIS #QGIS #SpatialAnalysis #DataVisualization #GeospatialData

🔒 REMINDER: July 2024 Privacy LESS THAN A WEEK AWAY 🥧 If you haven't reserved your spot yet for this month's Personal Privacy Information and Education meetup (Privacy PIE) go here now 👉 https://lnkd.in/durhkmaW 🏙 This month's talk is Smart Cities: What Your City Knows About You 🕵♀️ A Smart City means very specific and targeted technologies that make urban life more sustainable, efficient and livable. A lot of this tech is truly amazing, awesome and incredible. It will undoubtedly improve the quality of life for millions, if not billions, of people worldwide. Phoenix specifically is a target city for a national movement towards smart cities that is receiving a significant amount of federal funds. Policymakers and nontechnical decision makers are (rightfully) excited...but perhaps need a bit more input when it comes to some of the unintended consequences of this tech. This month's we'll delve into the genuinely exciting parts of smart cities and the aspects that are, well...perhaps not quite as smart.