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Sofia Lazar
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M. Sc in Water Resources๐Ÿ’ง | Eng in Structures Construction, Civil Engineering Hydraulics ๐Ÿ—๏ธ | Water Allocation - Quality Modelling ๐ŸŒก๏ธ | Data Visualization โœจ| GIS ๐ŸŒ | R ๐Ÿ“Š | Python ๐Ÿ
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท L๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ…“ P๐Ÿ…ก๐Ÿ…ž๐Ÿ…“๐Ÿ…ค๐Ÿ…’๐Ÿ…ฃ๐Ÿ…˜๐Ÿ…ฅ๐Ÿ…˜๐Ÿ…ฃ๐Ÿ…จ D๐Ÿ…จ๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ…œ๐Ÿ…˜๐Ÿ…’๐Ÿ…ข ๐Ÿ…˜๐Ÿ… B๐Ÿ…ก๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ…ฉ๐Ÿ…˜๐Ÿ…›

๐–ฆ๐—‹๐–พ๐–พ๐—‡๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ ๐—‚๐—‡ ๐—๐—๐–พ ๐– ๐—†๐–บ๐—“๐—ˆ๐—‡ & ๐—Œ๐—ˆ๐—Ž๐—๐— ๐—Œ๐—๐—ˆ๐—๐—Œ ๐—‹๐—‚๐—Œ๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ ๐—‰๐—‹๐—ˆ๐–ฝ๐—Ž๐–ผ๐—๐—‚๐—๐—‚๐—๐—’ ๐ŸŒฑ
๐–ก๐—Ž๐— ๐—ˆ๐—‹๐–บ๐—‡๐—€๐–พ & ๐—’๐–พ๐—…๐—…๐—ˆ๐— ๐—“๐—ˆ๐—‡๐–พ๐—Œ ๐—‹๐–พ๐—๐–พ๐–บ๐—… ๐—Œ๐—๐—‹๐–พ๐—Œ๐—Œ ๐–ฝ๐–พ๐–ฟ๐—ˆ๐—‹๐–พ๐—Œ๐—๐–บ๐—๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—‡, ๐–ฝ๐—‹๐—ˆ๐—Ž๐—€๐—๐— & ๐–ผ๐—…๐—‚๐—†๐–บ๐—๐–พ ๐—‰๐—‹๐–พ๐—Œ๐—Œ๐—Ž๐—‹๐–พ ๐—‹๐–พ๐–ฝ๐—Ž๐–ผ๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ ๐—‹๐–พ๐—Œ๐—‚๐—…๐—‚๐–พ๐—‡๐–ผ๐–พ ๐ŸŒพ๐Ÿ”ฅ

๐–ง๐—ˆ๐— ? ๐—Œ๐–พ๐–พ @milos-makes-maps.bsky.social ๐—๐—Ž๐—

#๐–ซ๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ๐–ฃ๐–พ๐—€๐—‹๐–บ๐–ฝ๐–บ๐—๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—‡ #๐–ก๐—‹๐–บ๐—“๐—‚๐—… #๐–ค๐–บ๐—‹๐—๐—๐–ฎ๐–ป๐—Œ๐–พ๐—‹๐—๐–บ๐—๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—‡ #๐–ฑ๐—Œ๐—๐–บ๐—s
October 15, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Thank you for the shout-out, @milos-makes-maps.bsky.social ๐Ÿ˜
May 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
๐Ÿ—ป Just finished rendering this Digital Elevation Model of #Jammu & #Kashmir using #Tanaka Highlights ๐ŸŽจ

Loving how the technique brings out the terrain, sharp ridgelines, soft basins, and deep valleys all pop beautifully.

๐Ÿ”—Tut by @milos-makes-maps.bsky.social ๐Ÿ˜

#DEM #TanakaHighlights #Cartography
May 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜…
April 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Haha, no problem at all! Thanks for the smile! ๐Ÿ˜„
April 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
๐Ÿคฃ I can see that! I promise it's not a salad leaf
April 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Hey! There's no link for the map, as it's not part of any published report or paper, just my habit of sharing my work ๐Ÿ˜
April 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
๐–ฅ๐—‚๐—‘๐–พ๐–ฝ ๐—๐—๐–บ๐—! ๐ŸŽฏ
๐–ฒ๐—๐—‚๐—‰๐–พ ๐—๐—ˆ ๐—Œ๐–พ๐–พ ๐–จ๐—‡๐–ฝ๐—‚๐–บ'๐—Œ ๐—‹๐—‚๐—๐–พ๐—‹๐—Œ ๐—‚๐—‡ ๐Ÿฅ๐–ฃ.... ๐–ป๐—…๐–พ๐—‡๐–ฝ๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ ๐–พ๐—…๐–พ๐—๐–บ๐—๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—‡, ๐—๐—ˆ๐—‰๐—ˆ๐—€๐—‹๐–บ๐—‰๐—๐—’, ๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ ๐—๐—’๐–ฝ๐—‹๐—ˆ๐—…๐—ˆ๐—€๐—’

๐Ÿ”ฅ๐–ฅ๐—Ž๐—‡ ๐–ฟ๐–บ๐–ผ๐—: ๐Ÿค๐Ÿช๐Ÿช๐Ÿข ๐—‹๐—‚๐—๐–พ๐—‹๐—Œ ๐–ผ๐—‹๐—ˆ๐—Œ๐—Œ ๐—๐—๐–พ ๐–ป๐—ˆ๐—‹๐–ฝ๐–พ๐—‹๐—Œ, ๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ ๐—๐—๐–พ ๐—…๐—ˆ๐—‡๐—€๐–พ๐—Œ๐— ๐—‰๐–บ๐—๐— ๐—‹๐—Ž๐—‡๐—Œ ๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿข๐Ÿซ,๐Ÿฃ๐Ÿฃ๐Ÿง ๐—„๐—†!

#๐–ฆ๐–จ๐–ฒ #๐–ฑ๐—Œ๐—๐–บ๐—๐—Œ #๐–ฌ๐–บ๐—‰๐—‰๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ #๐–จ๐—‡๐–ฝ๐—‚๐–บ #๐–ง๐—’๐–ฝ๐—‹๐—ˆ๐—…๐—ˆ๐—€๐—’
April 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
๐ŸŒ€ 826 rivers flow into the DRC ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ

Todayโ€™s deep dive? Unveiling a river network so vast it spans all 26 provinces, linking ecosystems, borders, and lives.
From Bas-Uele to Kinshasa ๐Ÿ’งโœจ

#Geospatial #Hydrology #DRC #RStats #WaterMapping
April 25, 2025 at 1:34 PM
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐— ๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—›๐—˜๐—”๐—งโ€ฏ&โ€ฏ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐ŸŒก๏ธ๐Ÿ‘ฅ

With summer heatwaves intensifying, I overlaid #MODIS LST and #GHSL 2030 population to spot where heat and people collide

#ClimateAction #UrbanResilience #GIS #HeatIslands #Sustainability
April 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Hmmm let do this, next time I will zoom in to Lagos and use colors that really highlights the LST effects!
April 22, 2025 at 9:33 PM
One thing to note is that there are no red colors in the legend. One might expect high LST values in Lagos, but they are represented using blue the color indicating the highest LST level
April 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
๐Ÿ”ฅ๐ŸŒณ 3D view of #Nigeriaโ€™s heat & green cover ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ

MODIS LST ร— Canopy Height = a map where trees cool, cities heat ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿ”ฅ

South = cooler, denser
North = hotter, barer
Cities = heat islands ๐Ÿ™๏ธ

#GIS #Climate #Nigeria #DataViz #LST #Canopy #Trees #Forest
April 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐›๐จ๐๐ข๐š, ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ˆ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿ“ข for our forests?!

From 1990 to 2024, weโ€™ve seen a massive shift: green forests turning into scattered patches. The land is changing fast......Time to act, protect, and restore!

#Cambodia #Forests #ClimateAction #TMFChange #ReforestCambodia #Rstats #Asia
April 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
๐Ÿ‘€ You saw #Brazil & the #Amazon TMF in #3Dโ€ฆ
My people in the #DRC said: ๐‘พ๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’†โ€™๐’” ๐’๐’–๐’“๐’”? ๐Ÿ˜

Wellโ€ฆ here it is! ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉโœจ

๐“๐Œ๐… ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐‘๐‚ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  3๐ƒ! ๐ŸŒฟ๐ŸŒ

A vibrant forest, rich in life & vital for our planet ๐Ÿ’ง๐ŸŒณ

#TMF #DRC3D #CongoBasin #NatureIn3D #GIS #MappingTMF #Africa #ForestsMatter #ClimateAction #R
April 20, 2025 at 9:00 AM
April 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
๐ŸŸก Mapping Africa's Aid Inequity: 15 years where global aid fell below average. ๐Ÿšจ

Using R, I visualized this disparity in an animated map. In 2005, Africa got just 4.9% of global aid, less than 1 in 20 dollars.

๐ŸŒ Data Source: #WorldBank

#R #DataForDevelopment #AidAllocation #MappingAfrica
April 20, 2025 at 1:01 AM
โœ… The masterpiece for ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท is here ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ”ฅ !

๐ŸŒณ๐ŸŒŽโœจ Tropical Moist Forest in full #3D GLORY โ€” 2024 style.
๐ŸŽจ + ๐Ÿ›ฐ๏ธ + ๐ŸŒฟ = WOW

๐Ÿ“ข Letโ€™s hear it, #Brazil! ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’›

#3D #Brazil #RemoteSensing #GIS #EarthObservation #Rstats #Science
April 19, 2025 at 9:02 PM
โœ… I did my part...

๐ŸŒณ๐ŸŒ 3D Amazon Rainforest: 2024 Tropical Moist Forest edition!

Elevation, vegetation, human impact: all in one view

๐Ÿ“Š Data: forobs.jrc.ec.europa.eu/TMF/data

#3D #Amazon #EarthObservation #GIS #RemoteSensing #Rstats #EOData #SouthAmerica #Brazil #Peru
April 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Hi, this is actually my own work, thereโ€™s no formal report available at the moment. The dataset can be downloaded from: forobs.jrc.ec.europa.eu/TMF/data
You can also explore annual global changes here: forest-observatory.ec.europa.eu/forest/tmf
Forest Observations
forobs.jrc.ec.europa.eu
April 19, 2025 at 1:47 PM
๐Ÿ…ฃ๐Ÿ…—๐Ÿ…” ๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ…œ๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ…ฉ๐Ÿ…ž๐Ÿ… ๐Ÿ…ก๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ…˜๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ…•๐Ÿ…ž๐Ÿ…ก๐Ÿ…”๐Ÿ…ข๐Ÿ…ฃ: ๐Ÿ… ๐Ÿ…ข๐Ÿ…—๐Ÿ…˜๐Ÿ…•๐Ÿ…ฃ ๐Ÿ…•๐Ÿ…ก๐Ÿ…ž๐Ÿ…œ 1990 ๐Ÿ…ฃ๐Ÿ…ž 2024 ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ“Š

From ๐ŸŸข600 Mha of intact forest to just ๐ŸŸข500.61 Mha.
๐ŸŸ  66.67 Mha deforested
๐ŸŸก 33.59 Mha degraded
๐Ÿ’š 9.78 Mha regrowthโ€”too little, too late?

#AmazonRainforest #Geospatial #RStats #ForestConservation #Sustainability #ClimateChange #SpatialData
April 18, 2025 at 9:37 PM
๐…๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž'๐ฌ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ŸŒก๏ธ๐Ÿƒ
This bivariate map reveals where temperature meets vegetation across France. Mediterranean regions glow magenta (hot+dry), while northern greens showcase resilient plant life.

#DataViz #ClimateScience #RemoteSensing
April 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
April 16, 2025 at 8:43 AM
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Tropical Moist Forest Crisis in Brazil: Since 1990, Brazil lost 86.86 Mha of undisturbed forests, while regrowth only covered 16.08 Mha. Deforestation escalates by 1,533%, and degradation is climbing. We must act for a sustainable future. ๐ŸŒ #Deforestation #ClimateAction #Brazil #Biodiversity
April 16, 2025 at 8:40 AM
๏ผด๏ผจ๏ผฅใ€€๏ผฃ๏ผฏ๏ผฎ๏ผง๏ผฏใ€€๏ผข๏ผก๏ผณ๏ผฉ๏ผฎใ€€๏ผถ๏ผก๏ผฎ๏ผฉ๏ผณ๏ผจ๏ผฉ๏ผฎ๏ผงใ€€๏ผฌ๏ผฉ๏ผฆ๏ผฅ๏ผฌ๏ผฉ๏ผฎ๏ผฅ

The DRC's rainforest is disappearing! ๐ŸŒ maps from the 2024 #JRC #Tropical #Moist #Forest show a staggering 21.2% loss of intact forest over the past 34 years. From 130.5 Mha in 1990 to just 102.73 Mha in 2024.

#CongoRainforest #Deforestation #ClimateCrisis #JRC
April 16, 2025 at 1:22 AM