GIS Ed Weekly: Remote sensing illuminates floods, shipwrecks

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Insider: Map shows which states have the most support for Simone Biles after her withdrawal from Olympic all-around competition - "The team at betonline.ag set out to determine which US states support Biles following her unprecedented decision in Tokyo. Using geotagged Twitter data in the 48 hours following the team all-around competition — when Biles first bowed out — they tracked tweets, hashtags, and direct keyword phrases relating to Biles' choice to sit out." 

The Conversation: AI spots shipwrecks from the ocean surface – and even from the air - A doctoral student at UT writes: "I taught a computer how to recognize shipwrecks on the ocean floor from scans taken by aircraft and ships on the surface." Via @vWMaps.