France launches an alternative to Google Maps

#France is retiring Géoportail in favor of cartes.gouv.fr, a free platform that consolidates multiple state mapping services into a single, mobile-friendly alternative to Google Maps and Street View.

“The goal is to create a go-to site for public mapping, supported by a modern user experience that can compete with the US giants as a leading alternative, at least for certain aspects.

cartes.gouv.fr doesn’t rely on real-time traffic navigation or reviews of local businesses, as #Google does. Instead, the platform focuses on the technical depth of its geographic data, which is accessible without requiring an account.

Whereas most apps are mostly limited to a simplified map layout and a satellite view, the IGN interface offers options for overlaying supplementary info: cadastral maps, aerial photos, classic IGN and thematic maps (environment, urban planning, noise, transportation, brush clearing, tourism etc).

Another advantage is that the site includes advanced measurement tools (distances, areas, angles, elevation calculations) as well as a module for calculating isochrones (for measuring an area that can be reached within a defined travel time). These are analytical features that are generally not available on traditional navigation tools.”

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"L’une des principales mannes d’argent public sacrifiée ces dernières années étant celle des autoroutes. Après quarante ans d’investissements publics, les sociétés autoroutières ont été privatisées au moment même où elles allaient devenir rentables pour l’État. Vendues pour 14,7 milliards d’euros en 2006 alors qu’elles rapportent 5 milliards d’euros de dividendes par an, voilà un exemple chimiquement pur de bradage d’actifs publics en France."

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"France is currently glowing red with heat. Not metaphorically. Literally. Land surface temperatures in parts of the country have been recorded at levels more commonly associated with the Sahara Desert.

France. The country of vineyards, alpine villages, stone farmhouses, rivers, forests and temperate European summers. Looking like the Sahara. That should stop us in our tracks.

The real story isn’t that France is having a heatwave. It’s that climate change is making places behave like somewhere else. Places are beginning to lose the climate that shaped their buildings, their farms, their infrastructure, their ecosystems, their communities, cultures and expectations of normal life.

France isn’t built for the Sahara. Its schools, homes, hospitals, railways, power stations and aged-care facilities weren’t designed for repeated extreme heat. Its rivers weren’t meant to run so hot that nuclear power stations have to reduce output because cooling water is too warm. Its classrooms weren’t meant to become dangerous places for children to sit exams."

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