Mapping Hacks

About four years ago, Civic Space Labs commissioned me to provide them with a freely available database of US ZIP code centroids. For a while, it was hosted on their site, but at some point the link was broken. Since then, I’ve gotten about an email a month from people looking for the database.
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Each time i read another sensationalising “food crisis” article, I grumble. What else is the blogosphere for, but to get things like this off one’s chest;
So, prices of all kinds of food staples are rising globally, rapidly. Some - like rice - are specifically singled out, and specific warnings actually serve to worsen price inflation […]