Mapping Mexican Cities via Phone

Twitter: Monterrey

Mexico on the Web: maps of Mexican cities as shown through data, specifically the use iphones and android phones. Kudos to cartographer Sasha Trubetskoy @sasha_trub ht for the retweet @simongerman600

Hashtag: #iPhoneVsAndroidMaps

Embedded Tweets

Monterrey, Mexico

🔴 = iPhone
🔵 = Android

Second biggest economy in Mexico, highly developed and "Americanized". But also quite segregated by income, as this map shows. pic.twitter.com/czY21YrPkh

— Sasha Trubetskoy (@sasha_trub) September 11, 2019

San Luis Potosí City 🇲🇽

🔴 = iPhone
🔵 = Android

Seems like every Mexican city has a designated iPhone area…

Requested by @RicardoLeal77, @jltorre_l, @zaida_ & others#iPhoneVsAndroidMaps pic.twitter.com/jznCwRzuHk

— Sasha Trubetskoy (@sasha_trub) September 12, 2019

Torreón 🇲🇽

🔴 = iPhone
🔵 = Android

There's something captivating about these patterns…

Requested by @jagarzamos#iPhoneVsAndroidMaps pic.twitter.com/e7EexKX09M

— Sasha Trubetskoy (@sasha_trub) September 11, 2019

Saltillo 🇲🇽

🔴 = iPhone
🔵 = Android

Looks like a fairly well-off industrial city.

Requested by @pacoflocast#iPhoneVsAndroidMaps pic.twitter.com/oxAQioJTdU

— Sasha Trubetskoy (@sasha_trub) September 12, 2019

Here is Mexico City

🔴 = iPhone
🔵 = Android

Android is for poor people! pic.twitter.com/oZXqnk0MLt

— Sasha Trubetskoy (@sasha_trub) September 7, 2019

Questions

• What data is used to create the maps?
• Can you create a map of Oaxaca City?

Sasha Trubetskoy
Sasha Trubetskoys finished college in June 2019 and hope to keep working at the intersection of geography and data. He is especially interested in transportation networks and would love to hear about any relevant opportunities! Here is his resume.

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