Archive 2020 — 2024

Projects

An inventory of computational urbanism, spatial data science, and cartographic experiments. This ledger documents the intersection of technical precision and urban narrative.

Abstract urban density visualization
Spatial Analysis / GIS

Morphological Ledger of Istanbul

Quantifying the formal evolution of urban tissue using multi-temporal satellite imagery and topological graph theory.

PythonPyTorchOSMNXPostGIS
The Logistic Spine
Data Visualization

The Logistic Spine

Mapping global supply chains through maritime AIS data and port throughput metrics.

D3.jsSQLReact
Semantic Urbanism
Machine Learning

Semantic Urbanism

Natural Language Processing applied to city masterplans to detect ideological shifts in policy.

TransformersNLPPython
Shadow Synthetics
Computational Geometry

Shadow Synthetics

Calculating solar potential of informal settlements using point cloud data and custom ray-tracing.

C#Rhino/GrasshopperLiDAR
Protocol of the Commons
Research

Protocol of the Commons

Blockchain-based land registry simulations for developing economies in sub-Saharan Africa.

SolidityPolicyGIS
Özgün BaLaban

© Özgün Balaban. The Cartographic Ledger. All computational experiments and research findings reserved.

01001111 01011010 01000111 01010101 01001110