Category Archives: Must see

Maps

Must see

Since 1994 I have been professionally engaged in a variety of mapping and geographic information management projects, spanning from tourism to environmental remediation, citizen science, biodiversity, utility surveys and more. In time I have also been increasingly working on outreach related to mapping (and free/open-source mapping).

Highlights

Below is a list of blog posts documenting my map-related activities. Need a map? Write to info@pibinko.org.

Weather in Torniella, Tuscany

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Clicking on the image above, or on this link you can find more data on the weather in Torniella, Southern Tuscany.

The weather station is active since May 11, 2019 (this article explains the installation event). For more information: info@pibinko.org.

This service is offered by pibinko.org (weather station procurement), Circolo ARCI Torniella (connectivity), Giorgio Panerati (support laptop) and mymeteonetwork (data reporting).

Palla a 21 (or palla eh!)

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Palla a 21 (or palla eh!) is an ancient hand ball game. It is currently played in six tiny hamlets in Southern Tuscany, between Siena and Grosseto, in Ciciano, Piloni, Scalvaia, Tirli, Torniella, and Vetulonia.

Pibinko.org is developing the activities promoted by Attivarti.org between 2011 and 2018, and started by a more informal version of the pibinko.org network in 2007-2008 with the extremely creative palla a 21 in Chicago project, and the subsequent photo exhibitions in Ribolla and San Francisco, including a photo contest.

In addition to the promotion of the game during the Summer tournaments (July-August), pibinko.org has been managing some specific initiatives about the game. All of these have been conducted together with the communities where the game is played.

For more information about the game you may also check the related wikipedia page, but we encourage you to review our list of blog posts on the palla topic (and reload the page to see the items in a different order):

BuioMetria Partecipativa

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Participatory night sky quality monitoring….

For more information: bmp@pibinko.org

A listing in random order of all articles about BuioMetria Partecipativa from the pibinko.org News section, since 2008 (reload this page to see a different ordering):

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In this section you will find in-depth information on some of the projects and initiatives I consider most significant.

The creation of this section of the site is in progress.

Furthermore, you may review the full list of projects completed:

Places

Must see

In the map below you find a curated set of locations where the pibinko.org network has operated (*) or – in a few cases – where there have been activities promoted by the network. The bounding box is roughly San Francisco to Beijing (West to East) and Oslo to Abu Dhabi (North to South)

  • If you click on a location, you will see all articles on the site related to it. You will be brough to the Italian version of the article, but if an English version of the article is available, you may switch language (**).
  • In addition to this map, on the pibinko.org web site you will find many more maps, and map-related news. Please check https://www.pibinko.org/maps for more information
  • If you need a map: micalosapevo@pibinko.org o 3317539228

(*) all locations visited directly, except Beijing, where we sent a poster in 2011.

(**) if you get a 404 error for some of the locations, this is because we are completing the addition of a few links. Please let us know at micalosapevo@pibinko.org or +393317539228 – thank you!

Map update: Aug. 2025