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Smart city analysis in London in 1854

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John Snow’s method to fight cholera in London in 1854 could be the first data mapping project ever conducted. Image source: Shutterstock (#211504507).

Already in 1854 John Snow traced the source of cholera outbreak in Broad Street, London to a water pump by mapping the locations of where people had died. An innovative method at its time from which modern applications of technology can still learn.

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