3D map of London incorporates real-time data – Spatial Source
3D map of London incorporates real-time data Spatial Source
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Discussing Discourse in Population Geography
I believe more can be done to incorporate a critical engagement with the population which population geography studies. And I think this can be achieved by recognising the importance of discourse within population geography itself, and the discourses which it produces. … More Discussing Discourse in Population Geography
Continue reading »Tube Zones
People in London generally know what tube zone they live “in”. There are no defined zones as such, zones are simply classifications assigned to each tube and railway station in, so it is likely people label their “zone” based on…
Continue reading »Bluesky MetroVista Mesh Models Underpin Dynamic Map of London – DirectionsMag.com
Bluesky MetroVista Mesh Models Underpin Dynamic Map of London DirectionsMag.com
Continue reading »Agent-Based Modeling and the City
Turning our attention back to agent-based modeling, in the recently open access edited volume by Wenzhong Shi, Michael Goodchild, Michael Batty, Mei-Po Kwan and Anshu Zhang entitled Urban Informatics, Alison Heppenstall, Nick Malleson, Ed Manley and m…
Continue reading »Agent-Based Modeling and the City
Turning our attention back to agent-based modeling, in the recently open access edited volume by Wenzhong Shi, Michael Goodchild, Michael Batty, Mei-Po Kwan and Anshu Zhang entitled Urban Informatics, Alison Heppenstall, Nick Malleson, Ed Manley and m…
Continue reading »Cycling and Small Business Guide
Route Plan Roll is the creation of Dermot Hanney – his concept is to marry a map of safe London road cycle routes, with proper infrastructure, with the “tube map” which famously simplifies the London Underground network into straight …
Continue reading »Alteryx Global Inspire 2021 Conference to Showcase New Products – MarTech Series
Alteryx Global Inspire 2021 Conference to Showcase New Products MarTech Series
Continue reading »Alteryx Global Inspire 2021 Conference to Showcase New Products and Innovations in Analytics and Data Science – StreetInsider.com
Alteryx Global Inspire 2021 Conference to Showcase New Products and Innovations in Analytics and Data Science StreetInsider.com
Continue reading »Academics to create record of children’s play during the pandemic – Nursery World
Academics to create record of children’s play during the pandemic Nursery World
Continue reading »So you’ve submitted your census form – what next?
In the last of our blogs for Census week, Edward Morgan, Head of Census Analysis Coordination at the Office for National Statistics shares, what next? My only regret from filling out my census form this week was the absence of any celebratory music following a click of the submit button. On reflection, a casual ‘thanks’ … More So you’ve submitted your census form – what next?
Continue reading »The value of the Census: what can the data tell us?
In the next of our blog posts for Census week, we showcase recent research undertaken using Census data to explore the remarkable growth and stability of multi-ethnic neighbourhoods in England, by Dr Gemma Catney, Professor Richard Wright, and Professor Mark Ellis. The original article, posted in Geography Directions, can be accessed here. You can also … More The value of the Census: what can the data tell us?
Continue reading »What will the 2021 Census tell us about life after COVID-19?
Where do you stand on the timing of the Census? Over the past few days we have shared a couple of blogs with contrasting views. Today, Prof Nicola Shelton looks into just what the 2021 Census may tell us in these turbulent times. Original article available here. When the 2021 census was first planned, we … More What will the 2021 Census tell us about life after COVID-19?
Continue reading »Do we need a 2026 Census?
In today’s post for Census week, Prof Danny Dorling raises questions about the timing of the census: “a snapshot of a strange, unrepresentative time, an image of pandemic Britain”, do we need a 2026 Census? Original article published in The Observer, available online at The Guardian. If Borish Johnson is serious about levelling up, he … More Do we need a 2026 Census?
Continue reading »Geography and the census
What can the census offer to geographers, and how does geography contribute to the census? Following on from yesterday’s blog on ‘why should you fill it in in?’, Professor David Martin asks what can the census offer to geographers, and how does geography contribute to the census? The original article, posted on Geography Directions, can … More Geography and the census
Continue reading »2021 Census – why should you fill it in?
Researchers at the University of Liverpool’s Geographic Data Science Lab share this blog post on the census and why you should fill it in. Sunday 21st March marks a once-in-a-decade moment – the 2021 Census. Why should you stand up and, quite literally, be counted? Happening every 10 years, the Census is a national survey completed by … More 2021 Census – why should you fill it in?
Continue reading »Node.JS, Node Express and Puppeteer for Epaper / EInk Displays: How to Open a Web Page & Save as an Image
Sometimes there is a need to step back and do things as simply as possible. EInk / Epaper screens are amazing, they carrying on showing…
Continue reading »The Little Book of Public Space and the Internet of Things
Following on from our Little Book of Connected Environments and the Internet of Things we have a new publication – The Little Book of Public…
Continue reading »Simulating Urban Shrinkage in Detroit via Agent-Based Modeling
While we are witnessing a growth in the world-wide urban population, not all cities are growing equally and some are actually shrinking (e.g., Leipzig in Germany; Urumqi in China; and Detroit in the United States). Such shrinking cities pose a signific…
Continue reading »Simulating Urban Shrinkage in Detroit via Agent-Based Modeling
While we are witnessing a growth in the world-wide urban population, not all cities are growing equally and some are actually shrinking (e.g., Leipzig in Germany; Urumqi in China; and Detroit in the United States). Such shrinking cities pose a signific…
Continue reading »IoT 3D Printable Devices – The Spring 2021 Collection
At The Connected Environment Lab, part of The Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, here at University College London we are designing and building a…
Continue reading »History Map of South Tottenham
We’ve all had plenty of to explore our local areas, over the last year, with several lockdowns and other movement restrictions meaning that our local village, town or part of London is our exercise arena. With this in mind it’s always nice …
Continue reading »The Hidden Geography of Ecommerce | by Philip Wilkinson | The Shadow | Jan, 2021 – Medium
The Hidden Geography of Ecommerce | by Philip Wilkinson | The Shadow | Jan, 2021 Medium
Continue reading »Call for Papers: Humans, Societies and Artificial Agents (HSAA)
As part of the Annual Modeling & Simulation Conference (ANNSIM 2021), Philippe Giabbanelli, and myself are organizing a tract entitled “Humans, Societies and Artificial Agents (HSAA)” which now has a call for papers out. Track descripti…
Continue reading »Call for Papers: Humans, Societies and Artificial Agents (HSAA)
As part of the Annual Modeling & Simulation Conference (ANNSIM 2021), Philippe Giabbanelli, and myself are organizing a tract entitled “Humans, Societies and Artificial Agents (HSAA)” which now has a call for papers out. Track descripti…
Continue reading »New ‘healthy streets’ data map for London aims to help planners ‘improve liveability’ – PlanningResource
New ‘healthy streets’ data map for London aims to help planners ‘improve liveability’ PlanningResource
Continue reading »Over 1.4 billion people exposed to significant flood risk; PH ranks 8th – The Manila Times – The Manila Times
Over 1.4 billion people exposed to significant flood risk; PH ranks 8th – The Manila Times The Manila Times
Continue reading »Elections and Bots
Continuing our work on bots, Ross Schuchard and myself have a new paper in PLOS ONE entitled “Insights into elections: An ensemble bot detection coverage framework applied to the 2018 U.S. midterm elections.” Our motivation for the work came from…
Continue reading »Elections and Bots
Continuing our work on bots, Ross Schuchard and myself have a new paper in PLOS ONE entitled “Insights into elections: An ensemble bot detection coverage framework applied to the 2018 U.S. midterm elections.” Our motivation for the work came from…
Continue reading »Jisc announces this year’s Networkshop49 as an online only event – Education Technology
Jisc announces this year’s Networkshop49 as an online only event Education Technology
Continue reading »How do we enable agile digital infrastructure for education and research? Jisc launches Networkshop49 – FE News
How do we enable agile digital infrastructure for education and research? Jisc launches Networkshop49 FE News
Continue reading »Top 10 Blog Articles Of 2020 | Blog – Ordnance Survey
Top 10 Blog Articles Of 2020 | Blog Ordnance Survey
Continue reading »Future Developments in Geographical Agent-Based Models: Challenges and Opportunities
Its been a while since (to say the least), that we wrote a position paper about agent-based modeling. But with agent-based modeling becoming more widely accepted and the growth of machine learning within the geographical sciences we thought we wo…
Continue reading »Future Developments in Geographical Agent-Based Models: Challenges and Opportunities
Its been a while since (to say the least), that we wrote a position paper about agent-based modeling. But with agent-based modeling becoming more widely accepted and the growth of machine learning within the geographical sciences we thought we wo…
Continue reading »CSA law and policy group: the Aarhus Convention and Citizen Science
This is the recording from earlier this month from a meeting of the Citizen Science Association (CSA) meeting of the law and policy working group which was dedicated to Aarhus convention and its relevance to citizen science. The main speakers in the session were Lea Shanley, who co-chair the group, Anna Berti Suman (check her … Continue reading CSA law and policy group: the Aarhus Convention and Citizen Science →
Continue reading »New paper: Exploring factors associated with participation in citizen science among UK museum visitors aged 40–60
The DITOs escalator was developed as part of the “Doing It Together Science” project and represent a conceptual framework that positions citizen science within the wider set of activities that we can consider as public engagement in science – from the act of reading an article about scientific discovery in a newspaper to developing your … Continue reading New paper: Exploring factors associated with participation in citizen science among UK museum visitors aged 40–60 →
Continue reading »Different Maps, Same Data
The maps above were created for an article in The Conversation entitled Next slide please: data visualisation expert on what’s wrong with the UK government’s coronavirus charts in it I argue that there needs to be better data visualisations in government briefings. I give a particular example about how maps can appear differently depending on the…
Continue reading »Integrating Social Networks into Large-scale Urban Simulations
Building on past posts about our work with respect to generating large scale synthetic populations for agent-based models, we have a new paper entitled “Integrating Social Networks into Large-scale Urban Simulations for Disaster Responses” that was acc…
Continue reading »Integrating Social Networks into Large-scale Urban Simulations
Building on past posts about our work with respect to generating large scale synthetic populations for agent-based models, we have a new paper entitled “Integrating Social Networks into Large-scale Urban Simulations for Disaster Responses” that was acc…
Continue reading »UCL Office of Open Science & Scholarship launch – citizen science webinar
This text and video is reblogged and edited from https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/open-access/2020/10/29/launch-week-summary/ Last week marked the launch of the UCL Office of Open Science & Scholarship which is part of the library at UCL. The office includes support for citizen science activities at UCL, and as such, marks an important milestone in the institutional support for such … Continue reading UCL Office of Open Science & Scholarship launch – citizen science webinar →
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