Skyscraper highways, night cyclists and a sidewalk class action – CityMetric


CityMetric

Skyscraper highways, night cyclists and a sidewalk class action
CityMetric
Next time you think your city’s investing in an insane and unnecessary piece of infrastructure, remember this: someone once tried to build a highway on top of some Manhattan skyscrapers. The gentleman in question, John K Henckman, wanted to built 26km …

and more »

Continue reading »

4 things we learned from a map of London’s World War Two bombings – CityMetric


CityMetric

4 things we learned from a map of London’s World War Two bombings
CityMetric
Cleverly named “Bombsight”, it shows the locations of all the bombs dropped on London during the Blitz, which lasted from September 1940 to June 1941. Turns out the map isn’t actually new – it was created back in 2012, using old bomb census records

and more »

Continue reading »

AAG sessions – Critical GIScience, GeoWeb and Citizen Science

The Association of American Geographers conference is just around the corner – between 21 and 24 April, held in Chicago. I’ve already marked some sessions that I think worth noting (and was involved in the organisation of several sessions, too). Here is a list of interesting sessions, following suggestion to do so by David O’Sullivan and … Continue reading AAG sessions – Critical GIScience, GeoWeb and Citizen Science

Continue reading »

Google has patented a system to help driverless cars avoid cows – CityMetric


CityMetric

Google has patented a system to help driverless cars avoid cows
CityMetric
Gradually, driverless cars seem to be overcoming their not-insignificant drawbacks. Last year, we found out that they still couldn’t avoid potholes or small animals, or drive in heavy rain. Yet in March, a driverless car drove from one side of the US

and more »

Continue reading »

A growing number of young people don’t want to own their own home. Here’s why – CityMetric


CityMetric

A growing number of young people don’t want to own their own home. Here’s why
CityMetric
Home ownership. Compared to renting from a private landlord, it’s a no-brainer. Monthly payments are cheaper. As long as you can pay no one will kick you out. You can have pets, decorate, and put up political posters. And you get to keep it. For all

and more »

Continue reading »

How Lee Kuan Yew transformed Singapore from small town into global financial … – CityMetric


CityMetric

How Lee Kuan Yew transformed Singapore from small town into global financial
CityMetric
When I visited his office at the Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) the first thing he did was get out a black cap laced with wires and small plastic rings, and make me try it on. Image: author’s own. His PhD project, he says, began

and more »

Continue reading »

When love and maths go collectively! – Bharat Press


Bharat Press

When love and maths go collectively!
Bharat Press
The choice of examples aside, though, all the results and tips in the book are general enough to apply to any gender and sexuality,” writes Fry, a complexity scientist from University College London’s Center for Advanced Spatial Analysis. From

and more »

Continue reading »

When love and maths go collectively! – Bharat Press


Bharat Press

When love and maths go collectively!
Bharat Press
The choice of examples aside, though, all the results and tips in the book are general enough to apply to any gender and sexuality,” writes Fry, a complexity scientist from University College London’s Center for Advanced Spatial Analysis. From

and more »

Continue reading »

UCGIS webinar [Geographic information | Citizen] Science: reciprocal opportunities

At the request of Diana Sinton, the Executive Director of the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS), I gave the seminar talk about the linkage between Geographic Information Science and Citizen Science. A detailed description of the talk and the slides are available here. The webinar announcement is at http://ucgis.org/ucgis-webinars/geographic-information-citizen-science-reciprocal-opportunities. The webinar was recorded, so … Continue reading UCGIS webinar [Geographic information | Citizen] Science: reciprocal opportunities

Continue reading »
1 2