The latest outputs from researchers, alumni and friends at the UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA).
Map Shows Common Twitter Names Across LondonLondonistMuhammad Adnan from UCL's Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) has chewed up 4 million geo-tagged tweets from London, spat out the commonest user names and plotted them on a map. Different…
Continue reading »Tracking gene flow in marine plant evolutionNanowerk LLCPaolo Masucci from the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, at University College of London, UK, and colleagues identified the segregation of genes that a marine plant underwent during its evolut…
Continue reading »Alternative Tube Maps: The Electric Tube | LondonistLondonistThe latest artistic re-imagining of the malleable London Underground map comes courtesy of Oliver O'Brien (@oobr), of UCL's Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA). Responding to …
Continue reading »Heat map reveals Olympic tweetsLegalbrief (subscription)The map, inspired by one by self-named 'map geek' Eric Fischer, was compiled for the social network site by James Cheshire, a lecturer at University College London's Centre for Advance…
Continue reading »Smart cities: Bridging physical and digitalPhys.OrgResearchers at the Centre for Spatial Analysis and Policy, University of Leeds, and the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College London, have been developing a range of high-technology …
Continue reading »Twitter Map Shows London's Top 10 LanguagesLBC 97.3The map, inspired by a one by self-named "map geek" Eric Fischer, was compiled for the social network site by James Cheshire, a lecturer at University College London's Centre for Adva…
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Yahoo! News UKTwitter Map Shows London's Top 10 LanguagesYahoo! News UKThe map, inspired by a one by self-named "map geek" Eric Fischer , was compiled for the social network site by James Cheshire, a lecturer at University College London&…
Continue reading »Twitter Map Shows London's Top 10 LanguagesSky NewsThe map, inspired by a one by self-named "map geek" Eric Fischer, was compiled for the social network site by James Cheshire, a lecturer at University College London's Centre for Adva…
Continue reading »Smart cities: Bridging Physical and DigitalCisionWire (press release)Researchers at the Centre for Spatial Analysis and Policy, University of Leeds, and the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College London, have been developing a range o…
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The EconomistOpen-air computersThe EconomistAndrew Hudson-Smith, director of the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at University College London, thinks that within five years or so police forces will be able to predict and prevent some crimes by wat…
Continue reading »Taalkaart van Londen via tweetsTwittermaniaVoor hun project onderzochten Ed Manley en James Cheshire van UCL's Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) de tweets die in en rond Londen verstuurd werden tijdens de Olympische Spelen afgelopen zomer…
Continue reading »Twitter Map Shows London's LanguagesLondonistIt was put together by Ed Manley and James Cheshire at UCL's Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) using tweets collected during the Olympic period this summer. In some cases, the clusters are …
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The NationSimulator allows you to explore cities like pigeonThe NationThe research is part of work into urban simulations and procedural modelling undertaken by a team from the Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) at University College …
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Daily MailFlying through the air with the greatest of ease… Pigeon simulator to give …Daily Mail… them to dive and twist to the left and right to change direction. The research is part of work into urban simulations and procedural modelling under…
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Daily MailFlying through the air with the greatest of ease… Pigeon simulator to give …Daily MailThe research is part of work into urban simulations and procedural modelling undertaken by a team from the Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis…
Continue reading »Proposed constituency boundary changes mapped – how would the alterations …The Guardian (blog)Data-mapping experts from UCL's Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis have mapped the latest proposals for English constituency boundaries, as published …
Continue reading »Proposed constituency boundary changes mapped – how would the alterations …The Guardian (blog)Data-mapping experts from UCL's Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis have mapped the latest proposals for English constituency boundaries, as published …
Continue reading »Week In Geek: 15-21 October 2012LondonistVIRTUAL LONDON: Our friends at CASA (UCL's Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis) will unleash some of the geographic technologies on the public, with demos of a virtual London at the Building Centre, just of…
Continue reading »Week In Geek: 15-21 October 2012LondonistVIRTUAL LONDON: Our friends at CASA (UCL's Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis) will unleash some of the geographic technologies on the public, with demos of a virtual London at the Building Centre, just of…
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Wired.co.ukSchool summer holidays might have saved TFL's Olympics (Wired UK)Wired.co.ukJon Reades of the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) has been analysing the huge piles of data compiled from Transport for London's (TFL) ticketing …
Continue reading »Interactive map displays the most common surnames across Londonio9James Cheshire, a lecturer at University College London's Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, created this map based on the 2001 Electoral Roll. The more frequently the name appear…
Continue reading »London's most popular names: interactive map displays capital's ethnic make-upTelegraph.co.ukJames Cheshire, a lecturer at the university's Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, took name frequency data from electoral rolle and displayed th…
Continue reading »What have the Olympics got to say about social justice and health inequalities?Crikey (blog)Lives on the line: Work by the UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis is depicting child poverty and inequality like a London tube map, where a year in life e…
Continue reading »Study shows travel habits have changed for GamesBBC NewsWe've been working with UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis to try to find out what's happening to commuters during the Games. They've been using GPS to track four commuters. Obvi…
Continue reading »Study shows travel habits have changed for GamesBBC NewsWe've been working with UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis to try to find out what's happening to commuters during the Games. They've been using GPS to track four commuters. Obvi…
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The Atlantic CitiesThe Coolest New Maps of LondonThe Atlantic CitiesThe site, run by Ollie O'Brien and James Cheshire of the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at University College London, has posted some 80 London maps over the past year and a …
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The Atlantic CitiesThe Coolest New Maps of LondonThe Atlantic CitiesThe site, run by Ollie O'Brien and James Cheshire of the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at University College London, has posted some 80 London maps over the past year and a …
Continue reading »Lives on the Line: Life Expectancy at Birth and Child Poverty as a London Tube …The Periscope PostLives on the Line: Life Expectancy at Birth and Child Poverty as a Tube Map is the work of James Cheshire, a lecturer at the UCL Centre for Advanced Spa…
Continue reading »Lives on the Line: Life Expectancy at Birth and Child Poverty as a London Tube …The Periscope PostLives on the Line map. Lives on the Line: Life Expectancy at Birth and Child Poverty as a Tube Map is the work of James Cheshire, a lecturer at the UCL …
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BBC NewsMind the (life expectancy) gap! Interactive tube map reveals the stark …Daily MailThe map was designed by James Cheshire and Oliver O'Brien from the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at the University College London. The pair hoped to …
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The Guardian (blog)Guardian healthcare networkThe Guardian (blog)James Cheshire, of the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at University College London, put together a map plotting life expectancy and child poverty in the capital against the undergro…
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The Guardian (blog)Guardian healthcare networkThe Guardian (blog)James Cheshire, of the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at University College London, put together a map plotting life expectancy and child poverty in the capital against the undergro…
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The Guardian (blog)Tube map of life expectancy Illustration: James Cheshire, Spatial AnalaysisThe Guardian (blog)James Cheshire, of the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at University College London, has plotted life expectancy and child poverty in …
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The Guardian (blog)Tube map of life expectancy Illustration: James Cheshire, Spatial AnalaysisThe Guardian (blog)James Cheshire, of the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at University College London, has plotted life expectancy and child poverty in …
Continue reading »Interactive Map Shows Rich-Poor Gap in Life ExpectancySOS Children’s Villages Canada (press release)A new dynamic infographic produced by academics at the University College London's Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis tells an interesting story a…
Continue reading »Interactive Map Shows Rich-Poor Gap in Life ExpectancySOS Children’s Villages Canada (press release)A new dynamic infographic produced by academics at the University College London's Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis tells an interesting story a…
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BBC NewsLife expectancy by tube station: new interactive map shows inequality in the …Telegraph.co.ukComments. The map shows how those living around London underground, overground and light railway stations have wildly different life expectancies, an…
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BBC NewsLife expectancy by tube station: new interactive map shows inequality in the …Telegraph.co.ukComments. The map shows how those living around London underground, overground and light railway stations have wildly different life expectancies, an…
Continue reading »Big Data Holds Big Promise for GovernmentSmart Data CollectiveFurthermore, the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) at University College London is combining data from London's Oyster cards – used to pay for public transport – and Twitte…
Continue reading »Big Data Holds Big Promise for GovernmentSmart Data CollectiveFurthermore, the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) at University College London is combining data from London's Oyster cards – used to pay for public transport – and Twitte…
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