Category: Geographic information science

New paper: Using crowdsourced imagery to detect cultural ecosystem services: a case study in South Wales, UK

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Gianfranco Gliozzo, who is completing his Engineering Doctorate at the Extreme Citizen Science group, written up his first case study and published it in ‘Ecology and Society’.  Cited as Gliozzo, G., N. Pettorelli, and M. Haklay. 2016. Using crowdsourced imagery to detect cultural ecosystem services: a case study in South Wales, UK. Ecology and Society … Continue reading New paper: Using crowdsourced imagery to detect cultural ecosystem services: a case study in South Wales, UK

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citizen science, cultural ecosystem services, Ecosystem services, European Citizen Science Association, Geographic information science, GIS, paper, Papers, photo sharing, VGI

Esri Education User Conference talk: Citizen Science & Geographical Technologies: creativity, learning, and engagement

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The slides below are from my keynote talk at the Esri Education User Conference 2016. The conference focused on creativity and its relevant to education and the utilisation of GIS (especially Esri software) at different levels of education. My talk explored the area of citizen science and extreme citizen science and the way geographical technologies … Continue reading Esri Education User Conference talk: Citizen Science & Geographical Technologies: creativity, learning, and engagement

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#EsriEdUC, arcgis, ArcGIS Online, citizen cyberlab, citizen science, citizen science association, Conference, creativity and learning, esri, Esri Education User Conference, European Citizen Science Association, ExCiteS, Extreme Citizen Science, Geographic information science, Geographic information system, GIS, GIS education, GIS Usability, OpenStreetMap, VGI

Building Centre – from Mapping to Making

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The London based Building Centre organised an evening event – from Mapping to Making –  which looked at the “radical evolution in the making and meaning of maps is influencing creative output. New approaches to data capture and integration – from drones to crowd-sourcing – suggest maps are changing their impact on our working life, … Continue reading Building Centre – from Mapping to Making

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Building Centre, citizen science, Conference, Environmental information, Geographic information science, GIS, mapping, mapping for change, Mapping to Making, OpenStreetMap, ordnance survey, Participatory Mapping

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

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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

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citizen science, Extreme Citizen Science, Geographic information science, GIS, GIS Usability, GIScience, OpenStreetMap, UCGIS, University Consortium for Geographic Information Science, VGI, Webinar

OpenStreetMap in GIScience – Experiences, Research, and Applications

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A new book out about OpenStreetMap and Geographic Information Science. The book, which was edited by Jamal Jokar Arsanjani, Alexander Zipf, Peter Mooney, Marco Helbich  is “OpenStreetMap in GISciene : Experiences, Research, and applications” contains 16 chapters on different aspects of OpenStreetMap in GIScience including 1) Data Management and Quality, 2) Social Context, 3) Network Modeling and … Continue reading OpenStreetMap in GIScience – Experiences, Research, and Applications

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citizen science, critical GIScience, Crowdsourcing, Data Management, Geographic information science, GIS, GIScience, Land Management, OpenStreetMap, OSM, Papers, PPGIS, VGI

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers vritual issue on GIScience

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Since early 2010, I had the privilege of being a member of the editorial board of the journal Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers . It is a fascinating position, as the journal covers a wide range of topics in geography, and is also recognised as one of the top journals in the field […]

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computers in geography, Concepts, Editorial board, Geographic information science, Geography, GeoWeb, geowebchat, GIS, Institute of British Geographers, Journals, Papers, transactions of the IBG, transactions of the institute of british geographers, virtual issues

Observing from afar or joining the action: OSM and GIScience research

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At the State of the Map (EU) 2011 conference that was held in Vienna from 15-17 July, I gave a keynote talk on the relationships between the OpenStreetMap  (OSM) community and the GIScience research community. Of course, the relationships are especially important for those researchers who are working on volunteered Geographic Information (VGI), due to […]

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Concepts, Conference, Geographic information science, GIS, OpenStreetMap, OSM, VGI, Volunteered Geographic Information