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All the Docks: Technical Notes on the Routes and Map

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Routes I created GPX route files for the challenge. These were created manually in QGIS, using the OpenStreetMap standard “Mapnik” render as a background, by drawing lines, with Google Street View imagery used to check restrictions. I split each team’s route into 12 stages (so 36 altogether), which were initially each just over 10km and […]

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Bike Share, london, OpenLayers, OpenStreetMap, Technical

All the Docks: Technical Notes on the Routes and Map

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Routes I created GPX route files for the challenge. These were created manually in QGIS, using the OpenStreetMap standard “Mapnik” render as a background, by drawing lines, with Google Street View imagery used to check restrictions. I split each team’s route into 12 stages (so 36 altogether), which were initially each just over 10km and […]

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Bike Share, london, OpenLayers, OpenStreetMap, Technical

All the Docks: Technical Notes on the Routes and Map

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Routes I created GPX route files for the challenge. These were created manually in QGIS, using the OpenStreetMap standard “Mapnik” render as a background, by drawing lines, with Google Street View imagery used to check restrictions. I split each team’s route into 12 stages (so 36 altogether), which were initially each just over 10km and […]

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Bike Share, london, OpenLayers, OpenStreetMap, Technical

Notes from the Mutual Learning Exercise (MLE) visit to Slovenia – 10 Oct 2022 

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The ministry of education, science and sport hosted the meeting, in Ljubljana on the 10-11 October. For the ministry, the MLE is a very helpful exercise for Slovenia, in working with experts, the commission, and the member states. Citizen science cannot be measured in the same way as ordinary science – no H-index, citations, etc. … Continue reading Notes from the Mutual Learning Exercise (MLE) visit to Slovenia – 10 Oct 2022  →

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citizen science, europe, European Commission, Horizon Europe, MLE, Mutual Learning Exercise

All the Docks: How it Went

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On Monday I spent a lot of time (over 13 hours) cycling between 268 docking stations in London. It was for the All the Docks challenge, as part of Team East, with Joe (Be.EV CCO, and ex-ofo) and Jeyda (fettle CEO). There was also an all-stars Team West and Team South (including Voi, TIER, Zwings, […]

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All the Docks

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On Monday I will be attempting to visit every Santander Cycles docking station in east London by bike, starting at 9am outside the velodrome in the Lea Valley VeloPark (the famous one from the London 2012 Olympics), cycling over 70 miles and hopefully finishing sometime that evening close to the London Transport Museum in the […]

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Bike Share, london

Notes from the Mutual Learning Exercise (MLE) visit to Hungary – 13 Sep 2022

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Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE university) was the site of the second day of the visit, at the natural science faculty. The university has about 4000 students and 400 PhD students in their science faculty. This is one of the main universities in Hungary. The post from day one is available here. The first talk of … Continue reading Notes from the Mutual Learning Exercise (MLE) visit to Hungary – 13 Sep 2022 →

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citizen science, Conference, Dogs, European Community, Hungary, MLE, policy, R&I

Notes from the Mutual Learning Exercise (MLE) visit to Hungary – 12 Sep 2022

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The visit to Hungary by the participant of the European Union’s Mutual Learning Exercise on Citizen Science Intitatives took place in Hungary, on 12 and 13 Sep. The visit is the second part of the sessions on enabling environment for citizen science, which continues the work that started in Vienna. The visit to Hungary started … Continue reading Notes from the Mutual Learning Exercise (MLE) visit to Hungary – 12 Sep 2022 →

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citizen science, climate change, European Community, Horizon Europe, Hungary, Mutual Learning Exercise

Post-Pandemic Changes in Travel Behaviour: Evidence from the National Travel Survey England 2021

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The pandemic and subsequent lockdowns have seen the largest and most sustained disruptions to travel behaviour in most of our lifetimes. Stay-at-home policies have fuelled an explosion in remote working, and wider online substitution of other activities such as shopping and socialising. In sustainability terms, the pandemic has severely hit public transport and incentivised car … Continue reading Post-Pandemic Changes in Travel Behaviour: Evidence from the National Travel Survey England 2021 →

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City Planning, planning, sustainability, Transport

Nature Reviews Methods Primers paper on citizen science

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At the end of September 2021, I received an email from Nature Reviews Methods Primers (NRMP) with an invitation to lead a paper on citizen science. NRMP is a journal that commissions methodological papers on different topics, so they can be used by early career and experienced researchers, to learn about a new methodology and … Continue reading Nature Reviews Methods Primers paper on citizen science →

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citizen science, Crowdsourcing, nature, paper, Papers, publication, VGI, Volunteered Geographic Information

Pandemic Geographies and Challenges with the 2021 England & Wales Census Results

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The Census is the most comprehensive demographic survey in the UK, providing detailed data for government and academics in many fields, from health and education, to planning and transport. The 2021 Census has a unique context, as the 2021 census day (21st March 2021) occurred when the UK was still in the 3rd national lockdown … Continue reading Pandemic Geographies and Challenges with the 2021 England & Wales Census Results →

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census, City Planning, comparative urbanism, Demographics, Great Britain, Housing, london, mapping

Extreme Citizen Science Analysis and Visualisation – final event

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Today is the first day after the end of the European Research Council (ERC) funded “Extreme Citizen Science: Analysis and visualisation”. For me, it’s an important milestone. In July 2007, Jerome Lewis got in touch with me about the need to develop data collection and visualisation to protect and nurture forest communities. This effort evolved … Continue reading Extreme Citizen Science Analysis and Visualisation – final event →

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citizen science, Environmental information, Extreme Citizen Science, HCI, VGI, Volunteered Geographic Information

Zag Daily

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You may be wondering why it’s been so quiet on Bikesharp, the last couple of years… well the reason is that I have been a data journalist on this topic for Zag Daily, an online magazine focusing on shared electric micromobility, particularly in Europe and especially in the UK. So I’ve been writing about the […]

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data, electric
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