Category Archives: News
New lectureship in GeoInformatics
The CGI and the Department of Geography and Sustainable Development within the School of Geography and Geosciences at St Andrews is seeking a Lecturer in GeoInformatics: This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the newly formed Centre for GeoInformatics … Continue reading
PhD studentship in GeoInformatics and Housing reserach
CGI is looking for a PhD student to work on development of new analysis and/or visualisation methods for long-term Scottish housing data. “How can GeoInformatics help with Reducing Risks and Enhancing Effectiveness in Non-Profit Housing Provision” The University of St … Continue reading
Fun with Olympic medal cartogram
CGI Research Fellow Carson Farmer has put together a simple graphic of London 2012 Summer Olympic medal tallies using a rubber-sheet cartogram. Carson’s graphic is inspired by the dynamic world medal map on The Telegraph Olympic coverage website. The graphic should be updated on … Continue reading
Carson Farmer publishes in Environmental Monitoring & Assessment
Carson’s recent paper in Environmental Montioring & Assessment is now available online: Andrew, M. E., T. A. Nelson, M. A. Wulder, G. W. Hobart, N. C. Coops, and C. J. Q. Farmer (in press). Ecosystem classifications based on summer and … Continue reading
New ESRC PhD Collaborative Studentship at the University of St Andrews
‘Reducing Risks and Enhancing Effectiveness in Non-Profit Housing Provision’ The University of St Andrews has been awarded a PhD Studentship co-funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and HOME Housing Association to commence on 1 October 2012 or as … Continue reading
CGI members’ new AAAG paper now published online
Our forthcoming paper in AAAG is now published online: Demsar U, Harris P, Brunsdon C, Fotheringham AS and McLoone S, 2012, Principal Component Analysis on Spatial Data: An Overview, AAAG. In the paper we review the use of Pricnipal Component … Continue reading
CGI visitor: Prof Trisalyn Nelson
Prof Trisalyn Nelson from the Univeristy of Victoria, Canada, is visiting CGI in July. Prof Nelson is a Research Chair in Spatial Sciences and an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Victoria. She is also … Continue reading
Prof Stewart Fotheringham and Siła Nowicka at the Geocrowd Summer School
Prof Stewart Fotheringham and Siła Nowicka are participating in the Geocrowd Summer School 2012 at the island of Crete in Greece. Geocrowd is a Marie Curie International Training Network focusing on processing and analysing Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) on the … Continue reading
Open session on interaction and visualisation technologies
The CGI will be involved in an open session on “Interaction and Visualisation Technologies in the Library” next week in support of colaborative research through advanced visualisations which is being hosted by the St Andrews library and SACHI. Dr. Carson … Continue reading
Who’s shaping up to win big?
After playing around with our Olympic medal cartogram (mentioned in this previous post), here are a few interesting observations we’ve come up with: Despite its large population, the UK seems to be punching above its weight compared to most countries The … Continue reading →