Improving Learning and Applying GIS in Interdisciplinary Research

By Patrick Rickles, UCL I guess I’m not alone in either struggling with GIS (Geographic Information System) technologies, or seeing … More

Behaviour Mapping and Design of Small Urban Spaces

By Ensiyeh Ghavampour, AECOM Auckland, Mark Del Aguila, TAFE, SA and Brenda Vale, Victoria University of Wellington In inner urban … More

A Real Game Changer: The Use of GPS Tracking Devices in English Football

Kate Whiston, University of Nottingham Last month the use of GPS tracking in football came under scrutiny, following a seven-minute … More

Geography, Urban Geomorphology and Sustainability

By Mary Thornbush, Brock University, Canada With the expansion of cities around the world, there is an increasing emphasis within … More

Humanitarian mappers’ response to the Nepal earthquake

By Joseph J. Bailey (@josephjbailey), University of Nottingham, UK. “In the days since the earthquake in Nepal, thousands of humanitarian … More

Gridlock: GIS in transport planning

By Joseph J. Bailey (@josephjbailey), University of Nottingham, UK. “It is not hyperbole to state that we are witnessing a … More

Redefining the Upper Amazon River

By James (Rocky) Contos   A full descent of the world’s largest river can be likened to a full ascent … More

Mapping Class

By Benjamin Sacks Conceptions of class remain inseparable from contemporary society, according to a BBC-commissioned study. The Great British Class … More

Geographic Information Systems –a Tool for Geographers or a Science in Its Own Right?

by Briony Turner There’s an interesting paper by Mordechai Haklay in Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers which starts … More

Skiing and snow: a novel proxy for better science communication

By Daniel Schillereff The first snowfall on the peaks of Snowdonia could be observed from my University building today, I … More