Monthly Archives: September 2009

The Education Atlas

Posted on 2009-09-30 by Oliver

This is the second in a series detailing the projects I have worked on at UCL in the last academic year. This is a mashup, powered by OpenLayers, and using network data from OpenStreetMap (OSM) to provide a “contextual window” … Continue reading →

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Spatial Interaction Modelling for Access to Higher Education

Posted on 2009-09-29 by Oliver

This is the first in a series detailing the projects I have worked on at UCL in the last academic year. My main project through the last year has been to test a hypothesis, developed by Professor AG Wilson, that … Continue reading →

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Modelling and Mashing

Posted on 2009-09-29 by Oliver

I’m coming up to the end of my current role at UCL, starting a new role (same department, same lab) on Thursday 1 October. Over the next couple of weeks, I’m going to outline the work I’ve been doing over … Continue reading →

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M:F Ratio as a measure of a City’s Cycling Friendliness

Posted on 2009-09-25 by Oliver

Okansas links to an interesting study in the Scientific American which relates the cycling friendliness of a city to the male-female ratio of the cyclists in it – the theory being that men are more likely to brave a motor-friendly … Continue reading →

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Quantum GIS 1.3

Posted on 2009-09-20 by Oliver

A new version of Quantum GIS, the free, open-source and user-friendly GIS, has been released today. See the official blog for all the details, but the most exciting addition for me is the OpenStreetMap integration. Now, you can download data … Continue reading →

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RGS Annual Conference

Posted on 2009-09-04 by Ollie

As mentioned in my previous post, I was up at the RGS Annual Conference for a day last week. As well as my own session, I stayed to listen to a number of sessions, including the cartography one – titled … Continue reading →

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