Leads: Dr Justin van Dijk, Dr Stefano De Sabbata The Geographic Information Science Research Group (GIScRG) of the RGS-IBG is glad to invite you to submit proposals for sponsorship of your RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2023 sessions. The GIScRG welcomes sessions that focus on geographic information science and tools, cartography, spatial analysis, GeoAI, critical GIS and related […]
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Leads: Dr Justin van Dijk, Dr Stefano De Sabbata The Geographic Information Science Research Group (GIScRG) of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) is a group of academics and practitioners interested in promoting GIScience, Geographic Data Science and GI Technology in geographical research, teaching and the workplace. The RGS-IBG Annual International Conference regularly attracts over 2,000 geographers from around the world. […]
Webinar 3 feb 2021 • Jakub Nowosad
Title: Pattern-based spatial analysis: an approach for discovering, describing and studying geographical patterns When: Wednesday 3 February 2021, 12:00 pm UK/GMT Register at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rgs-ibg-giscience-webinar-series-pattern-based-spatial-analysis-tickets-129788399597?aff=erelexpmlt Abstract: Discovering and describing spatial patterns is an important element of many geographical studies with spatial patterns being related to ecological and sociological processes. While spatial patterns are often clearly visible […]
The RGS-IBG GIScience Research Group awards two annual prizes for the two best postgraduate dissertations on any issue relating to GIS/Sc, spatial analysis, spatial modelling or geocomputation (see the list of previous winners). The prize for the best dissertation is £100 plus an annual RGS-IBG Postgraduate Fellowship and the runner up will receive £50 plus […]
Webinar 13 jan 2021 • Ross Purves
Title: Chances, challenges and limits for text-based exploration of landscape When: Wednesday 13 January 2021, 12:00 pm UK/GMT Register at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rgs-ibg-giscience-webinar-series-text-based-exploration-of-landscape-tickets-129854106127 Abstract: In this talk I will report on our work to use text to explore different dimensions of landscape, with the ultimate aim of developing methods which enable us to understand how landscape is […]
Webinar 2 dec 2020 • Joana Barros
Title: Unveiling urban inequalities with spatial analysis and modelling When: Wednesday 2 December 2020, 11:00 am UTC / 12:00 pm UK >> Register on Eventbrite << Abstract: Urban inequalities are one of the greatest challenges in cities around the world. Identifying, quantifying and mapping inequalities are paramount for the understanding of their dynamics and the […]
The RGS-IBG GIScience Research Group awards two annual prizes for the two best postgraduate dissertations on any issue relating to GIS/Sc, spatial analysis, spatial modelling or geocomputation (see the list of previous winners). The prize for the best dissertation is £100 plus an annual RGS-IBG Postgraduate Fellowship and the runner up will receive £50 plus […]
Webinar 4 nov 2020 • Grant McKenzie
When: Wednesday 4 November 2020, 11:00 am UTC / 12:00 pm UK Speaker: Grant McKenzie, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, McGill University • https://grantmckenzie.com • @grantdmckenzie Host: Andrea Ballatore • https://aballatore.space Register on Eventbrite at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rgs-ibg-giscience-webinar-series-from-spatial-to-platial-data-science-tickets-125240111545 Title: From Spatial to Platial Data Science Abstract: The availability of massive amounts of user-generated data has changed the way […]