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Geography  // Posts tagged as "Geography"

Boris Bikes/Barclays Cycle Hire Average Journey Times

Boris Bikes/Barclays Cycle Hire Average Journey Times

The visualisation above shows the average relative duration of Boris Bikers’ weekday journeys over a 4 month period at hourly intervals. For each time step the average journey time (in seconds) from each docking station has been calculated.This information is interesting because it shows the preference for short journeys around the City of London, whilst ...

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Geographical Mistakes: Keeping Geographers Busy

Geographical Mistakes: Keeping Geographers Busy

This is a cross post from Hodder Geography’s Expert Blog. As geographers we try to better understand the world, and I believe one of our most important skills is the ability to apply a map’s representation of the world to reality. This can range from basic navigation using a paper map to understanding the impacts ...

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Creating Regions from Social Relationships

Creating Regions from Social Relationships

The video above accompanies interesting research, led by the MIT SENSEable City Lab, that shows how the linkages between landline calls in the UK can be used to create a “new” regional geography. The main conclusion I drew from the map is the fact that people phone those nearest to them more than those further ...

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22 Aug Resources | Comments

How to…do geography

How to…do geography

When I was digging around some back-up files on my computer I came across this “How to…” published by the Guardian Newspaper in 2007. With many new geography students starting their respective courses in the coming weeks and many potential students considering applications to the subject in the coming months this may prove a useful ...

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The UCL Geography ESRI Development Center

The UCL Geography ESRI Development Center

UCL Department of Geography is proud to be an ESRI Development Center (or Centre). Each year we have to submit a report that outlines the past year’s activities. We have had another busy year hosting two visiting professors (Prof. Keith Clarke and Prof. Keiji Yano), receiving over 1 million visits to our research blogs and ...

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