DigitalGeographyLab

Interdisciplinary research lab @helsinkiuni. Spa­tial big data ana­lyt­ics on a hu­man scale for fair and sustainable so­ci­et­ies. Inactive account, see 📍

[DigitalGeographyLab @digigeolab]

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[DigitalGeographyLab @digigeolab]

In GREENTRAVEL we’re using #VirtualReality to explore how #GreenUrbanEnvironments impact our everyday active travel.

Ashish Shete explains what's happening behind the scenes 👉 https://t.co/0pP1PvDuyQ

[DigitalGeographyLab @digigeolab]

#30daymapchallenge Day 30 - The final map

What color is Helsinki on the street level? Each point is colored by the average RGB colors of Street View panoramas.

Data: Google Street View

By: Jussi Torkko

#Helsinki #Greenery #StreetView #GIS #Cartography

[DigitalGeographyLab @digigeolab]

#30DayMapChallenge - Day 28 - The Blue Planet.

#RelativeElevationModel of the Murray River. Check out those meander scars!
Data source 👉 https://t.co/IrEpjqPGTx .
- by Rory Taylor

[DigitalGeographyLab @digigeolab]

SAVE THE DATE: Friday 7th February 2025!!

Seminar hosted by the Digital Geography Lab: "Spatial big data research for fair and sustainable societies: Celebrating 15 years of the Digital Geography Lab at the University of Helsinki"

More details here 👉https://t.co/ERqnwAPRpL

[DigitalGeographyLab @digigeolab]

#30daymapchallenge Day 24 - Only circular shapes

Xiao Cai visualized the results of the hot spot analysis, comparing the age and gender differences in the bike-sharing usage patterns of eight demographic groups in Tartu, Estonia.

#hotspotanalysis #bikesharing #Tartu

[DigitalGeographyLab @digigeolab]

#30DayMapChallenge Day 20, #OpenStreetMap

Where are the users of #OSM? The daily logs from OSM's tile server give some hints 🌍
Data source: https://t.co/Meesqjmqb0
By: @tadusk0

[DigitalGeographyLab @digigeolab]

#30daymapchallenge day 10 - Pen & paper

This planning map (draft) was created by Xiao Cai. It aims to enhance the sense of community in the Vana-Ihaste neighborhood (Tartu, Estonia), as existing residents have no such public place to interact with each other.

[DigitalGeographyLab @digigeolab]

#30daymapchallenge day 8 - Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX)
This map shows the population distribution across the observed #flood extent in Valencia on 31 October 2024.

Visualization: Leyi Xu

[DigitalGeographyLab @digigeolab]

#30DayMapChallenge 5: Journey

Riku is a floorball champ! https://t.co/cqGXs19U6A

"Since 2000, I’ve played in 121 different venues in 🇫🇮🇸🇪🇱🇻🇨🇭🇪🇸. The list is still expanding, but only at a rate of 1–2 / year. 'Places where I’ve coached floorball' looks quite different! 🇫🇮🇸🇪🇪🇪🇨🇿"

[DigitalGeographyLab @digigeolab]

#30daymapchallenge day 3 - Polygons.

Known ranges of mammals of the #IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

[DigitalGeographyLab @digigeolab]

#30DayMapChallenge Day 4 #Hexagons comes from @haavardaagesen showing the locations of Tweets from cross-border movers in Europe during 2021–2022. The data is used in the #BORDERSPACE project lead by @OlleJarv to study cross-border #mobility.

#H3 #CrossBorder #Research #EU

[DigitalGeographyLab @digigeolab]

Our contribution to the #30DayMapChallenge comes from @waeiski with special thanks to @polarboe. The map shows the value of aggregation and edge-bundling for complex mobility data. The data and methods will be published openly in the near future as a part of the @MobiTwinProject.

[DigitalGeographyLab @digigeolab]

Tatu @tadusk0 from our lab has been visiting the geocomputation unit at the University of Zürich for a few months now. Check out what he's been up to in Switzerland in this travel diary 🏔️
https://t.co/4uozDHoDEm

[Milad Malekzadeh @MiladMzdh]

Presented at the International Conference on Regional Science in Cuenca for the MobiTwin project.

While this is not my usual focus, I was impressed by how advanced economists’ works are in statistics and had some awesome conversations with researchers there.

@MobiTwinProject

[Johanna Eklund @eklund_jo]

Still some time to apply for this postdoc position working with me to advance our knowledge of what makes protected areas work

[European Research Council (ERC) @ERC_Research]

🌿 @TuuliToivonen discusses how greenery in everyday travel environments impacts #wellbeing and offers solutions to promote fairness & equity.

More on her session at #EURegionsWeek 👉 https://t.co/pdzDeNwaxy

#FrontierResearch #GreenTravel #UrbanGreenspaces #SustainableCities

[DigitalGeographyLab @digigeolab]

We are so so thrilled to introduce Rachel Robinson-Lehtinen as a new Research Coordinator in our lab fam. Rachel will be working to drive forward grant proposals and scientific project management at DGL. 🤩

Learn more about Rachel here: https://t.co/Ym7VeCTswX

[DigitalGeographyLab @digigeolab]

Our team is growing😀! We are excited to introduce Rory Taylor as project planner at DGL!

Rory focuses on supporting the GREENTRAVEL project as well as the administration of broader lab activities🙏.

Learn more about Rory: https://t.co/a3GWRLrrYB

[Filip Biljecki @fbiljecki]

We were delighted to host Prof @TuuliToivonen @HelsinkiUni 🇫🇮 for a visit to our research group @NUSingapore earlier today! We are thankful for her time and for sharing the impressive work of @digigeolab. We look forward to welcoming more distinguished guests in the near future.