From 1 Sep 2010, the GISc Research Group will have new faces in the committee. We are pleased to announce the following new appointments: Chair – Dr Seraphim Alvanides Secretary – James Cheshire Conference Coordinator – Dr Yi Gong Prizes and Awards Coordinator – Dr Joana Barr[...]
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July 19th, 2010 - 9:16 am § in Uncategorized
Special Rate for Transactions in GIS for RGS-IBG Members
Transactions is now available for RGS-IBG members at a special rate of £25. To take advantage of this special offer, go to the Transactions in GIS website and click on the Subscribe/Renew link. You will then see a table with prices and links to subscribe. The Transactions in GIS website can be foun[...]
March 27th, 2010 - 1:31 pm § in Uncategorized
Annual General Meeting of the GIScRG at GISRUK
We are holding the AGM of the GIScRG at the GISRUK 2010 conference in London. The meeting will be held on Wed 14 April at 18.10 in Roberts G08 Sir David Davies LT. Please join us to find out more about the group or how you can get involved.[...]
January 26th, 2010 - 11:25 am § in Uncategorized
RGS GIScience Research Group Dissertation Prize for 2009
We are pleased to announce the winner of this year’s disseration prize as Mr Austen Pepper for his dissertation entitled ‘ Extension, generalisation, and verification of a GIS-based relative wave exposure model’ at the University of Wollongong. The abstract of the dissertation appe[...]
December 17th, 2009 - 6:58 pm § in RGS
Call for Papers – RGS-IBG session on “The Spatial Dimensions of Health”
Abstracts are invited for a session at the annual conference of the the Royal Geographical Society – Institute of British Geographers in 2010 on the spatial dimensions of health. The session is jointly sponsored by the Quantitative Methods Research Group (QMRG) as well as the Health geography rese[...]
October 26th, 2009 - 8:25 pm § in Presentations, Uncategorized
WUN E-Seminar Series Kicks Off this Week
This year’s joint e-seminar series will return to the topic of dynamic modelling in a GIS environment. Date: 28th Oct at 1700 GMT Title: A dynamic social network model for disease transmission. Speaker: Ling Bian (Buffalo) Chair: Kirk Harland (Leeds) The seminars are open to all. For details of ho[...]
Additional RGS Session
Governance and the Geoweb Convenors: Dr. Hanif Rahemtulla (hanif.rahemtulla@mail.mcgill.ca) and Dr. Muki Haklay (m.haklay@ucl.ac.uk) This session will examine the participatory governance potential of the Geoweb and, in particular, its capacity to enable a two-way dialogue between government officia[...]