I was in Malaysia during the first week of January 2012 for a family visit, and while there I gave a brief seminar at the Universiti Putra Malaysia on international graduate research and about my experiences working at Columbia University. I was invited to speak at the Institute of Advanced Technology [...]
In the age of Google Maps, the Mercator projection is perhaps the most widely used map projection in the world. The distortions in areal accuracy, introduced when trying to convert a spherical globe into two dimensional space, increase as you move away from the equator, and become quite severe as you get closer to the [...]
There are presently a several sources for open access geospatial data that enhance the capability of researchers and conservationists in providing rapid analysis of anthropogenic phenomena and monitoring species dynamics. For example, the 2009 pan-European land cover and use project (GlobCorine) was completed in under nine months, demonstrating that automated production of a [...]
I cannot believe that it has already been 5 days of UGI2011, time certainly flew by. There were so many lectures of such fantastic scopes, discussing a wide range of innovative and exciting geographical topics. I thoroughly enjoyed the conference, learnt a great deal and got to know knowledgeable geographers from around the [...]
The last day of UGI2011 greeted me with yet another cancelled lecture; this time the talk was entitled “Remote Sensing and GIS-based Integrated Analysis of Land Cover Change in Dzce Plain and its Surroundings” by Dr. Cercis Ikiel of the University of Sakarya in Turkey. The next talk on my agenda was Dr. Lu [...]
The highlight of day 4 of UGI2011 was supposed to be the Meeting of IGU Commission No.3: Biogeography and Biodiversity, but after waiting 30 minutes for the attendees to show up we (Dr. Yuri Tavares Rocha of the University of São Paulo and I) gave up and went on with our schedules. That was [...]
GIS Day at UGI2011 was marked with a delayed start on my part because of an alarm clock mishap (mobile phone battery died overnight), but I did manage to catch the last 10 minutes of the [...]
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