When analyzing data that changes across both time and geography, most researchers face a critical challenge: identifying exactly when and where significant trend shifts occur. Traditional GIS tools force you to choose between temporal analysis or spatial analysis—but...
What Are Blue Zones? Imagine living in a place where people routinely celebrate their 90th or even 100th birthday while remaining active and vibrant. These exceptional regions, where longevity isn't an anomaly but a community norm, are known as Blue Zones. First...
An Introduction to Environmental Monitoring and Geospatial Analysis How are humans impacting our environment? Public awareness of human impacts on the environment was significantly heightened by the publication of Silent Spring by Rachel Carson in 1962. The book...
In the 1980s, I began collecting geospatial data to support what would then turn out to be the first of two dissertation topics I pursued. I wanted to quantify forest transition models at different altitudes and chose the Sangre de Cristo mountains in New Mexico as a...
The wait is over. BioMedware just dropped the highly anticipated Vesta 2.5 update! The brilliant minds behind this geospatial analysis tool have been busy at work, crafting a release packed with new features, fixes, and improvements designed to make your data...
The holiday season is upon us, and while we all wait in anticipation for the man in the red suit to deliver presents, there’s a small team of scientists who have taken on a Herculean task: tracking Santa Claus in real time. Enter NORAD, Biomedware, and a pinch of...
Spatial and space-time data visualization are not new concepts, and there are many proven techniques that streamline the visualization process of geospatial data. Before doing anything with data, it always helps to have a plan, and that plan begins with the...
At its core, Geospatial data involves information about the physical location and characteristics of features and events on Earth. Geospatial data can be collected from various sources, including satellite imagery, GPS devices, mobile phones, and social media...
Have you ever wondered how scientists map things like soil quality, air pollution, or even the spread of disease? These maps often rely on data collected at specific locations, but what about the areas in between? This is where geostatistics comes in. Geostatistics is...
The world is ever-changing, dynamic, and beautiful. For a long time, GIS did not capture this space-time dynamism, and instead was based on a static world-view. But times have changed, and our ability to capture space-time dynamics and to analyze and model dynamic...