Take one computer scientist, one geographer, one anthropologist, two quadcopter drones and eight Android smartphones to the Congo for a … More
Category: Mapping
Complex Systems: YRNCS Workshop 2014
This September the Young Researchers Network on Complex Systems (YRNCS) held their first workshop in Lucca (Italy) which featured a … More
The Amazon in focus: development challenges and participatory monitoring tools for the rainforest
The past two weeks were extremely busy. Between August 22nd and 24th I attended the Brazilian Studies Association Conference, which … More
A taste of possibilities – Extreme Citizen Science on the ground in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
As I write this blog update I am sat at a junction on the forest road, where the Moabi project … More
Training with the Moabi project and partners, DRC
Having returned to Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, for one night before departing for the forest … More
A summer of DIY: kite-making, aerial photography, and spectrometry [PART 1]
“I like anything DIY… it makes me feel more self-sufficient, which in turn gives me a sense of self-reliance: I … More
GIS Research UK (GISRUK) 2013
About a month ago, I had the pleasure of attending the GISRUK 2013 annual conference, and am still reeling from … More
Doing it Yourself: Kite-mapping… an activity for the ‘privileged’?
Kite, check, reel, check, camera, check, SD card & batteries, check, camera rig, check, gloves, check, map, check, sunglasses, check. … More
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