Geography and Geographic Information Science
Geography and Geographic Information Science
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The written word has long been a revolutionary agent: manifestos can change the course of history and topple governments. When the rebels take to the streets, they head first to the newspapers and the radio stations, only later to the presidential palace. Once, dissidents cranked out their discontent on basement mimeograph machines. Today they use Twitter.
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This presentation discusses the design and implementation of the WhereCOVID-19 platform through the lens of a case study on rapidly measuring spatial accessibility of COVID-19 healthcare resources with a particular focus on Illinois, USA.
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Drones, both aerial and surface-based, have become commonplace for both environmental and industrial monitoring. For monitoring rivers, drones offer a convenient platform for a wide range of optical and environmental sensors that are able to provide high spatial and temporal resolution data.
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While the relationship between fractional cover of anthropogenic and vegetation features and the urban warming or heat island has been well examined, the effect of spatial pattern (e.g., clustered, dispersed, random) of these features on air and land surface temperatures are not well understood.