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Conference

08.28.09

RGS Conference 2009 Conference | (0)
I have just finished at the RGS conference which was hosted in the fantastic city of Manchester. I thought the line up this year was very good indeed and there were lots of interesting talks. The UCL talks from CASA comprised the QMRG session I organised on geodemographics and also a postgraduate forum / QMRG badged young researchers session. Some of these talks are online; James Cheshire, Dan Lewis, Oliver O'Brien, Muhammad Adnan and me. Two events of particular note at the conference were the launch of the International Encyclopedia of Human Geography and the "Mapping Manchester: Cartographic Stories of the ...
07.12.09

Filtering State of the Map Conference | (0)
I am now just starting the second day at the OSM State of the Map conference. This is my first non-academic conference which has been a very interesting experience. The presentations have all been interesting, however, the lack of peer review (or at least conforming to some sort of academic standard) makes the content far more variable. Some talks were very good, and some weren't - however, perhaps this is the point! The conference is driven by content from the community, and so SoTM offers a voice for the community to demonstrate (and have recognized) their contributions on a more ...