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Geocomputation is the use of computing techniques to solve geographical problems that are too complex to solve 'by hand'.
The School of Geography has been at the cutting edge of such research since it started.
It continues to use cutting-edge computer techniques to investigate the world of nature and human interactions. The School uses a wide range of computer technologies to do research, from fuzzy logic to neural networks, and agent-systems to genetic programming.
Listed below are some of the School's geocomputational projects. Those listed as web based allow you to enter or process data from your web browser. Those listed as including software have software you can download for your own use. Most of the software is free, but see each individual project for costs/restrictions.
Much of the geocomputation in the School is done by the Centre for Computational Geography.
The School is also heavily involved with a series of GeoComputation conferences.
Data Extraction and Statistics |
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| USAR - UNIX SAR census data interface (includes software) | |||||
| SMSTAB - Special Migration Statistics and Special Workplace Statistics extraction and analysis (includes software) | |||||
| GB Profiles91 - Access to small area census classifications - now replaced by LGAS (above) (includes software) | |||||
| Statistical Disclosure Control - Protecting the confidentiality of census data | |||||
| Data display applets - Applets you can use on your webpages (web based) (includes software) | |||||
Cyberdemocracy and Web Based Projects |
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| Tagger - Fuzzy/Vague mapping (web based) (includes software) | |||||
| Mapping the UK's wilderness and Wild Scotland - Democracy projects (web based) | |||||
| The Online Democracy Group - Democracy projects (web based) | |||||
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Virtual Slaithwaite - Democracy project (web based) |
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| Where to Dispose of Britain's Radioactive Waste? - Democracy project (web based) | |||||
| Dye dispirsion calculator - A simple dye-tracing peak-time calculator (web based) (includes software) | |||||
Modelling, Mapping and Pattern Recognition |
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| Multi-Agent and Social Simulation Group software - various social/ecological modelling projects (follow "group work" link) (includes software) | |||||
| Medalus Socio-economic model - GIS-based project to estimate the environmental effects of future socio-economic changes in Europe | |||||
| Smart Spatial Analysis - Introduction to the GAM and GEM exploratory spatial data analysis machines | |||||
| GAM - Geographical Analysis Machine (includes software) | |||||
| GEM - Geographical Exploration Machine (includes software) | |||||
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Bakeries aren't clustered
in Banbury - Exploring urban land use patterning |
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| The AGW Workstation - Windows based spatial interaction modelling (includes software) | |||||
| ZDESx - Zone Design System (includes software) | |||||
| GeoTools An Open Source java package for reading files (eg. Shapefiles), and mapping them on the web. (includes software) | |||||
Parallel Supercomputing |
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| Social Science Benchmarking - a social science benchmark for evaluating the performance of serial, vector and parallel supercomputers (includes software) | |||||