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- MoSeS meeting
- My father would be proud, I now have an actions list...
- Updated Andy Turner's MoSeS Project Page editing information on collaborations... Long may they continue :)
- Lloyd C.D., Atkinson P.M. (2006) Deriving ground surface digital elevation models from LiDAR data with geostatistics. In the International Journal of Geographical Information Science, Volume 20, Number 05, Pages 535 - 563, (Taylor & Francis), DOI: 10.1080/13658810600607337
- Nothing sparkles in this, but it is a useful reference... Feed to Geomorphometrics and interpolation interests...
- Using auxilary data would be what Stan would have called smart :)
- Chat with Helen about e-Infrastructure/MoSeS opportunities. We think it would be a good if CSAP had a document that revealed what people were working on, what opportunities they are working towards, and thus revealing when they may be available for other work... Maybe this can be automated via our web pages... The documents from the half away day also were about this kind of information... Wonder if anything will come of it... Since Helen has started blogging it has become much easier to understand what role she performs :)
- MoSeS coding... Household SAR data handler...
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- e-Infrastructure meeting with Mark Birkin... I need a web page for this... Kick-off meeting next week (now postponed until 2006-06-27)...
- Chat with Kirk Harland in passing about postgraduate mentoring... Scheme replaced by Buddy Scheme set up by a Dan in 2005 (last year)... Kirk would like me to investigate as to the pre-existing scheme and feedback prior to the Staff Student Committee on 2006-06-06...
- Chat with Gemma about mentoring... Have a look at past emails and think about doing better... You are supposed to be her mentor now... Should this be an issue for Kirk on the Staff Student Committee?... Hmmm...
- Updated Andy Turner's Publications Page
- MoSeS coding... First off need to write a Household SAR data handler...
- Emailed Rodolfo... encouraged him to produce documentation... should look at his code again soon...
- Emailed various CSAP members about next weeks Micro-simulation and Agent Based Modelling Session... This may now be moved to 2006-06-08...
- Emailed various NCeSS colleagues and Chris Higgins regarding the e-Infrastructure Kick-off meeting... Need to do some emails and initialise wiki pages...
- Emailed Paul about MoSeS etc... Paul is great! :)
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- Watched the first set of BBC Climate Change/Chaos Season programmes... Great, looking forward to the next installement David :)
- Chat with Manuel Gloor and Tim Baker about e-Science and collaborative working, the mapping of ideas and information...
- BBC Climate Change/Chaos Season Emailed to EGC
- BBC search for future cities
- SoG Staff Meeting
- Went through loads of things, but nothing outrageous
- RAE
- SoG should think about all research outputs not just paper publications
- "Papers" is not the lingua franca "publications and other forms of assessable" is, (http://www.rae.ac.uk/pubs/2005/03/#exec)
- 2001 and before
- 2008
- Chat with Naomi van der Velden, her contract is up in September and is looking for reasearch work...
- Published Andy Turner's SIM-UK Page
- Coffee and chat with Patrick. Nice coffee, thanks Patrick. Encouraged Patrick to follow Staff Meeting protocol and get to the meeting at 14:00 or send apologies
- http://code.edbaskerville.com/ One to watch! In particular Parameter sweeps on Grids, something myself and Mike Mineter are also very interested in. Go for it Ed :)
- MoSeS IRC between Belinda and Andy
- Chat with Stuart Hodkinson on the way in... "Power doesn't have a conscience" I mused... We talked about Autonomous Geography and he said Paul Chatterton and himself were planning to abondon the name as they got the feeling folk didn't know what they were on about. I explained that this was a challenge and suggested he called it e-Social Science. He thought this was too academic. I mentioned the BEBO generation and FOAF, Semantic Web and so on... I think Stuart is going to be a collaborator, he seems to have his finger on the pulse of technology and isn't affraid...
- Chat with Jackie Goodall about the state of the East Building
- Thanked Jackie for her efforts so far especially the water cooler.
- Jackie warned of trouble ahead with regard map library furniture coming to clutter Foyer space temporarily
- Talked about getting a notice board in G10 and in various places in the coridoor outside
- Talked about possibilites for new windows in G10. Jackie said the stuck window could be made to re-open and that this she may organise...
- I said I would talk to Verna about cleaning inbetween the bars and the window in G10
- I want to swap some furniture from G10. That which is in the corner behind the door could go and be replaced by a set of map drawers from the map library
- Talked about the possibilities of glass fronts to notice boards or flat screen devices for displaying information. I didn't mention projectors or speakers.
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- MoSeS documentation...
- Mark Birkin emailed to say he has changed the name of the ASAP Research Cluster to CSAP (Centre for Spatial Analysis and Policy)...
- Showed Manuel Gloor how to edit his web pages
- Emailed Paul Chatterton and Stuart Hodkinson about the set up of a Centre or Virtual Organisation for Autonomous Geography
- Phil Rees demanded an impromptu meeting after our MoSeS meeting to show me how to write a simple aggregation routine. I tried to protest, but he was having none of it... Phil wrote pseudo code for what basically amounts to an algorithm of how to add up recursively... Basically, I got a lesson in how to suck eggs which was fun and not a bit of an insult, not! I wonder what he is playing at...
- MoSeS meeting
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- Meeting with Rodolfo about Visibility analysis and Grids
- Rodolfo has developed a nice intersection routine type method for returning a list of cell IDs that intersect a line
- We discussed the problem generally and how to develop the code so it can be readily integrated into Grids
- Emailed Paul and Belinda to ask for feedback for my Staff Review...
- MoSeS flow diagram... Learning ARGO UML...
- Impromptu (extemporaneous) MoSeS meeting with Mark
- Detailed what variables are used for contraining and optimising MoSeS 2001 UK Population Initialisation
- Mark expressed concern that a GA may be a bad way of doing what we were trying to do...
- Brief IRC with Belinda... Little business discussed...
- ASAP Research Cluster Breakfast Meeting
- People
- Evelyn (?), Mark Birkin, Graham Clarke, Helen Durham, Alison Heppenstall, Diana Smith, John Stillwell, Melanie Tomlintz, Andy Turner, Dan Vickers
- Introductions: Evelyn (?) is working with Diana and Graham for a week.
- Apologies: Kim Proctor, Kirk Harland
- Format of these meetings
- Idea is to open up and make everyone aware of what is going on...
- Each person present reports on what they did last week and collectively we work out if something needs tackling...
- Send ideas of changes to Mark...
- JS and AH are off to a meeting with Malcolm MacMillon, Andy Mills (sp?) of Safer Leeds (formerly Leeds Community and Safety Partnership)
- Pete Shepherd who forged the links now works for a similar organisation in Wakefiled
- Linda See is getting data from Pete, Tok got her data from Pete
- RSPCA
- Dog abuse information
- Animal abuse correlated with indices of deprivation...
- ESRC Initiatives
- JS emailed but has had nothing back on when the call will go out and what format it will take.
- Time short as proposals are to be evaluated on 2006-06-07. Tenders are probably needed by end of next week!
- There is an ESRC link person at the University and MB will chase them up
- AH, LS and AE are organising something?
- Web Content
- Need for all individuals to improve their web content so it is up-to-date and reflect what they do.
- Somehow this data needs to be represented as a cluster view. Our cluster secretart is leaving and hasn't offered much support in this. David Appleyard is said to be very good and responsive in developing/publishing content.
- ASAP logo
- mixed views on current design
- some more design work in the pipeline
- Change of name to Centre for Spatial Analysis and Planning
- General aggreement that this is a good idea
- It was reported that Phil was not keen on the idea of a change of name...
- Launch Events
- HD reported
- Late afternoon/early evening event 4pm - 6pm
- targetted at regional policy makers
- ideas for venues and guestlist
- Mike Robinson
- Senior academics are key to this
- Need to make sure parking not a problem at venue
- need to set a date
Research Methods Conference Oxford
- Many people are going to this (both from this group and from UK acadmeia)
Andy and Dan gave some feedback on the walk about university with Alison and Andy
Get a graffiti artist to design us a logo and spray it on the outside of the building?
Rant about notice boards
- Should some new ones go by the water cooler
- Bad use of current notice boards.
- Dan doesn't like the newspaper idea.
- Unable to get feedback about glass cabinet as no one prepared to listen.
- SoG mentoring scheme questionnaire feedback to Louise Dyson
- MoSeS demographic model initialisation flow chart...
- Documentation...
- Chat with Mike Crabtree about Samba and geogweb permissions...
- Chat with Erling...
- Chat with Stuard Hodkinson...
- Emailed Jane Turner to set up research collaboration with Dailos Vega...
- Feedback on Helen Durham's blog... She is doing great!
- New major version of Blog...
- CAB Meeting 2006-05-18
- Minutes being taken by Valentina - ask what will happen to these... I want a copy online...
- http://www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/research/citizens/
- http://www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/research/pygywebsite/
- This is excellent
- Join Pygywyg
- http://www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/research/pygywebsite/members.html
- licre esrc youth crime criminal justice
- http://www.esrc.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/Images/ESRC_CRE_Specification_tcm6-15207.pdf
- What about overlap with immigration control and deportation?
- Launch of LUCI happening soon
- http://www.leeds.ac.uk/city/projects.htm
- http://www.leeds.ac.uk/city/
- Relevant to loads work in SoG
- http://www.leeds.ac.uk/press/community/
- http://www.hull.ac.uk/ccrs/
- EGC Meeting 2006-05-18
- Lindsay Banin
- Some of the basal density statistics is really interesting and relevant to GWS
- Global gentry dataset publicly available
- CTFS plot data not publicly available
- For that Lindsay is doing looking at scaling CTFS data is probably more useful as the plots are larger
- Assumptions are like wet fishes!
- Does ratio of basal area to biomass vary depending on environment?
- Nutrient, light, temperature
- Usual assumption that resource use is optimised is in effect...
- I think there is some punctuated equilibrium (based on nutrient supply e.g. sands on the winds, volcanic ash, old/big trees dying by disturbance)... This perturbs the picture?
- Old trees like a sail in the wind less flexible, so more likely to break and die...
- Oliver thinks that in general as a response to climate change, basal area is increasing faster than the stem density
- Chronis thinks that climate change has been very extreme in the past, and thinks there needs to be an appreciation that tyhe whole thing is very variable anyway...
- Dendrachronology data - is there any evidence of the little ice age?
- Plants are getting more efficient?
- Are changing carbon dioxide levels the most significant change?
- What places have a range of soils but the same climate?
- Cluster Launch
- Tim went through the state of play
- What does Chronis want?
- What about launching a load of balloons?
- What about launching a drone to collect remote sensed data?
- Robin Smith - lesson in referencing...
- David Ashley - we will put the world and SoG to rights...
- John Corr came and took down the newspaper articles I had been posting on the notice boards. We had a nice chat about things... He is a good guy! I will be emailing Jackie (cc John) to ask about glass fronts so that I can resume my newpaper article activity...
- Staff Review meeting
- Sorting my blog...
- Preparation for my Staff Review...
- Had some great feedback from Louise Dyson and Mark Birkin...
- Need to email Phil the form, a copy of any feedback, and the URL to My Staff Review 2006-05-17 Page.
- Lunch with Katherine, Pakorn, Alona and two ODL students...
- Southampton are in charge of the GIS and Environment module (indeed Southampton are delivering all courses taught face to face at Leeds)
- There is a general challenge with regard how to use Masters students to support teaching and research in SoG. ODL students surely have a part to play...
- RELU documentation updated
- Chatted with Rupam one of the current SoG Masters cohort about future plans and feedback. He said that he was looking to move into GIS consultancy looking at web GIS. We shared some concerns over the lack of IT focus in the current GIS Masters programmes. Many companies want skills in database like Oracle that were only touched upon in the GIS and databases part of the course. Javascript and .NET skills are also in high demand and the Masters feel poorly provisioned with regard experience in these fields. I mentioned that this was a hangover from our loss of a very experienced highly IT literate member of staff last year (Ian Turton). He is greatly missed and as yet no replacement has been made that covers much of his skills and knowledge. I encouraged Rupam to feedback and that this would be something that could be added to an already glowing reference. Rupam is an excellent student and maybe he or one of his compatiriate cohort may stay to work with us and help us develop...
- Chat with Mike Crabtree and Frank Cudjoe on Carbon Neutrality
- Annoyed at waste of electricity
- SoG to be charged for electricity?
- Is SoG being metered for electricity/power use?
- How can SoG reduce power consumption?
- How recycleable are our consumables?
- The little things all add up...
- How can we equate and reduce switch to a positive carbon balance?
- We should all debate our grand claim of being carbon neutral...
- At present I don't believe it is calculated right and that it is marketting rubbish.
- Need to ask Louise how she is currently doing it...
- How I would measure SoG Carbon balance:
- Quantify physical inputs (stationary, furnishings etc...) in terms of carbon (exclude food).
- Quantify physical outputs (waste, but not what goes down the toilets)
- Quantify staff journeys - fuel usage (travel to work and travel for work) - mode of travel, destination and any ticket information (for future calculations)
- For geography vehicles we can simply keep a record of the amount of fuel input.
- Quantify tree planting and other activities that effect carbon balance
- Perform the quantification as an ongoing activity and periodically look to see if we are reducing our deficit...
- Email Lou... done
- MoSeS Documentation, Coding and Data Cooking...
- http://geology.about.com/od/bookreviews/fr/bookfortey.htm
- Staff Review
- I was supposed to have a meeting with my nominated reviewer Phil Rees. He over ran his previous appointment by 20 minutes and so we rescheduled (we planned for a 30 minute meeting). Phil provided an alternative staff review document for me to fill in, this is of unknown origin and dates to 2003. We rescheduled to meet on 2006-05-17 at 11am and I agreed to fill out the form that Phil emailed and provide a copy to Phil prior to the meeting. I plan to contact Louise Dyson our Human Resources manager and ask for advice...
- Discussion with Andy Evans about CCG. For the first time in a long time we both feel positive about the future involvement of most of our colleagues in ASAP. The process of developing the CCG now needs to be bottom up...
- ASAP Meeting
- Emailed ASAP and put information on NIEeS/NERC GridGIS Working Group wiki about Development of the Evidence Base for Natural Environment Policy a DEFRA Science Funding Competition. I plan to submit an expression of interest and wondered if others are interested...
- Chat with Alison and Dan about ASAP meeting tomorrow and Web and information management strategy
- A gentle introduction is probably best for tomorrow rather than a full on acronym soup
- Best not mention XML OASIS, DCMI, RSS or anything so sophisticated
- Plan to show the group Andy's blog entry that he uploads during the coffee break as an example
- Hope to sell to Chris Cox the idea that he learns how to develop Web content in standard ways
- Andy has already emailed Mike Crabtree and David Appleyard about this and offerred to provide some training. This is an example of colleagiality or whatever that word is that Adrian likes...
- Basically we want every memeber of the team to develop web content in standard ways. The more ASAP members can blog the better!
- I am keen to read about: Methodological investigations in agent-based modelling for the social sciences
- This is linked from the Biosystems home page at the following URL
- I've asked my friend John Bryden to help me find the resource...
- Helen Durham helped out Heather bio5hrb with a MapManager6.2 problem she approached me with as I am involved with GEOG5060.
- I encouraged Helen to Blog by writing a start page for her and linking it in. Helen had a necessary account so the samba mapping was not an issue.
- Chat with Alison on organising some information for web development and communication for ASAP meeting tomorrow. Are we supposed to be doing something? Again I encouraged her to start blogging. I think she will as she is a star!
- Chat with Alison on the setting up of a new research group and the state of the CCG
- MoSeS Documentation, Coding and Data Cooking...
- MoSeS meeting
- Nudged David Hughes about OGC documentation...
- Steven emailed and is going to drop in to show me a demo of the Resources Map he has been making for the NGS... I've had a look, it is OK, but I don't know all the flying controls A Z B Something else (B ?) Ctrl Arrow Keys and others... Met Steven at lunch... He will give me an update when the next version is available...
- Ragged loads of Maps out of the Map Library... Need to index what I have...
- RELU meeting... Need to let Klaus know about availability for meeting in June... Done!
- MoSeS Documentation, Coding and Data Cooking...
- EGC/EBI meeting Dr Luke Skinner, from the Godwing Laboratory for Palaeoclimate Research, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge. The talk will be about "Abrupt climate change and the deep Atlantic heat and carbon budgets"....
- MoSeS Documentation, Coding and Data Cooking...
- MScGIS and MABSP Masters Dissertation Topics talks
- Helen Anderson
- Slight concern over reliance on MoSeS and original independent input...
- Catherine Fall
- Agent-based
- Birds
- Partnership with CSL in York
- Rupam
- Shopping - Retail Agglomeration
- Multi purpose and single purpose trips
- Graham Clarke
- Steven Taylor
- Woodland regeneration in upland catchments
- Aire and Calder catchements
- Hydrology - flooding
- White Rose Forest
- Steve Carver, Helen Durham
- Links with other RELU work
- Sam
- Crime
- Residential Burglary and Robbery
- See Ian Turton's Baltimoor work
- See Tok's work
- Dailos Vega (geo1dvr@leeds.ac.uk)
- Location optimisation of Special Needs Schools
- Focus on Leeds in partnership with Education Leeds
- Possible use of Mrs Jane Turner of Buckinghamshire County Council
- Explore possibilities with Jane Turner
- He who did not state his name (African/French?)
- 3D Geological Processes over time
- Derwent Valley
- Intelligent Agents
- Use Google Earth
- Hao Wang
- WebGIS
- Build a website with GIS functions
- ArcIMS
- GeoServer-MapBuilder-MapBender
Milosz Tarkowski
- Virtual Wilderness WebGIS
Walid
- Introducing Google Earth as a GIS tool in Local Authorities
- Virtual London - GeoVUE
- OWS3,4 OGC
- Google summer of code
He who did not state his name (Chinese?)
Name unknown
- Pedestrian Flow Crossing for London
- High/low flows
- Intelligence basis - Company? Space partnership
- CASA, School of Built Environment
Name unknown
- Relationships of physical, economic and social capital
- Neighbourhood creation
- What are the effects of coming into large amounts of capital
- Footballers
- Lottery winners/gamblers
- Inheritors
Name unknown
- Asbestos workers database
- US 9-11 respiratory health effects
- Armley factory
The projects were grouped into
- 3D - Web GIS
- Health
- Retail/Geodemographics
Supervision/assessment
- Meet supervisors at least 3 times
- Counts as 33% towards overall grade
Would help to have a project acronym or shortened name for RELU project on Managing Uncertainty...
http://www.casos.cs.cmu.edu/events/conferences/2006/
Documentation...
Who Really Runs Leeds?
- Follows on from Blog entry on 2006-04-27
- Triggered by a conversation with Paul Chatterton.
- Although I have opinions and beliefs, I am interested in an objective reporting function
- mapping what has been
- mapping what is
- mapping Alternative Futures
- providing a virtual resource centre for Leeds
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