Introduction to Big Data Computing for Geospatial Applications
The convergence of big data and geospatial computing has brought challenges and opportunities to GIScience with regards to geospatial data management, processing, analysis, modeling, and visualization. This special issue highlights recent advancements in
Zhenlong Li +4 more
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Processes structuring macrophyte metacommunities in Mediterranean ponds: combining novel methods to disentangle the role of dispersal limitation, species sorting and spatial scales [PDF]
Aim: Metacommunity ecology is a vibrant area of research that has received increased attention in recent years, since it provides a framework to assess the underlying dispersal- and niche-based processes that create non-random and ecologically meaningful
American Public Health Association +9 more
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Geospatial Analysis Requires a Different Way of Thinking: The Problem of Spatial Heterogeneity
Geospatial analysis is very much dominated by a Gaussian way of thinking, which assumes that things in the world can be characterized by a well-defined mean, i.e., things are more or less similar in size. However, this assumption is not always valid.
Jiang, Bin
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Modeling resilience and sustainability in ancient agricultural systems [PDF]
The reasons why people adopt unsustainable agricultural practices, and the ultimate environmental implications of those practices, remain incompletely understood in the present world.
Allcock S. L. +58 more
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Secondary students’ spatial thinking in solving the minimum competency assessment (MCA) on geometry
Reflecting on PISA and TIMSS, international mathematical, reading, and science literacy assessments, the Indonesian government began implementing the Minimum Competency Assessment (MCA) for primary, secondary, and high school students.
Mayang Dintarini +2 more
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Spatial concepts analysis for strengthening of the spatial thinking in education [PDF]
Εθνικό Μετσόβιο Πολυτεχνείο--Μεταπτυχιακή Εργασία.
Charcharos, Christos +1 more
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ОСОБЕННОСТИ ПРОСТРАНСТВЕННОГО МЫШЛЕНИЯ И ИХ ВЗАИМОСВЯЗЬ С УЧЕБНОЙ УСПЕШНОСТЬЮ ОБУЧАЮЩИХСЯ
Ставится проблема развития мышления как в целом, так и отдельных его видов, изучения педагогических условий его формирования, что актуально при переходе к обучению по новым образовательным стандартам.
Коногорская Светлана Анатольевна
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DESKRIPSI PENALARAN SPASIAL MAHASISWA CALON GURU BERGAYA BELAJAR VISUAL
Spatial thinking is a skill to remember, operate, manipulate, predict, combine, interpret, transform, explore an object to solve problems in various life contexts.
Feny Rita Fiantika +2 more
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A global take on congestion in urban areas [PDF]
We analyze the congestion data collected by a GPS device company (TomTom) for almost 300 urban areas in the world. Using simple scaling arguments and data fitting we show that congestion during peak hours in large cities grows essentially as the square ...
Barthelemy, Marc
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'The world is full of big bad wolves': investigating the experimental therapeutic spaces of R.D. Laing and Aaron Esterson [PDF]
In conjunction with the recent critical assessments of the life and work of R.D. Laing, this paper seeks to demonstrate what is revealed when Laing’s work on families and created spaces of mental health care are examined through a geographical lens.
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