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Mark Altaweel

Mark Altaweel is a Reader in Near Eastern Archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, having held previous appointments and joint appointments at the University of Chicago, University of Alaska, and Argonne National Laboratory. Mark has an undergraduate degree in Anthropology and Masters and PhD degrees from the University of Chicago’s Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations.
A screenshot from the MyShake Android app.

Earthquake Detection Using Smartphones

October 7, 2020September 8, 2020 by Mark Altaweel

Using aggregated accelerometer data across many smartphones, many of us can now better access a large-scale earthquake warning system.

Categories GIS Data Tags Earthquakes, sesimometer

Online COVID-19 Maps and the ‘Infodemic’

September 1, 2020 by Mark Altaweel

Researchers have been evaluating the effectiveness and accuracy of online CoVID-19 maps.

Categories GIS Industry Tags mapping covid-19, Online Mapping
The PurpleAir map crowdsources air quality readings from Internet of Things sensors.

The Spatial Internet of Things

October 14, 2020August 26, 2020 by Mark Altaweel

The development of small sensors is providing a variety of real-time geospatial data.

Categories GIS Industry Tags Internet of Things, IoT
H3, developed by Uber, divides the Earth into hexagons. Image: Uber.

H3: Open Source Geospatial Indexing System

October 14, 2020August 14, 2020 by Mark Altaweel

H3, developed by Uber, divides the Earth into hexagons.

Categories Maps and Cartography Tags GIS podcasts, H3, mapscaping, open source gis, Uber
Main sources of open health facility location data for Africa and dataflows between them. Source: South, A., Dicko, A., Herringer, M., Macharia, P. M., Maina, J., Okiro, E. A., ... & van der Walt, A. (2020). A rapid and reproducible picture of open access health facility data in Africa to support the COVID-19 response. Wellcome Open Research, 5(157), 157. https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16075.1

Open Geospatial Data and COVID-19

August 5, 2020August 4, 2020 by Mark Altaweel

Some of the key GIS datasets being used today for research and outreach related to COVID-19 are assessed and reviewed.

Categories GIS Data Tags covid-19, GIS portals
Cube sats. Image: NASA.

Recent Developments in Remote Sensing and Earth Observation

October 14, 2020August 2, 2020 by Mark Altaweel

Remote sensing and earth observation capabilities at satellite, aerial, UAV, and ground levels have radically improved in the last decade.

Categories GIS Data Tags earth observation, GIS podcasts, remote sensing
Maps showing the different in detail and resolution of International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean (IBCAO) between Ver. 3.0 (500 × 500 m resolution) and Ver. 4.0 (200m x 200m resolution) in two areas of the Lomonosov Ridge. Source: Jakobsson, M., Mayer, L.A., Bringensparr, C. et al. The International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean Version 4.0. Sci Data 7, 176 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0520-9

How Geospatial Technologies are Helping to Complete the Effort to Map the World’s Ocean Floor

January 13, 2021July 21, 2020 by Mark Altaweel

Only 20% of the ocean’s floor has been mapping in detail.

Categories GIS Data Tags ocean mapping
Isochrone map showing walk times to local pharmacies. Source: HealthGIS, NHS, UK.

GIS and the Future of Public Health

August 18, 2020July 15, 2020 by Mark Altaweel

Mark Altaweel takes a look at how GIS is used in public health and where GIS and public health will be in the future.

Categories GIS Industry Tags Health and GIS, Public Health and GIS
QGIS is a very popular popular open source GIS software.

QGIS and Free Mobile Applications

October 14, 2020July 15, 2020 by Mark Altaweel

The capabilities of QGIS can be extended with plugins and mobile GIS apps.

Categories GIS Software Tags GIS podcasts, mobile gis, open source gis, QGIS

Marketing and Rebranding GIS: Opportunities for GIS Professionals

October 15, 2020July 7, 2020 by Mark Altaweel

GIS professionals need to emphasize more than just their geospatial skills when marketing GIS to organizations.

Categories GIS Career and Jobs Tags branding gis, gis career, mapscaping, marketing GIS
Tempe, Arizona partnered with Arizona State University to track levels of COVID-19 genome copies per liter of wastewater.

How GIS is Being Used in Planning the Easing of COVID-19 Lockdown Restrictions

July 6, 2020 by Mark Altaweel

GIS can help in planning how to ease COVID-19 lockdown restrictions by using spatial analysis.

Categories Spatial Analysis Tags coronavirus, covid-19, lockdown, social distancing
Map showing the number of days with targeted policing for drug crimes in areas flagged by PredPol analysis of Oakland police data (a). Graphs quantifying targeted policing for drug crimes, by race (b) and estimated drug use by race (c).

Racial Justice and Predictive Policing

June 30, 2020 by Mark Altaweel

Local governments are reevaluating how technology, including artificial intelligence, is used in policing efforts and its role in creating public good.

Categories Spatial Analysis Tags Crime Mapping, predictive policing
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