The Centre for Geo-Information Studies focuses on research. Key themes
are GIS and environmental modelling, spatial data quality, data mining and
location-based services. 'Environmental modelling' is interpreted broadly as
empirical, AI or computational process models of any aspect of the physical,
biological, social or economic environment that can be coupled with GIS and
other geocomputational tools. In data mining we have developed new approaches
to data normalisation (robust normalisation) and spatial clustering
(GeoProZone) that are particularly effective in identifying 'hotspots'. New
areas of research focus on location-based services for which we have recently
won a SRIF grant. Our PhD students are researching such diverse areas the
implications of data quality on oil spill modelling, finding improved methods
of topographic description for hydrological models to data mining traffic
accident hotspots for improved road engineering. Within the university we
collaborate with researchers from Innovation Studies, Computing &
Technology, Health & Biosciences and the Centre for Institutional Studies.
Publications
Projects
Head: Professor Allan J. Brimicombe
BA(Hons) MPhil PhD C.Geog FRGS FGS AcSS
Tel: 020 8223 2352
Fax: 020 8223 2918
Email:
a.j.brimicombe@uel.ac.uk
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