1. Introduction

Many of the social and environmental phenomena have spatial characteristics. Geo-spatial methods, such as, maps, GIS, and etc, are excellent ways to visualize and understand these characteristics. In this post, I will introduce some of the urban analytic...

1. Introduction 

Needless to say, big data is “big” in size. So there comes the challenge in storing and processing the data. Often times, you don’t need to worry about data storage because, in many cases you are just given a dataset to work on your hard drive or a serv...

1. Introduction

Big data is such a buzz word that everyone is talking about it, and yet no one knows what it actually means and how we, normal citizens, can leverage the power of big data to our advantage. This post is intended to help a layperson, especially those in t...