Tag: Spatial

Utilising pykrige and matplotlib for Spatial Visualisation of Geological Variations

When working with geological and petrophysical data, we often want to understand how that data changes over our field or region. One of the ways we can do this is to grid our actual measurement values and extrapolate what those values may be in other areas that have yet to be explored using borehole...

Spatial audio and player performance

Earlier this year, I wrote two articles on how to intentionally sound design a game to help players deal with in-game challenges. As some pointed out, I ignored the elephant in the room — the recent advancements in spatial audio that enable players to localize sounds with greate...

A case for gestural interactions in spatial computing

Interaction has always been an essential component in our relationship with the world. The most fundamental ones are the gestures we use all the time. Personal computers introduced a new paradigm for interacting with machines mediated by the keyboard and mouse combo. The smartphone era, with its cap...

The Spatial Configuration of Guesthouse and Hostel in Bangkok, Thailand

This project is part of the capstone project in the “Coursera IBM Data Science Professional specialization”. 1. Introduction Bangkok is one of the top tourist destination cities in the world. In 2019, it was ranked to be the 1st world’s most-visited city surpassing Paris and ...

Spatial data API with GraphQL, PHP and MySQL

Some years ago I bought an internet domain offering a PHP based server backed by a MySQL database. I kept it for years without using it because I had neither the desire nor the time to write or develop. On the other hand, since when I graduated in GIS I have always had the desire to take up and impr...

Unlocking Spatial Insights: Loading County Parcel Data from Esri Feature Services into Geopandas for Spatial Analysis

Unlock the power of real estate analysis with this series! Learn to connect to ESRI Feature Services, load county parcel data into Geopandas, and explore insights without an ArcGIS License. Master these skills for enhanced expertise and discover hidden opportunities in upcoming articles. Getting ...

A New Way To Understand the City: Henri Lefebvre’s Spatial Triad

Space is all around us. We move through it, live within it and think in terms of it. Therefore, to think of the city is to think ultimately in one way or another, of space. Now, when I speak of space in the following words and paragraphs, I do not mean outer space, the realm of NASA and astronauts, ...