This page collects links to interesting organisations, magazines, mailing lists, and blogs relevant to GIScience, GIS, geographic data science, and related fields.
Research centres and groups
- Birkbeck Institute for Data Analytics (Birkbeck, University of London)
- The Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (UCL CASA)
- Centre for Spatial Studies (UC Santa Barbara)
- RGS-IBG Geographical Information Science Research Group (UCL et al)
- ICA Commission on Visual Analytics
- Global GIScience Education
Podcasts
Magazines
- GeoAwesomeness: GIS and geospatial technology news site (based in London)
- GIS Geography: GIS resources and articles
- Directions Magazine: A US-based GIS news site
- GIS Lounge: Another US-based GIS news site
Teaching & learning resources
- Classics in Spatial Thinking: A collection of examples of spatial thinking in various disciplines, including geography, urban planning, and economics.
Technical forums
- GIS StackExchange: branch of StackOverflow dedicated to GIS
Mailing lists
- GIS UK (UK, ~500 members): gis-uk@jiscmail.ac.uk
- ACM SIGSpatial (US, ~700 members): acm-sigspatial@listserv.acm.org
- RGS-IBG Geographical Information Science Research (UK): GISCRG@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
- GeoVisualisation (ICA Commission on Visual Analytics): geovis@iais.fraunhofer.de
Journals and conferences
- Open-access journals and conferences
- GIScience Conferences: upcoming academic conferences
Blogs
This is a list of blogs by my colleagues, collaborators, and mentors doing great research in GIScience and geography, not in any specific order:
- Dr Simon Scheider: semantics
- Prof Mark Graham: Internet geography
- World Mapper (Dr Benjamin Hennig): cartography, cartograms
- Dr Stefano De Sabbata: Internet geography
- spatial.ly (Dr James Cheshire): geo-visualisation
- Prof Werner Kuhn: semantics
- Cartography. Design. Research. (Dr Kenneth Field): cartography
- Spatial Communication (Dr Martin Tomko): spatial data science
- Spatial Reserves: open geospatial data
Last update: Mar 2021
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