Click the map to start the wind flowing*

Many years ago, Waldo Tobler provided the inspiration for mapping and modelling flows as potentials, possibly following Ravenstein, developing the simple concept of an ‘interaction wind’. His insight continues and now with new software like Processing we can visualize everything from Tweets in Manhattan to the Real Wind. Click through. Here is a link to one of Waldo’s early papers. You can see Ravenstein’s migration currents from one of Waldo’s maps which we reproduced on A Science of Cities website, here.

*(if the map doesn’t load, you may need a easy browser like Chrome)

Friday 20^th April, 2012 at: Senate House,Malet Street,London,WC1E 7HU

A free one day conference from the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA).

Find out about multimedia research on cities being carried out at CASA, with talks covering crowd-sourcing and participatory mapping, sensing using social media and experience sampling, data dashboards, public transport, public bike schemes, visual modelling and more. Explore the new interactive exhibition, showcasing some of CASA’s latest models, maps and machines.

Meet and network with academic, public and private sector attendees during coffee breaks, a catered lunch, and an evening drinks reception.

Find out more about the courses we offer at CASA.

Speakers will include:

The Keynote: Professor Carlo Ratti, Director, Senseable City Lab, MIT

CASA Researchers: Professor Michael Batty, Dr Andy Hudson-Smith, Richard Milton, Oliver O’Brien, Dr James Cheshire, Steven Gray, Dr George MacKerron, Dr Jon Reades, Dr Joan Serras and Dr Duncan Smith

This event is supported by research grants: ANALOGIES (EPSRC), COSMIC (ERA-NET), GENeSIS (ESRC) and TALISMAN (ESRC).

To register visit

http://casasmartcities.eventbrite.co.uk/

For queries contact Sarah Sheppard s.sheppard@ucl.ac.uk