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In its introduction to POI Pulse, Geography’s Spatio-Temporal Knowledge Observatory, run by Krzysztof Janowicz, explains that “POI (Point of Interest) Pulse is an interactive application that shows the pulse of user behavior in the Greater Los Angeles area. Visualized through the interaction with approximately 170,000 points of interest (e.g., Bars, Hospitals, Parks) and 12 million tiles, the map displays both typical...

Geography Associate Professor Leila M. Vespoli de Carvalho (Meteorology and Climate Sciences) recently wrote to say that graduate student “Forest Cannon was notified by the American Meteorological Society (AMS) that his poster presented at the 94th Annual Meeting (2-6 February, Atlanta, Georgia) got 3rd place in the climate variation and change category. The annual AMS meeting is the most prestigious conference in meteorology in...

Don Janelle retired from UCSB and his position as Researcher/Program Director for the Center for Spatial Studies on February 28, 2014, and a reception was held in his honor on the afternoon of the 26th. The following letter of tribute by Professor Emeritus Mike Goodchild was read out at the event: “It’s hard to believe that I’ve known Don Janelle for almost 45 years—we arrived at the department of geography at...