Posts by geogadmin

Alumnus Kirk Goldsberry (PhD 2007) has scored big time with his use of spatial and visual analytics as a means to enhance basketball expertise. “All maps simplify reality – that’s the nature of the geospatial beast. My basketball maps expose the general tendencies and spatial shooting behaviors of NBA players and teams; they are not intended to explain every aspect of basketball reality.” However, “the things Goldsberry,...

The following UC Berkeley News Center article was written by Ann Brody Guy, College of Natural Resources, November 5, 2014, with the title “Coexist or perish, wildfire analysis says”: Many fire scientists have tried to get Smokey the Bear to hang up his “prevention” motto in favor of tools like thinning and prescribed burns, which can manage the severity of wildfires while allowing them to play their natural role in certain...

The following is a News Release by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, dated October 30, 2014, and with the title above: Earth is known as the Blue Planet because of its oceans, which cover more than 70 percent of the planet’s surface and are home to the world’s greatest diversity of life. While water is essential for life on the planet, the answers to two key questions have eluded us: where did Earth’s water come...