Spatial Narrative: A Rust Library for Spatiotemporal Event Analysis
Modelling, indexing, and analysing events across geographic space and chronological time
Events happen in places, at times, and within contexts. Spatial Narrative is a Rust library built for researchers who need to work with spatiotemporal data—whether that is historical archives, GPS tracks, conflict records, or urban mobility patterns.
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Diabetes Disparities in Mexico: A Spatio-Temporal and Marginalization Index Analysis
Presented at W2GIS 2025 in Mexico City
Diabetes remains one of the most pressing global health challenges of the 21st century. In Mexico, the burden of the disease is deeply shaped by social inequalities, with hospitalisations and deaths reflecting broader patterns of deprivation and exclusion. Our recent work, presented by Carlos Hernández Nava at W2GIS 2025, brings a spatio-temporal lens to this urgent problem.
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Platial vs Spatial: Why the Distinction Matters
Rethinking how we describe the world through lived experience and coordinates
Digital maps are dominated by the spatial: coordinates, polygons, and networks. Yet when we talk about the world around us, we rarely think in such precise terms. We think in places. This distinction between the platial and the spatial is more than semantics—it changes how we represent, analyse, and live with geography.
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Getting Started with H3: The Hexagonal Grid System for Spatial Analysis
A practical tutorial for understanding and implementing Uber's H3 hexagonal grid system
Why are Uber, Foursquare, and every major location intelligence company switching to hexagonal grids? This tutorial will teach you H3 fundamentals with interactive examples you can run in your browser.
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