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A universal model for mobility and migration patterns?, by Alexei Pozdnoukhov, Sat, 12 May 2012
Our reading group for 11th May looked at “A universal model for mobility and migration patterns.” by Simini, F., González, M. C., Maritan, A., & Barabási, A.-L. (2012). Nature, 484(7392), 96–100. doi:10.1038/nature10856”. We approached the paper from many perspectives as … Continue reading →

Congratulations to Dr. Binbin Lu!, by ncg, Sat, 14 Apr 2012
who has successfully passed his viva voce examination! The topic of his PhD thesis is “Geographically Weighted Regression with non-Euclidean distance metrics”. Congratulations, Binbin!

LiDAR – What do I want?, by Conor Mc Elhinney, Thu, 12 Apr 2012
  I recently wrote a post as an introduction to LiDAR, to give an overview of what the data looks like. Like most things with LiDAR, once you get your head around one part of it your reward for your … Continue reading →

LiDAR – whats all the fuss about?, by Conor Mc Elhinney, Thu, 05 Apr 2012
  LiDAR is quickly becoming one of those technologies that is “needed” for every surveying project. Its now the go to technology used in all types of surveying from archaeological, marine, environmental, 3D modelling, rail infrastructure, road infrastructure and many many more. This is because LiDAR provides … Continue reading →




Home of the NCG The National Centre for Geocomputation (NCG) was founded at the National University of Ireland Maynooth in 2004 through funding provided by Science Foundation Ireland. Since then, the NCG has become firmly established as a leading international research centre in the field of Geocomputation, with over thirty researchers, and is a major intellectual centre committed to extending understanding and utilisation of the capture, analysis and modelling of spatial data.