More bark than bytes? Reflections on 21+ years of geocomputation

Abstract

This year marks the 21st anniversary of the International GeoComputation Conference Series. To celebrate the occasion, Environment and Planning B invited some members of the geocomputational community to reflect on its achievements, some of the unrealised potential, and to identify some of the on-going challenges.

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Geocomputation urban analytics Big Data agent-based modelling quantitative geography

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