By Ken Steif & Michael Fichman This post discusses some of our recent experiments with spatial real estate data. These…

Recently, Philadelphia City Councilman and real estate developer, Alan Domb proposed that the City “should figure out the highest and…

Effica.cy is a proposed cloud-based GIS tool that would allow organizations to perform complex cost/benefit evaluations right in an internet…

Authors: Ken Steif & Simon Kassel I constantly preach to my students that no matter how policy relevant your work…

In April of 2016, the State of Pennsylvania voted to legalize medical marijuana. Currently, Philadelphia City Council members are debating how to use…

Source: NASA, Earth Observatory This past August, 2016 was the hottest in 136 years according to NASA. In cities, this…

Urban Spatial is excited to partner with the Actionable Intelligence for Social Policy at the University of Pennsylvania to develop technology that lowers the…

I started playing with NetLogo years back as a possible avenue for modeling housing markets. Ultimately, I decided that agent-based modeling, while…

Suitability modeling is one of the most important GIS skill sets for a spatial analyst to master. Traditionally, site suitability is…

Click for higher resolution Ever since Mike Batty and team at UCL’s Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis showcased their project using…