ArcGIS Virtualised – World First
The Virtualisation of Applications technical team consisting of Malcolm Mcbeath, Chris Smith, James Holiday and Andy Ng project managed by Mike Phillips, have achieved a world first in successfully...
View ArticleUK Rescue ChallengeUK Rescue Challenge
Dr Ian Greatbatch met researchers from Queen Mary and Goldsmiths college (as well as some KU students) at the UK Rescue Challenge at the London Excel Centre this weekend. The event, involving hundreds...
View ArticleNew CEESR Director
Professor Nigel Walford has now become CEESR Director and will lead the Centre forward as it prepares for the Research Excellence Framework. CEESR grew out of a recognition of existing research...
View ArticleLeading edge curriculum….
Kingston students are again at the leading edge when it comes to curriculum development. The Centre for GIS is currently using cloud-based GIS as part of its MSc programme in order to provide students...
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Mapping out Britain’s landscapes
From brownfields to green belts and landslides to flood plains – planners, businesses and even ramblers are set to benefit from a new online map that could reveal the geographical blueprint of Britain....
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Graduate’s mobile app puts safety on the map
Kingston University computing graduate Jayesh Hirani is test-driving his business prowess with the launch of Safer Minicabs – a free app for smartphones that gives late-night partygoers a quote for a...
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Are you wondering why we are experiencing such awful weather this summer?
Dr. Norman Cheung was called on by the Sky News Sunrise show on 29th June 2012 to give commentary on hailstorms and flash floods affecting Northern Ireland, North England and Scotland in June 2012 and...
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June 2012: ESRI Development Center Best Student
June 2011: ESRI Development Center Best Student Congratulations to Becky Watson who has been awarded the ESRI Development Center Best Student for Kingston University (pictured). An exemplary...
View ArticleDr Norman Cheung appears on Channel 4, Sky News and LBC Radio after Super...
Dr Norman Cheung, an expert in environmental hazards and disaster management at London’s Kingston University, said: “Super Typhoon Haiyan is likely to be the most costly cyclone hazard ever experienced...
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SAR Training
Dr Ian Greatbatch has just returned from Wales where he qualified as an Advanced Swiftwater Rescue Technician, making him one of the few researchers in emergency and disaster response to have...
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