Papers by Benjamin D Hennig
CHAPTER 2 Regional Inequalities in Education: Causes, Consequences, and Policy Challenges……………………... more CHAPTER 2 Regional Inequalities in Education: Causes, Consequences, and Policy Challenges………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………….……...p. 16 ... CHAPTER 3 Mapping Educational Inequality across Europe……………….…………………………p. 36 ... CHAPTER 4 The nature of 'localised' forms of inequality across regions in the EU…..p. 54 ... CHAPTER 5 Mapping 'local' educational inequalities, opportunities and outcomes…p. 60 ... This report highlights the regional ...
Analyzing call data records of Ivoirian mobile service provider Orange Telecom,
we assess the pot... more Analyzing call data records of Ivoirian mobile service provider Orange Telecom,
we assess the potential of mobile phone data for the improvement of population estimations.
Especially in countries with a lack of reliable and spatially disaggregate
census data, the combination of existing population data with satellite imagery, land
use data and population modelling yields good results in rural and periurban areas.
In larger agglomerations these methods have limitations. It can be shown that, while
less advantageous in rural areas, the use of mobile call data can lead to an improved
understanding of the population distribution in larger urban centres.
Journal of Organics, 2016
This paper presents four maps of the world of organic agriculture. Density equalising maps (carto... more This paper presents four maps of the world of organic agriculture. Density equalising maps (cartograms) have previously been published of the world of organic agriculture based on the reported hectares of certified organically managed agriculture land. The four maps in the present atlas of organic agriculture are visual presentations of current global organics data: (a) certified organic agriculture hectares; (b) certified organic wildculture hectares; (c) total certified organic production hectares (organic agriculture plus wildculture plus forestry plus aquaculture); (d) certified organic producers. Australia dominates in the world map of the organic agriculture hectares, Europe is strongly represented, and Africa is weakly represented. Finland dominates in the world organics map of organic wildculture, Zambia is a strong representative from Africa, and India is a strong representative from Asia. Australia dominates in the map of the organics world map of total organic production hectares (the aggregation of agriculture, wildculture, forestry, and aquaculture), followed by Finland. India dominates in the world organics map of organics producers. The maps illustrate the broad global diffusion of the organics meme, visually highlight leaders and laggers, and indicate opportunities for growth and better reportage. These maps are generated by the Worldmapper GIS algorithm developed at the University of Sheffield as a cartographic visualisation tool.
Cartographica The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization
The 14th Conference on Geographic Information by the Association of Geographic Information Labora... more The 14th Conference on Geographic Information by the Association of Geographic Information Laboratories in Europe (AGILE) took place in 2011 at Utrecht University. The conference theme, “Advancing Geoinformation Science for a Changing World,” provides the title for this book of peer-reviewed conference proceedings edited by Stan Geertman, Wolfgang Reinhard, and Fred Toppen, published in the Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography (LNG&C) series. The book is a comprehensive collection of current research, undertaken under the broad umbrella of geoinformation science, that demonstrates why some researchers make a strong case for GIScience as a separate field of science. The range of topics presented demonstrates the diverse nature of work undertaken; regardless of topical focus, there is a strong emphasis on the GI element. The chapters range from studies about the geographic analysis of Wikipedia contributions (as presented by de Alencar and Davis) to an analysis of historica...
Cartographica The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization
Although the importance of maps has never disappeared, the importance of cartography has experien... more Although the importance of maps has never disappeared, the importance of cartography has experienced a renaissance in recent years with the success of Internet mapping technology. Changing technologies have always had a considerable impact on cartography, and they continue to do so in the digital world, opening cartographic practice up to a new group of professionals who sometimes have little in common with old-school cartographers and their skills and craftsmanship. The term neocartography gives credit to the most recent trends in the map-making field and describes the new cartography in the online world, along with the new skills and methods that are associated with it. Online Maps with APIs and Webservices, edited by Michael P. Peterson and published in the Lecture Notes in Geo-information and Cartography series, has a far less specialized technical focus than its title suggests. It links the core of what neocartography aims to describe – the presentation of maps in an online env...
Political Insight, 2014
ABSTRACT Benjamin D. Hennig and Danny Dorling plot the geography of the super-rich in Britain and... more ABSTRACT Benjamin D. Hennig and Danny Dorling plot the geography of the super-rich in Britain and Ireland.
Political Insight, 2014
ABSTRACT Benjamin D. Hennig, Dimitris Ballas and Danny Dorling map the results of May's e... more ABSTRACT Benjamin D. Hennig, Dimitris Ballas and Danny Dorling map the results of May's elections across the continent. Mapping the results of May's elections across the continent.
Political Insight, 2013
ABSTRACT Benjamin D. Hennig, Dimitris Ballas and Danny Dorling look at the politics behind voting... more ABSTRACT Benjamin D. Hennig, Dimitris Ballas and Danny Dorling look at the politics behind voting patterns in the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest.
Springer Theses, 2013
ABSTRACT ‘We need new maps’ is the central claim made in this book. In a world increasingly influ... more ABSTRACT ‘We need new maps’ is the central claim made in this book. In a world increasingly influenced by human action and interaction, we still rely heavily on mapping techniques that were invented to discover unknown places and explore our physical environment. Although the traditional concept of a map is currently being revived in digital environments, the underlying mapping approaches are not capable of making the complexity of human-environment relationships fully comprehensible. Starting from how people can be put on the map in new ways, this book outlines the development of a novel technique that stretches a map according to quantitative data, such as population. The new maps are called gridded cartograms as the method is based on a grid onto which a density-equalizing cartogram technique is applied. The underlying grid ensures the preservation of an accurate geographic reference to the real world. It allows the gridded cartograms to be used as base maps onto which other information can be mapped. This applies to any geographic information from the human and physical environment. As demonstrated through the examples presented in this book, the new maps are not limited to showing population as a defining element for the transformation, but can show any quantitative geospatial data, such as wealth, rainfall, or even the environmental conditions of the oceans. The new maps also work at various scales, from a global perspective down to the scale of urban environments. The gridded cartogram technique is proposed as a new global and local map projection that is a viable and versatile alternative to other conventional map projections. The maps based on this technique open up a wide range of potential new applications to rediscover the diverse geographies of the world. They have the potential to allow us to gain new perspectives through detailed cartographic depictions.
Journal of Maps, 2014
ABSTRACT The assessment of natural events that can turn into disasters where people live is usual... more ABSTRACT The assessment of natural events that can turn into disasters where people live is usually accompanied by maps visualising the specific topic in its spatial setting and putting the physical environment into the main focus. Such conventional mapping approaches, however, can often fail to give an intuitive understanding of the underlying quantitative dimension of the associated risk to people and a fuller appreciation of the interrelation between humans and their natural environment. The method presented here demonstrates an alternative way of mapping environmental risk. A gridded cartogram approach is introduced and illustrated with examples drawn from data documenting globally significant earthquakes that have occurred since 2150 BC. Gridded cartograms are a new map projection. They are created by starting with an equally distributed grid onto which a density-equalising cartogram technique is applied. Each individual grid cell is resized according to specific quantitative information. The underlying grid ensures the preservation of an accurate geographic reference to the real world. It allows gridded cartograms to be used as basemaps, new projections, onto which other information can be mapped. Earthquake intensity on a gridded population cartogram highlights those zones where most people live in these risk environments and minimises information about where earthquakes still occur, but where they matter less for human populations. Gridded cartograms also allow any other quantitative data to be used in the actual transformation. This is demonstrated with gridded cartograms from earthquake intensity data, resulting in very unusual depictions and new perspectives of the surface of the planet.
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Papers by Benjamin D Hennig
we assess the potential of mobile phone data for the improvement of population estimations.
Especially in countries with a lack of reliable and spatially disaggregate
census data, the combination of existing population data with satellite imagery, land
use data and population modelling yields good results in rural and periurban areas.
In larger agglomerations these methods have limitations. It can be shown that, while
less advantageous in rural areas, the use of mobile call data can lead to an improved
understanding of the population distribution in larger urban centres.
we assess the potential of mobile phone data for the improvement of population estimations.
Especially in countries with a lack of reliable and spatially disaggregate
census data, the combination of existing population data with satellite imagery, land
use data and population modelling yields good results in rural and periurban areas.
In larger agglomerations these methods have limitations. It can be shown that, while
less advantageous in rural areas, the use of mobile call data can lead to an improved
understanding of the population distribution in larger urban centres.