I'm a 🌍 geographer 🌍, 🌐 spatial data scientist 🌐, 🧑🎨 designer 🧑🎨 , and 🧑💻 accidental software developer 🧑💻 based in Somerville, Massachusetts.
- I teach classes on GIS, data science, and geocomputation at MIT in Cambridge, where I am a Lecturer in Urban Science and Planning in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning. I also lead the Spatial Analysis and Action Research Group.
- I fight for academic freedom as a member of the Executive Committee of the MIT Chapter of the American Association of University Professors.
- I consult for mission-driven planners, solar companies, legal aid attorneys, map librarians, and more as OGRAPHIES Research & Design.
mit-spatial-action/who-owns-mass: The result of a multi-year effort to deobfuscate the identities of residential property owners in Massachusetts.mit-spatial-action/who-owns-mass-frontend: Frontend built usingSvelte/SvelteKitandMapbox GL JS.mit-spatial-action/who-owns-mass-backend: RESTful backend built usingDjangoandPostgreSQL/PostGIS.mit-spatial-action/who-owns-mass-processing: NLP and social network analysis processing workflow written inR, making extensive use of thesf,igraph, andquantedapackages.
ographiesresearch/urbanplanr: A R package---to be published to CRAN---that automates many of the data acquistion processing tasks frequently found in urban planning practice. Serves as a thin wrapper around and extension of e.g.,sf,tidycensus,osmdata,elevatr. Built as consultant for Utile Design.utile-design/utile-design.github.io: Documentation for Utile Design's internal workflows, systems and tech stacks, built usingastroandstarlight.