Blog posts

Blog posts by Jakub Nowosad on R, Python, spatial data science, geocomputation, and reproducible research.

All posts, including their DOIs, are available on Rogue Scholar.

Posts related to R are aggregated at R-bloggers, and RWeekly.

Additionally, I publish blog posts related to geocomputation at geocompx.org.

Date Title
Sep 8, 2026 Navigating Challenges in Spatial Machine Learning
Jul 21, 2026 A world still to be mapped: reflections on geocomputation in R: takeaways from the talk and workshop at UseR! 2026
Jul 3, 2026 Rethinking Validation for Spatial Machine Learning: Takeaways from the Talk
Feb 13, 2026 PRISM project’s update: making spatial machine learning more reliable, plus related activities
Dec 15, 2025 Elephant(s) in the room: Graph neural networks, embeddings, and foundation models in spatial data science
Dec 1, 2025 R for Geospatial Predictive Mapping: Takeaways from the Talk
Apr 13, 2025 The PRISM project’s progress report: 8 months into the MSCA-PF journey
Nov 17, 2024 Understanding and extending the methods of comparing spatial patterns in raster data
Nov 10, 2024 Comparison of spatial patterns in categorical raster data for arbitrary regions using R
Nov 3, 2024 Comparison of spatial patterns in categorical raster data for overlapping regions using R
Oct 27, 2024 Comparison of spatial patterns in continuous raster data for arbitrary regions using R
Oct 20, 2024 Comparison of spatial patterns in continuous raster data for overlapping regions using R
Oct 13, 2024 Inventory of methods for comparing spatial patterns in raster data
Jul 22, 2024 Navigating the maze: Reflections on applying for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship
Jan 7, 2024 Optimizing the parameters of the spatial kinetic Ising model to simulate spatial patterns
Dec 17, 2023 Simulating spatial patterns with the spatial kinetic Ising model
Dec 3, 2023 Finding the most unique land cover spatial pattern
Nov 18, 2023 Extracting information about spatial patterns from spatial signatures
May 15, 2023 Spatial regionalization using universal superpixels algorithm
Apr 30, 2023 supercells: universal superpixels algorithm for applications to geospatial data
Feb 17, 2022 How to visualize landscape metrics for local landscapes?
Mar 10, 2021 Considerations for the pattern-based spatial analysis
Mar 3, 2021 Clustering similar spatial patterns
Feb 24, 2021 Quantifying changes of spatial patterns
Feb 17, 2021 Finding similar spatial patterns
Feb 10, 2021 Describing categorical rasters with spatial signatures
Feb 4, 2021 Pattern-based spatial analysis: an approach for discovering, describing and studying geographical patterns
Feb 3, 2021 Pattern-based spatial analysis in R: an introduction
Aug 25, 2020 How to choose a bivariate color palette?
Aug 3, 2020 How to measure spatial diversity and segregation?
May 26, 2020 Introduction to landscape ecology with R
Jan 23, 2020 How to calculate landscape metrics for local landscapes?
Dec 1, 2019 Evaluation of the new palette() for R
Jun 25, 2019 Information theory provides a consistent framework for the analysis of spatial patterns
Mar 13, 2019 World population growth through time
Mar 7, 2019 Efficient landscape metrics calculations for buffers around sampling points
Jan 20, 2019 GeoPAT2: Entropy calculations for local landscapes
Dec 12, 2018 Geocomputation with R - the afterword
Oct 16, 2018 How much our maps are distorted?
Oct 9, 2018 The world (population) is changing
Sep 10, 2018 sabre: or how to compare two maps?
Aug 28, 2018 Moving beyond pattern-based analysis: Additional applications of GeoPAT 2
Aug 13, 2018 Pattern-based regionalization
Jul 24, 2018 Quantifying temporal change of landscape pattern
Jul 16, 2018 Finding similar local landscapes
Jul 6, 2018 Pattern-based Spatial Analysis - core ideas
Jul 5, 2018 Life (expectancy), animated
Jun 18, 2018 GeoPAT 2: Software for Pattern-Based Spatial and Temporal Analysis
Mar 13, 2018 Making maps of the USA with R: alternative layout
Jan 25, 2018 Geocomputation with R - the intermission
Aug 10, 2017 Geocomputation with R - the beginnings
Apr 29, 2017 Intro to R workshop
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