Machine Learning with spatial Big Data: How Uber helped us get there.
There is a notable trend in multinational corporations encouraging their location planners to work more closely with their colleagues in different countries as well as those doing analytics in different departments. On our end this frequently results in two questions: Can you do something…
Inferring Traffic Counts from Network Centrality
We were recently asked by a client to incorporate an element of traffic and road utilisation into the modelling of their network blueprint as they investigate opportunities to locate drive-thrus. The client operated in South Korea, so we had some data challenges ahead! In the…
Geolytix launches new Apprenticeship scheme
At Geolytix we’re passionate about helping talented people fulfil their potential and are delighted to be launching our first apprenticeship opportunity. We’re a young and growing company, who are extremely proud of our track record in offering roles that fit with our colleague’s circumstances whether…
4 Years of Retail Points
It’s been 4 years since the first release of Retail Points (previously Open Supermarkets) and hasn’t it been an exciting time in the world of grocery. The ‘big 4’ have slowed down openings and have had to enthuse the market in other ways such as…
Retail Points Update
6 facts about this release for the 6th day of Decemeber: 1 Booths closed – Morecambe (March) 2 Whole Foods closing – Giffnock & Cheltenhem 6 Waitrose closures – Cardiff Green Street (June), Palmers Green (August), Huntingdon, Hertford, Staines, Leek (September) New M&S Foodhall opened today…
European Census Data and Boundaries
Censuses have been a critical element of running a civilisation since civilisation began. If Luke is to believed, Jesus of Nazereth was only born in Bethlehem due to the strictures of the census of Quirinius. It is not recorded how the enumerators chose to code…
Are you our next Senior Data Scientist?
You’ll be working with the thought leaders in spatial analysis, and we’re looking forward to finding out what we can learn from you. The role can be fit around your strengths, whether that is geo-demographics or gravity modelling but you’ll have the chance to build…
UK Open Census Data
First off, congratulations to Jeni Tennison OBE and Keith Dugmore MBE on their gongs for services to Open Data. As we release our UK Open Census Data it is worth remembering how ‘bad’ things were before Keith’s tireless campaign for Open Census data. Young data…
Why Open Data leads to Higher Quality Data
We are often told Geolytix are foolish to ‘give away’ data we have created, especially when we know we could license that data for good money. Well, more foolishness… today we have released the full data for the top ~350 town and city centre Retail…
Geolytix UK Census Pack – Open Data
For the last couple of weeks at Geolytix we’ve been eager little data bunnies processing the detailed English, Welsh and Northern Irish Census Data. Today Geolytix are releasing harmonised Output Area Census Data covering the ~200 core variables as a single easy-to-use flat file. This…
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