Digital Geography Lab

@digigeolab.bsky.social

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Interdisciplinary #geography #research lab led by @tuulitoivonen.bsky.social, University of #Helsinki. Spa­tial big data ana­lyt­ics on a hu­man scale for fair and sustainable so­ci­et­ies. https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/digital-geography-lab

A figure from the paper. It's a 2-dimensional pointcloud where the clusters are a particular type of activity, landscape or other topic emerging from the posts.
Digitaalisilla jalanjäljllä ymmärrystä puistojen ja luontoalueiden käytöstä -tapahtumaa mainostava juliste. Tapahtuma 11.2.2026, klo 13–15 Tiedekulmassa Helsingissä.
Screenshot of a web map. Uutela outdoor recreation area and its green space card is clicked open.
Kuvakaappaus hankkeen loppuraportin kannesta, lukee "Viheralueiden käyttö Helsingissä". Kuvassa Töölönlahti kesällä.
A map of Helsinki's urban core. It shows which areas are in the shade on a clear day in mid-June. Hietaranta beach and Töölönlahti bay are highlighted with photos, since they are have some of the sunniest spots on the map.
English: A map of Europe and its NUTS 2 regions with Eastern and Northern Finland highlighted. At the bottom there are the logos of Mobi-Twin research project and the European Union. Suomeksi: Kartta Euroopasta NUTS 2 -alueineen ja Itä- ja Pohjois-Suomen alue on korostettuna. Alareunassa on Mobi-Twin -tutkimushankkeen ja Euroopan Unionin logot.
Milad starting his presentation.
Tuomas presents his findings on the structural changes in regional student mobility in Europe.
Davi explaining the 15 minute city concept.
Tatu presents his work on using Flickr for geographical analyses and whether it is actually a good idea after all.
Oleksandr describing the context of his study at Location Based Services conference.
Leyi explaining the methodology related to assessing semantic similarity of points-of-interest.
Matti presenting his results from the Canary Islands.
Aina talking about what is changing in protected area visitation.
Figure 3 from the manuscript. Top two rows show maps displaying the residential and travel greenery and its spatial distribution in Helsinki, London and Las Palmas. Below the maps are bar graphs showing study cities sorted by NDVI difference between residential and travel greenery