🇫🇮 47 500 allekirjoitusta tulee täyteen – alle 2 500 puuttuu! 🇫🇮🦁 Nyt on aika kiristää vauhtia! Alle 2 500 nimeä puuttuu enää 50 000:een. Jokainen allekirjoitus vie meitä kohti tavoitetta. 💪 Allekirjoita, jaa, tykkää ja kerro tutuillesi! 🫵 #DigitaalinenItsenäisyys 1/

Paper alert! ❗ What do social media posts reveal about the importance of nature in the Canary Islands, a hotspot of both biodiversity and tourism? New paper by @matabatchi.bsky.social looks into it with both spatial and visual analyses. Dig in: doi.org/10.1002/pan3... @helsinki.fi

Digitaalinen itsenäisyys – Suomen seuraava kohtalonkysymys 🇫🇮 Suomi on riippuvainen yhdysvaltalaisista teknologiajäteistä. Riippuvuus ei lähitulevaisuudessa vähenny vaan syvenee. #DigitaalinenItsenäisyys #Suomi #Kansalaisaloite 1/

Digitaaliset jalanjäljet tarjoavat uusia mahdollisuuksia tuottaa ajantasaista ja monipuolista tietoa luonnon virkistyskäytöstä. Tule kuulemaan ja keskustelemaan aiheesta tapahtumassamme! 📅 ke 11.2.2026 📍 Tiedekulma 🔗 Lue lisää: tapahtumat.helsinki.fi/fi-FI/page/6...

Mikä on Helsingin sometetuin viheralue? Missä lenkkeillään, mistä otetaan lintukuvia? Missä käydään ympäri vuoden ja mitkä ovat kesäkohteita? Mm. näitä sivusimme yhteishankkeessamme massadatoista ja Helsingin viheralueiden käytöstä. Lisää tietoa blogistamme! blogs.helsinki.fi/digital-geog...

Together with Metsähallitus Parks and Wildlife Services we propose operationalizing the use of mobile big data for visitor monitoring and the management of outdoor recreation. Read more from our blog post: lnkd.in/dGYn2gvW

#30daymapchallenge 17: A new tool Helsinki enjoyed a grand total of 12 minutes of sunshine in November (1.–13.11). No better time to remember that yes, the sun does still exists. This map shows Helsinki's shadiest / sunniest places. New tool? #GRASSGIS solar modelling. By @tadusko.bsky.social

Our collaboration with Metsähallitus is moving ahead even more efficiently and with greater impact as we have signed MoU with Metsähallitus Parks & Wildlife Finland to deepen our research cooperation and streamline the two-way sharing of data and knowledge. blogs.helsinki.fi/digital-geog...

Kuvassa Iltalehden evästekumppanit silloin, kun olivat vielä vapaaehtoisia. Kirjoitin blogiin, mikä kaikki Iltalehden evästekäytännössä on pielessä: Iltalehden suostu tai maksa -malli asettaa lukijat kohtuuttomaan asemaan harto.wordpress.com/2025/10/21/i... #tietosuoja #journalismi

Do you ever use your mobile phone when spending time outdoors? The answer is probably yes. In that case, you leave digital footprints about your visit. 🦶 How are these data useful for the sustainable management of nature areas? 👉 Watch our video for that and more! www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U5G...

Mobile Big Data For Understanding People in Nature

What are digital footprints and how can they be useful for managers of nature recreation areas? In this video, researchers from the Digital Geography Lab, University of Helsinki, explain how digital…

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We are very happy to congratulate our very own @ollejarv.bsky.social for receiving the Research Council of Finland Award on his work on #CrossBorder #Mobility #Transnationalism #Segregation and #NatureRecreation using #BigData such as #SocialMedia and #MobilePhone data.

Struggling with your PhD synopsis? ✍️ Try this - The reverse-order approach! 📚🧠 @tuulitoivonen.bsky.social and @digigeolab.bsky.social have been using the reverse-order approach to structure article-based PhD synopses — and it works! 🔗 Read the full story here: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Why you should write your PhD thesis backwards

By considering the central statement of your entire PhD, you can structure your writing around it, says Tuuli Toivonen.

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Next up is @tadusko.bsky.social presenting his work on the rise and fall of Flickr and use of its data in geographical analyses at #LBS2025 conference.

Our amazing Leyi Xu presents her work on place modeling using Place2Vec to capture euclidean and semantic aspects of POI information at #LBS2025

Our brilliant @matabatchi.bsky.social is presenting his work on quantifying the role of nature in tourism on global and regional scales at #LBS2025.

Have you ever asked yourself about the overall extent of TikTok? Here some numbers from "Just Another Hour on TikTok" - Great compliment to @bendavidsteel.bsky.social for this data collection effort! w/ @miriamschirmer.bsky.social & Derek Ruths arxiv.org/abs/2504.13279

Oikeutettu etu on 50-50: se joko on tai ei ole. Tällainen light-versio suostumuksesta on ikävän yleinen, mutta härski temppu varsinkin valtionyhtiöltä.

Jussi Seppälä@jussipseppala.bsky.social · last yr.

Kannattaa käydä tsekkaamassa Oma Postin asetukset. Ovat lisänneet tuollaisen kohdan, joka on oletuksena päällä.

My dear fellow researchers in #America and elsewhere! If you are in the midst of finding a new #academic home and securing new #research #funding the Research Council of Finland is preparing a large funding call to cover the period from 2026 to 2030. www.aka.fi/en/about-us/... #science #phd

RCF preparing call for universities to invite foreign researchers to Finland

The Research Council of Finland (RCF) is planning a new funding call to help universities recruit international experts to Finland. The call would be part of the RCF funding scheme that strengthens un...

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Posti alkaa profiloimaan asiakkaitaan OmaPostin käyttöehdot muuttuvat ja Posti alkaa profiloimaan asiakkaitaan mm. sen mukaan keneltä saat paketteja ja kuinka usein. Profilointia käytetään mm. mainontaan. Ohjeissamme kerromme, miten profiloinnista voi kieltäytyä. #posti #omaposti #uutiset

Posti alkaa profiloimaan käyttäjiään - näin estät

Posti alkaa profiloimaan OmaPosti -palvelun käyttäjiä ja kohdentaa luodun profiilin perusteella mm. mainoksia omista palveluistaan. Profiloinnista voi kieltäytyä asetusten kautta, mutta se on oletukse...

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Our new Associate Professor in #geography @geohelsinkiuni.bsky.social, Johanna Eklund 💎, giving her inaugural keynote talk at the Kumpula Faculty Day of @helsinki.fi 🤩 Johanna asks what actually works in #conservation and how this could be tested with #counterfactual approaches 💚

A cool new master's thesis on #mountainbiking in Finnish Lapland's #nationalparks. Mikko used #Strava and #Ridewithgps data to explore whether these sources accurately reflect where and when people like to bike. Could they even aid in managing these areas? 👇

Digital Geography Lab@digigeolab.bsky.social · last yr.

📢 New master's thesis finalised! "Activity tracking data for protected area visitor monitoring: A case study of mountain biking using Strava Metro", by Mikko Kangasmaa 😍 🎓 Find the thesis here: helda.helsinki.fi/items/73ae87... 📄 Find Mikko's summary here: blogs.helsinki.fi/digital-geog...

Are doing #research using #Flickr data? Are you aware of the drawbacks? Check out this cool article where researchers critically assess the use of Flickr #SocialMedia data in research on #conservation and #recreation in #nature. Key insights for #NationalPark and #ProtectedArea management.

Tatu Leppämäki@tadusko.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 NEW ARTICLE 🚨 How many photos are uploaded to Flickr? Where? By who? Why does any of it matter? We explore the rise and fall of #Flickr in this @digigeolab.bsky.social paper by yours truly, @vuoggis.bsky.social, Johanna Eklund, Anna Hausmann & @tuulitoivonen.bsky.social out now! buff.ly/0hJjPsm

🚨 NEW ARTICLE 🚨 How many photos are uploaded to Flickr? Where? By who? Why does any of it matter? We explore the rise and fall of #Flickr in this @digigeolab.bsky.social paper by yours truly, @vuoggis.bsky.social, Johanna Eklund, Anna Hausmann & @tuulitoivonen.bsky.social out now! buff.ly/0hJjPsm

🚨 NEW ARTICLE 🚨 How many photos are uploaded to Flickr? Where? By who? Why does any of it matter? We explore the rise and fall of #Flickr in this @digigeolab.bsky.social paper by yours truly, @vuoggis.bsky.social, Johanna Eklund, Anna Hausmann & @tuulitoivonen.bsky.social out now! buff.ly/0hJjPsm

🚨🌍 NEW ARTICLE 🌍🚨 We geocoded the #mobility of over 2 million #Erasmus students across #Europe from 2014 to 2022 with @miladmzdh.bsky.social, Oula Inkeröinen & @ollejarv.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1038/s415... @mobi-twin-project.bsky.social @digigeolab.bsky.social @springernature.com #GIScience

Huge congratulations to our brilliant @ollejarv.bsky.social who has won the prestigious Research Council of Finland Award for his research on #CrossBorder #mobility! 🎉 A well-deserved award! 🎉🎉 blogs.helsinki.fi/digital-geog... #tutkimus #research #tiede #science #SuomenAkatemia #AcademyOfFinland

Congratulations to @gintszilbalodis.bsky.social and the entire Flow film crew for the Academy Award win! Flow is the manifestation of Blender’s mission, where a small independent team is able to create a story that moves audiences worldwide. Thank you for the shout out! 🧡 #b3d

“Data doesn’t lie.” Spoken only by someone who has never worked with data in their life.

Margaret Mitchell@mmitchell.bsky.social · last yr.

🗞️ Today in Government Officials Who Don't Understand how Data Processing Works (And Are Allowing it to be Used to Harm Americans). Let's take a look at the claim "data doesn't lie", shall we? 🧵

Hey #GeoSky and everyone interested in #geography #geospatial #research #giscience #tutkimus #tiede #maantiede, here is the @digigeolab.bsky.social Starter Pack of current members and alumni. We do research on #accessibility #mobility #conservation and #segregation. bsky.app/start/did:pl...

🚲 Cycle Through a Virtual City: Join the GREENTRAVEL VR Study 🌳 📍 Location: University of Helsinki, City Centre Campus 🕒 Duration: About 1.5 hours 📅 When: February to April 2025 ➡️ Learn more here: https://buff.ly/4h38xgP ➡️Book your participation time here: https://buff.ly/4g5owd8