Converting UK grid references for mapping The UK has a grid reference system for its spatial references (among others).

Creating and deploying webmaps using DigitalOcean Deploying things can seem quite hard.

Introduction Palmer Park is in the Park ward of east Reading (UK).

Exploring the benefits of street trees with a Shiny app We receive an enormous number of benefits from trees.

DigitalOcean This is a quick post to detail (perhaps a strong word) how I managed to deploy a Shiny app via the new DigitalOcean app platform.

Introduction A few weeks a go a wrote a short article for the Thames Valley Environmental Records Centre (TVERC) on the amount of carbon stored and sequestered by priority habitats in Berkshire and Oxfordshire.

Introduction Back in 2012, shortly after the London Olympic Games, I led a small team of scientists from the Natural History Museum, London, on a field trip to Sabah, Malaysia.

Introduction I am a bit obsessed with drones (UAVs) - for me they offer a world of possibilities for environmental scientists and ecologists.

Hello! I have finally got around to setting up my personal website.