Travis Flohr, Ph.D. - geo4eco

Working on automating pollinator plant fact cards...to simplify pollinator plant choices. #R #Quarto

10.06.2025 20:53 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Thrilled to share I’ve been granted tenure and promoted to Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at Penn State, effective July 1!

Grateful for the mentors, colleagues, students, friends & family who made this possible.

Here’s to critical thinking, creative practice & good humans. 💙🌱

14.05.2025 13:29 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A bar chart titled How drivers' reaction times slow showing the percentage increase in distracted drivers' response times. An undistracted driver typically reacts in 1 second. The chart lists various activities and their corresponding percentage increases: Drink Drive Limit 12%, Using Cannabis 21%, Hands-free Phone 27%, Android Auto (Voice) 36%, Texting 38%, Apple CarPlay (Voice) 38%, Hand-held Phone 46%, Android Auto (Touch) 53%, Apple CarPlay (Touch) 57%. The source is IAM RoadSmart.

Touch screens on cars worsen response time significantly worse than drink driving or being high:

www.wired.com/story/why-ca...

05.05.2025 12:30 — 👍 1247    🔁 405    💬 44    📌 70

🌆🔥 NEW: The NYC Urban Heat Portal is live!
🔍 Neighborhood heat profiles
🌳 Heat risk factors like tree cover & cool roofs
📥 Downloadable data for action & advocacy
urbanheat.nyc
Built by researchers at Hunter College + BetaNYC + Penn State
#UrbanHeatNYC #ClimateJustice #HeatEquity #NYCHeat

22.04.2025 13:09 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I’ve been working on integrating my spatial analysis into an interactive and reproducible data pipeline, using leaflet, revealjs, r, and quarto. #gischat

05.03.2025 19:00 — 👍 10    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

II. Women and the Modern Mapping of Place View Exhibition Checklist After being excluded from more formal mapping activities from the turn of the 19th century, women artists participated prominently in the development of new markets for touri...

I’m not sure if you’ve seen this resource oshermaps.org/exhibitions/...

08.02.2025 00:00 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

If you are a member of an underrepresented group in data science, consider applying for a scholarship to attend this year's posit::conf() in Atlanta!

21.01.2025 20:52 — 👍 47    🔁 28    💬 0    📌 1

In the conversations that are starting about the slow-motion collapse of the insurance industry, I hope journalists don't lose sight of the core reason: massive increases in risk from #climatechange.
We're reaping the consequences of politicians failing to heed decades of warnings from scientists.

10.01.2025 06:05 — 👍 546    🔁 163    💬 15    📌 10

I find it interesting how everyone’s journey is unique. I tried to teach myself python, but ultimately found r much easier to understand and learn. I think both in the same video would be great, as each brings pros and cons.

01.01.2025 16:05 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A map of Canada with different colours

🚨ATTN: System Modelers🚨
The Great Lakes Forestry Centre is looking to hire a Forest Systems Modelling Specialist to manage geo-spatial data. Data maintenace, integration, and reporting will join programming support among other responsibilities. See link in replies for more info, and share widely!

06.11.2024 18:30 — 👍 10    🔁 12    💬 1    📌 0