Writing & Presentations

I have written 24 academic papers, two books (Using R as a GIS and GIS: Research Methods) and given over 25 presentations at a variety of conferences and seminars. I have also published in a number of magazines and industry journals, including The Conversation, xyHt, and GeoConnexionUK. Links are included below, but if you can’t find anything, please ask.

Recent Publications

Bearman, N. (2024) Using R as a GIS, Locate Press.

Bearman, N., Musah, A. and Cheshire, J. (2024) A Geographer’s Introduction to QGIS & R, training materials, GitHub

Bearman, N., Xu, R., Roddy, P. J., Gaboardi, J. D., Zhao, Q., Chen, H., and Wolf, L. (2023) Developing capacitated p-median location-allocation model in the spopt library to allow UCL student teacher placements using public transport, AGILE GIScience Series., 4, 20, Paper https://doi.org/10.5194/agile-giss-4-20-2023, Details, Presentation & Notebook: https://github.com/UCL/ioe-student-school-allocation.

Bearman, N. (2023) Chapter 21. The Geovisualisation of Big Data, In Kent, A.J. & Specht, D. (eds.) , The Routledge Handbook of Geospatial Technologies and Society, Routledge.

Bearman, N. (2021) GIS: Research Methods, Bloomsbury: London.

Bearman, N. (2021) Census 2021: why are some people completing it online and others have paper forms?, The Conversation, 18th March 2021, https://theconversation.com/census-2021-why-are-some-people-completing-it-online-and-others-have-paper-forms-157380, extended version on nickbearman.me.uk.

Bearman, N. (2018) Scotland’s most remote islands don’t want to be in ‘inset maps’ any more, The Conversation, 6th Nov 2018, https://theconversation.com/scotlands-most-remote-islands-dont-want-to-be-in-inset-maps-any-more-106139.

Lloyd, C. D., Catney, G., Williamson, P. and Bearman, N. (2017) Exploring the utility of grids for analysing long term population change. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 66, 1–12. doi:10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2017.07.003, Open Access.

Presentations

Bearman, N. (2024) Reproducibility and Replicability in Geospatial Data Science, invited presentation for students in CPLN 6800 Capstone Project/Advanced Topics in GIS at University of Pennsylvania, 18th April 2024, Slides, Source, PDF.

Bearman, N. (2023) What is GIS?, Presented 09/11/2023 at NCRM 2023 Research Methods e-Festival, PDF slides, YouTube video (pre-recorded).

Bearman, N. (2023) Using GIS in Behavioural Science and Health: How you can use GIS in your research, Presented 18/05/2023 at Monthly Methods seminar, Department of Behavioural Science and Health, UCL, PDF slides.

Bearman, N. (2019) PopChange: Creating Gridded Population Surfaces for Great Britain to enable the Analysis of Small Area Change, Presented 08/11/2019 at WorldPop and Flowminder offices, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Presentation on SpeakerDeck.

Bearman, N. (2018) PopChange and geostatistical ways of looking at segregation, Presented 04/07/2018 in session on Multiscale measures of segregation data at ESRC Research Methods Festival, University of Bath, Bath, UK.
Presentation on SpeakerDeck.

Bearman, N. (2016) PopChange – Improving access to UK wide census data, Presented 18/11/2016 at ODI Lunchtime Seminar Series, Open Data Institute, London, UK.
Presentation on SpeakerDeck, YouTube Video.

Bearman, N. & Lloyd, C.D. (2016) Creating Population Surfaces for the Analysis of Small Area Change, Presented 07/09/2015 at British Society for Population Studies, University of Leeds.
Presentation on SpeakerDeck.

Bearman, N. (2015) GIS Innovations in Mapping for Planning Support Staff, Presented 12/02/2015 at RTPI North West Update for Support Staff, Manchester, UK.

Bearman, N. & Singleton, A. (2015) TravelOAC: development of travel geodemographic classifications for England and Wales based on open data, Presented 15/04/2015 at GISRUK2015 Conference, University of Leeds, UK.
Paper, 2.1 MB, Presentation on SpeakerDeck.

Bearman, N. & Singleton, A. (2014) Modelling home to school travel for state pupils in England, 2008-2011, Presented 18/04/2014 at GISRUK 2014 Conference, University of Glasgow, UK.
Paper, 429 KB, Presentation on SpeakerDeck.

Bearman, N. (2014) Sonification of spatial data: combining vision and sound, Presented 10/10/2014 at Hearing-in: Philosophical perspectives on sonification, Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of London, London, UK.

Bearman, N., Wheeler, B. & Sabel, C. (2013) Small-area geographies of mental health in England, Presented 19/06/2013 at URISA GIS in Public Health conference, Miami, USA.

Bearman, N., Osborne, N.J. & Sabel, C. (2013) Analysing the Impact of MAUP on the March Atopy in England using Hospital Admission Data, Presented 03/04/2013 at GISRUK 2013 Conference, University of Liverpool, UK.
(Paper, 439 KB), Presentation (PowerPoint, 2.1 MB).

Bearman, N. & Brown, E. (2012) Who’s Sonifying Data and How are they doing it? A comparison of ICAD and other venues since 2009, Presented 18/06/2012 at The 18th International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD-2012), Atlanta, USA.
Presentation ( PowerPoint, 8.2 MB), (Paper, 79 KB), (Papers in Review.xls, 107KB), (Sonification of Tools Graph MP3 626 KB, WAV 6.7MB)

Bearman, N. & Lovett, A. (2012) Can Sound Help Represent Distance in a Landscape Visualisation Setting? Poster presented 11-13/04/2012 at GISRUK2012 Conference, University of Lancaster, UK.
Poster download, media & further information.

Bearman, N., Jones, P. & Lovett, A. (2011) Using Sound to Represent Uncertainty in UK Climate Predictions 2009 Data: Communication of Uncertainty, From Climate Research to Climate Services workshop, Presented 29/06/2011 at Royal Meteorological Society Conference, Exeter, UK.
Presentation ( PowerPoint, no video, 4.4 MB), (Abstract, 26 KB), (Zip, presentation with video, 12 MB), Video 1 and 2 on Viemo.

Bearman, N. (2011) Using Sound to Represent Uncertainty in Future Climate Predictions for the UK, Presented 23/06/2011 at The 17th International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD-2011), Budapest, Hungary.
Presentation ( PowerPoint, no video, 8 MB), (PDF, no video, 545 KB), (Zip, presentation with video, 16 MB), Video 1 and 2 on Viemo.

Bearman, N. (2011) Using Sound to Augment ‘the Image’, Presented 09/06/2011 at The British Cartographic Society Annual Symposium 2011, Cheshire, UK.
Presentation ( PowerPoint, no video, 11 MB), (PDF, no video, 4 MB), (Zip, presentation with video, 22 MB), Abstract and Biography (Word, 26 KB), Video 1 and 2 on Viemo.

Bearman, N. & Appleton, K. (2011) Using Google Maps to collect spatial responses in a survey environment, Presented 28/04/2011 at GISRUK 2011 Conference, University of Portsmouth, UK.I would like to thank the Quantitative Methods Research Group of the RGS-IBG for financial support towards the cost of presenting at the conference.
(Paper, 507 KB), Presentation (PowerPoint, 6.9 MB), Video (3.1 MB)

Bearman, N. & Lovett, A. (2010) Using Sound to Represent Positional Accuracy of Address Locations, Presented 23/07/2010 at Accuracy 2010 Conference, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
(Paper, 815 KB), Presentation (PowerPoint, 8.2 MB)
Video of Sonification Demo on Viemo (with and without narration, apologies for the poor quality).

Bearman, N. & Lovett, A. (2010) Using Sound to Represent Uncertainty in Address Locations, Presented 16/04/2010 at GISRUK 2010 Conference, UCL, London, UK. I would like to thank the GISc Research Group of the RGS-IBG for financial support towards the cost of presenting at the GISRUK 2010 conference in London
(Paper, 611 KB), Presentation (SlideShare)

Bearman, N. (2010) Usability of GI – Case Study using Address Locations, Presented 23/03/2010 at 2nd Workshop on Usability of Geographic Information, London, UK.
Presentation (SlideShare), Demostration Video, Paper.
From the Workshop: Agenda and Presentations (SlideShare)

Bearman, N. (2008) Using Sound to Represent Spatial Data in ArcGIS, Presented 12/09/2008 at Ordnance Survey MSc Programme 2008 Day, Southampton, UK. Joint Second Prize

Bearman, N. & Tate, N. (2007) Representing Spatial Geographical Data via variations of Volume and Tempo in Sound, Presented at GISRUK 2007 Conference, Maynooth, Dublin, Ireland. CADCORP/AGI Best Student Paper
(PDF, 75KB)

Papers

Delmelle, E., Bearman, N., and Yao, X. A. (2024) Developing geospatial analytical methods to explore and communicate the spread of COVID19. Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 51(2), 193–199, doi:10.1080/15230406.2024.2325495, Editorial.

Nagkoulis, N., Nalmpantis, D., and Bearman, N. (2024) KASSANDRA Model: Detecting Dangerous Traffic Conditions By Modeling Drivers’ Internal Stress Energy. Open Transplant Journal, 18: doi:10.2174/0126671212296402240313055936, Open Access.

Lloyd, C. D., Bearman, N., Catney, G, Singleton, A. and Williamson, P. (2016) PopChange.
Liverpool: Centre for Spatial Demographics Research, University of Liverpool. https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/media/livacuk/schoolofenvironmentalsciences/geography/research/popchange/PopulationSurfaces.pdf.

Bearman, N., Jones, N., Margarida De Almeida Andrè, I., Cachinho, H., and DeMers, M. (2016) What should be the role of GIS education in creating critical spatial thinkers?, Journal of Geography in Higher Education, doi:10.1080/03098265.2016.1144729, Open Access.

Bearman, N., Dyer, S., Walkington, H. and Wyse, S. (2015) Letter to the editor: The power of collective tactics: response to Peters and Turner, Environment and Planning A, 47(4) p 1015 – 1016, doi:10.1068/a4704l, Preprint version (208 KB)

Bearman, N., Munday, P. & McAvoy, D. (2015) Teaching GIS outside of geography: a case study in the School of International Development, University of East Anglia, Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 39(2) p. 237-244.
doi:10.1080/03098265.2015.1010146, Postprint version (160 KB)

Shiue, I., Perkins, D.R., & Bearman, N. (2015) Hospital admissions due to diseases of arteries and veins peaked at physiological equivalent temperature −10 to 10 °C in Germany in 2009–2011, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, doi:10.1007/s11356-015-5791-x. Impact Factor: 2.757

Shiue, I., Perkins, D.R. & Bearman, N. (2015) Physically equivalent temperature and mental and behavioural disorders in Germany in 2009–2011, Journal of Mental Health. doi:10.3109/09638237.2015.1101431

Shiue, I., & Bearman, N. (2015) Modelling building attributable risks from the built year: Results from Scottish Housing Condition Survey 2009, Journal of Building Survey, Appraisal & Valuation, 4(1) p. 78-87, http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/hsp/jbsav/2015/00000004/00000001/art00012.

Shiue, I., Perkins, D.R., & Bearman, N. (2015) Relationships of physiologically equivalent temperature and hospital admissions due to I30–I51 other forms of heart disease in Germany in 2009–2011, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, doi:10.1007/s11356-015-5727-5. Impact Factor: 2.757

Shiue, I., Perkins, D.R., & Bearman, N. (2015) Hospital admissions of hypertension, angina, myocardial infarction and ischemic heart disease peaked at physiologically equivalent temperature 0 °C in Germany in 2009–2011, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, doi:10.1007/s11356-015-5224-x. Impact Factor: 2.757

Shiue, I., Perkins, D.R., & Bearman, N. (2015) Inverted U-shape relationships of the weather as biometeorological and hospital admissions due to carcinoma in situ and benign neoplasm in Germany in 2009–2011, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, doi:10.1007/s11356-015-4095-5. Impact Factor: 2.757

Bearman, N. & Singleton, A.D. (2014) Modelling the potential impact on CO₂ emissions of an increased uptake of active travel for the home to school commute using individual level data, Journal of Transport & Health, 1(4) p. 295–304.
doi:10.1016/j.jth.2014.09.009, Open Access

Shiue, I., Muthers, S. & Bearman, N. (2014) Postprocedural disorders of circulatory system admissions peaked at physically equivalent temperature 0–10 °C in Germany in 2009–2011, International Journal of Cardiology,
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.10.127.

Sharpe, R.A., Bearman, N., Thornton, C.R., Husk, K. & Osborne, N.J. (2014) Indoor fungal diversity and asthma: A meta-analysis and systematic review of risk factors, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
doi:10.1016/j.jaci.2014.07.002, Postprint version (1.5 MB)

Shiue, I., Perkins, D.R. & Bearman, N. (2014) Valve disease and hypotension hospital admissions peaked at physiologically equivalent temperature 0–5 °C in Germany in 2009–2011, International Journal of Cardiology, doi.:10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.09.066.

Shiue, I., Muthers, S. & Bearman, N. (2014) The role of cold stress in predicting extra cardiovascular and respiratory admissions, International Journal of Cardiology, doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.12.122.

Bearman, N., Jones, P. & Lovett, A. (2013) Using Sound to Represent Uncertainty in UKCP09 Data with Google Maps API, Atmospheric Science Letters, 14(4) p. 220-226.
doi: 10.1002/asl2.443, Postprint version (1.9 MB), Videos and further information.

Brown, M., Sharples, S., Harding, J., Parker, C.J., Bearman, N., Maguire, M., Forrest, D., Haklay, M. & Jackson, M. (2013) Usability of Geographic Information; Current Challenges and Future Directions, Applied Ergonomics, 44(6) p. 855-865.
doi:10.1016/j.apergo.2012.10.013.

Bearman, N. (2013) Using Sound to Represent Uncertainty in Spatial Data. PhD Thesis, University of East Anglia. Thesis (6.5 MB), Data (201 MB).

Brown, E. & Bearman, N. (2012) Listening to uncertainty: Information that sings, Significance, 9(5) p. 14-17.
doi:10.1111/j.1740-9713.2012.00601.x, Postprint version (897 KB), Runner-up in Young Statisticians Group/Significance writing competition.

Bearman, N. & Appleton, K. (2012) Using Google Maps to collect spatial responses in a survey environment, Area, 44(2) p. 160-169.
doi:10.1111/j.1475-4762.2012.01081.x, Postprint version (1 MB), Videos and further information.

Bearman, N. & Fisher, P. F. (2012) Using sound to represent spatial data in ArcGIS, Computers & Geosciences, 46 p. 157-163.
doi:10.1016/j.cageo.2011.12.001, Postprint version (671 KB), Videos and further information.

Bearman, N. & Lovett, A. (2010) Using Sound to Represent Positional Accuracy of Address Locations, The Cartographic Journal, Volume 47, Number 4, pp. 308-314(7).
doi:10.1179/000870410X12911302296833, Postprint version (822 KB), Videos and further information.

Books

Bearman, N. (2024) Using R as a GIS, Locate Press.

Bearman, N. (2021) GIS: Research Methods, Bloomsbury: London.

Magazine Articles & Book Chapters

Bearman, N. (2023) Chapter 21. The Geovisualisation of Big Data, In Kent, A.J. & Specht, D. (eds.) , The Routledge Handbook of Geospatial Technologies and Society, Routledge.

Bearman, N. (2020) PDR and the Pandemic, xyHt Magazine, November 2020, https://www.xyht.com/education/pdr-and-the-pandemic/.

Bearman, N. (2020) Let’s Be Colleagues: New Settings for GIS Mentoring, January 2020, https://www.xyht.com/spatial-itgis/lets-be-colleagues-new-settings-for-gis-mentoring/.

Bearman, N. (2019) The Program R, xyHt Magazine, October 2019, https://www.xyht.com/spatial-itgis/the-program-r/.

Bearman, N. (2019) GEO Business 2019: BIM, AR, Digital Twins and the Future, xyHt magazine, October 2019, https://www.xyht.com/spatial-itgis/geo-business-2019/

Bearman, N. (2018) QGIS: What Is It and How Does It Work?, xyHt magazine, September 2018, https://www.xyht.com/spatial-itgis/qgis-what-is-it-and-how-does-it-work/

Bearman, N. (2018) Book review: Cartography: An Introduction, Society of Cartographers Bulletin, 51, June 2018, https://societyofcartographers.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/soc_bulletin_vol_51_reviews.pdf

Bearman, N. (2013) Data and big data, In: Gonzalez, C.R. & Rabajoli, E., London in the Future exhibition, 9th – 22nd September 2013, Rich Mix, Shoreditch, London, UK.

Brown, E. & Bearman, N. (2012) Listening to uncertainty: Information that sings, Significance, 9(5) p. 14-17. doi:10.1111/j.1740-9713.2012.00601.x. Runner-up in Young Statisticians Group/Significance writing competition.

Bearman, N. & Appleton, K. (2012) Finding your way with Google Maps, GeoConnexionUK, 10(3) p. 54-55.
Published in http://www.geoconnexion.com/publications/geo-uk/, Article (1.5 MB).

Sonification - PhD

My PhD research focused on the use of sonification, or using sound to represent data. I was particularly interested in using sound to represent spatial data, and how it could be best combined with visual representations of data.

Bearman, N. (2013) Using Sound to Represent Uncertainty in Spatial Data. PhD Thesis, University of East Anglia. Thesis (6.5 MB), Data (201 MB).

Alongside my these and related data files (above) I also have a range of resources and videos that might be useful.

Here are some videos showing how the sonification could work, in ArcGIS and Google Maps. The code for both is available to download.

Sonification in ArcGIS

Remember the ArcGIS code is written in VBA, so you need the VBA extension activated to run it. Check the readme.txt file for details.

ArcGIS code download.

Sonification in Google Maps API

Google Maps API code download.