The image above was taken by a rather cool laser scanner just after the final picnic lunch of The Goldsmiths’ Company Science for Society course put together by the lovely people at Southampton University's Geography Department . The course is supported by Ordnance Survey and The Goldsmiths’ Company, one of the ‘old school’ livery companies within the City of London. Rather than give you a full rundown of the content, you can head over to the Earth Surface Dynamics Blog here for a list of resources and links. I wonder how many geography departments could rebrand some of their Geography as ‘Earth Surface Dynamics’…..? The week long course was an excellent opportunity given to me as a result of this . First, the week long course is well worth the effort, although those that are rather ‘out of touch’ with current developments in geography would benefit more than those either new to the profession or fairly active geographers. I went along to a simila...
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