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NORA: A Harness-Engineered Autonomous Research Agent for End-to-End Spatial Data Science
Bing Zhou, Xiao Huang, Huan Ning +3
The automation of scientific research workflows has emerged as a transformative frontier in artificial intelligence, yet existing autonomous research agents remain largely domain-a…
Nationwide Hourly Population Estimating at the Neighborhood Scale in the United States Using Stable-Attendance Anchor Calibration
Huan Ning, Zhenlong Li, Manzhu Yu +3
Traditional population datasets are largely static and therefore unable to capture the strong temporal dynamics of human presence driven by daily mobility. Recent smartphone-based…
SIM: A mapping framework for built environment auditing based on street view imagery
Huan Ning, Zhenlong Li, Manzhu Yu +1
Built environment auditing refers to the systematic documentation and assessment of urban and rural spaces' physical, social, and environmental characteristics, such as walkability…
GIScience in the Era of Artificial Intelligence: A Research Agenda Towards Autonomous GIS
Zhenlong Li, Huan Ning, Song Gao +13
The advent of generative AI exemplified by large language models (LLMs) opens new ways to represent and compute geographic information and transcends the process of geographic know…
Estimating Hourly Neighborhood Population Using Mobile Phone Data in the United States
Huan Ning, Zhenlong Li, Manzhu Yu +2
Traditional population estimation techniques often fail to capture the dynamic fluctuations inherent in urban and rural population movements. Recognizing the need for a high spatio…
GIS Copilot: Towards an Autonomous GIS Agent for Spatial Analysis
Temitope Akinboyewa, Zhenlong Li, Huan Ning +1
Recent advancements in Generative AI offer promising capabilities for spatial analysis. Despite their potential, the integration of generative AI with established GIS platforms rem…
Comparative Analysis of Human Mobility Patterns: Utilizing Taxi and Mobile (SafeGraph) Data to Investigate Neighborhood-Scale Mobility in New York City
Yuqin Jiang, Zhenlong Li, Joon-Seok Kim +2
Numerous researchers have utilized GPS-enabled vehicle data and SafeGraph mobility data to analyze human movements. However, the comparison of their ability to capture human mobili…
An Autonomous GIS Agent Framework for Geospatial Data Retrieval
Huan Ning, Zhenlong Li, Temitope Akinboyewa +1
Powered by the emerging large language models (LLMs), autonomous geographic information systems (GIS) agents have the potential to accomplish spatial analyses and cartographic task…
Automated Floodwater Depth Estimation Using Large Multimodal Model for Rapid Flood Mapping
Temitope Akinboyewa, Huan Ning, M. Naser Lessani +1
Information on the depth of floodwater is crucial for rapid mapping of areas affected by floods. However, previous approaches for estimating floodwater depth, including field surve…
Autonomous GIS: the next-generation AI-powered GIS
Zhenlong Li, Huan Ning
Large Language Models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, demonstrate a strong understanding of human natural language and have been explored and applied in various fields, including reasonin…
ODT FLOW: A Scalable Platform for Extracting, Analyzing, and Sharing Multi-source Multi-scale Human Mobility
Zhenlong Li, Xiao Huang, Tao Hu +3
In response to the soaring needs of human mobility data, especially during disaster events such as the COVID-19 pandemic, and the associated big data challenges, we develop a scala…
Measuring Global Multi-Scale Place Connectivity using Geotagged Social Media Data
Zhenlong Li, Xiao Huang, Xinyue Ye +5
Shaped by human movement, place connectivity is quantified by the strength of spatial interactions among locations. For decades, spatial scientists have researched place connectivi…