19 March 2009

Willis Research Network wins Google Research Award

Willis Research Network wins Google ResearchAward: "Willis Research Fellow Dr Aidan Slingsby and Dr Jason Dykes and Dr Jo Wood of City University London, in collaboration with Willis Research Network (WRN) Senior Academic Dr David Stephenson and Rachel Lowe of Exeter University, have won a Google research prize for their work on visualising seasonal climate forecasts in Google Earth. The entry allowed 10 years of seasonal climate forecast data in South America to be explored.

The judges agreed that it 'represented a novel and compelling representation of science using Google Earth and the KML language'. Willis aims to lead modern mapping and GeoVisualisation techniques across insurance."

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