Introduction to Geospatial Temporal Analysis with VESTA
Saturday and Sunday, May 31 - June 1, 2025
8:30 am – 5:30 pm
Registration Fee: No Cost
Registration deadline for this workshop is Friday, May 28, 2025.
Fee includes continental breakfast, lunch, and afternoon beverage break.
This workshop will introduce participants to Vesta, a software for visualization and exploratory space-time analysis and modeling. Developed by BioMedware with funding from the National Library of Medicine and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Vesta is designed to accelerate visualization, hypothesis generation, and modeling of complex, multivariate datasets that typify health-environment relationships. The workshop is funded by a grant from the National Library of Medicine to assess usability and user experience.
Course Objectives
• Introduce users to Vesta for temporal, geospatial analysis.
• BioMedware staff will be present on both days to observe and record user feedback for future improvements.
Requirements
Some basic experience with or knowledge of GIS is recommended.
Content
Using space-time cancer data and putative variables (aggregated and individual-level), you will learn how to import and visualize space-time data into the software, conduct an exploratory spatial data analysis using statistical brushing and linking, detect clusters and outliers using the LISA statistic, model spatial variations in temporal trends using geographical Joinpoint regression, and perform a change of spatial support (upscaling, downscaling, side-scaling). On the second day, participants will have the opportunity to share their recommendations for future developments.
Course Organizer(s)
· Dr. Pierre Goovaerts, Chief Scientist, BioMedware, Inc. and Principal Investigator.