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Nicolas Ray
Researcher at University of Geneva
Publications - 129
Citations - 7898
Nicolas Ray is an academic researcher from University of Geneva. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Spatial data infrastructure. The author has an hindex of 34, co-authored 113 publications receiving 7032 citations. Previous affiliations of Nicolas Ray include Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics & Zurich Insurance Group.
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Simplified Toolbar to Accelerate Repeated Tasks (START) for ArcGIS: Optimizing Workflows in Humanitarian Demining
TL;DR: START (Simplified Toolbar to Accelerate Repeated Tasks) is a new, freely downloadable ArcGIS extension designed for non-expert GIS users and provides new geoprocessing, geometry and database management functions.
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Influence of Paleolithic range contraction, admixture and long‐distance dispersal on genetic gradients of modern humans in Asia
TL;DR: The obtained genetic gradients were interpreted as a consequence of both allele surfing caused by range expansions and isolation by distance along the vast east‐west geographic axis of this continent.
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National optimisation of accessibility to emergency obstetrical and neonatal care in Togo: a geospatial analysis.
Andrew Curtis,Jean-Pierre Monet,Michel Brun,Issa Abdou-Kérim Bindaoudou,Idrissou Daoudou,Marta Schaaf,Yawo Agbigbi,Nicolas Ray +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared the geographical accessibility of the network established in 2013 and the smaller network developed in 2018, using data regarding travel modes and speeds, geographical barriers and topographical and urban constraints, to estimate travel times to the nearest EmONC facilities.
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SCOPED-W: SCalable Online Platform for extracting Environmental Data and Water-related model outputs
Yaniss Guigoz,Pierre Marcel Anselme Lacroix,Elham Rouholahnejad,Nicolas Ray,Gregory Giuliani +4 more
TL;DR: The SCOPED approach is based on data interoperability that makes it fully compatible with other domains of application as demonstrated here with three original use cases.
Leading the way toward an environmental National Spatial Data Infrastructure in Armenia
Sh. Asmaryan,Armen Saghatelyan,Hrachya Astsatryan,Lorenzo Bigagli,Paolo Mazzetti,Stefano Nativi,Yaniss Guigoz,Pierre Marcel Anselme Lacroix,Gregory Giuliani,Nicolas Ray +9 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present how the current components of the implemented SDI benefit the scientific and environmental communities in Armenia and examine how the EGIDA methodology can be applied to support the process of scaling up the infrastructure to become a nSDI, one of the pilot studies in the EU/FP7 EOPOWER project.