Innocensia Owuor
GIS Specialist and Clinical Assistant Professor
Science and Engineering LibrariesFaculty Rank: Clinical Assistant Professor
Liaison Areas: Civil Engineering, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Quantitative Methods, Statistics
ILS 595 29259 GIS Research Methods
ILS 250 28136 Introduction to Geographical Information Systems
•Ph.D., Geomatics, University of Florida, U.S.
•M.Sc., Geographic Information Systems (GIS), University of Nairobi, Kenya
•B.Sc., Geospatial Engineering, University of Nairobi, Kenya
•Clinical Assistant Professor & GIS Specialist, Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies, Indiana, U.S.
•Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Missouri–St. Louis Geospatial Collaborative, Missouri, U.S.
•Visiting Researcher, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Carinthia, Austria.
•Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, University of Florida, Florida, U.S.
•Geospatial Engineer, Kenya Power, Nairobi, Kenya.
•Graduate Trainee – Geospatial Engineer, Ramani Land Services, Nairobi, Kenya.
•GIS Analyst Intern, Kenya Wildlife Service, Nairobi, Kenya.
Individual Member - American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (2019 - Present)
Individual Member - Indiana Geographic Information Council (2025 - Present)
Student Member - Florida Surveying & Mapping Society (2019 - 2023)
- Cao, J., Hochmair, H. H., Kirilenko, A., & Owuor, I. (2024). Analyzing the Impact of COVID-19 on Travel and Search Distances for Prominent Landmarks: Insights from Google Trends, X, and Tripadvisor. Geographies, 4(4), 641-660.
- Owuor, I., & Hochmair, H. H. (2024). Analysing the effect of COVID-19 on the localness of visitors to Florida state parks and New York attractions using online reviews, tweets, and SafeGraph travel patterns. Journal of Location Based Services, 18(1), 118–138.
- Owuor, I., & Hochmair, H. H. (2023). Temporal Relationship between Daily Reports of COVID-19 Infections and Related GDELT and Tweet Mentions. Geographies, 3(3), 584-609.
- Owuor, I., Hochmair, H. H., & Paulus, G. (2023). Use of social media data, online reviews and wikipedia page views to measure visitation patterns of outdoor attractions. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism : Research Planning and Management, 44.
- Owuor, I. & Hochmair, H. H. (2023). Use of SafeGraph visitation patterns for the identification of essential services during COVID-19. AGILE GIScience Ser., 4, 36.
- Owuor, I., Hochmair, H. H., & Paulus, G. (2022). The Effect of COVID-19 on the Origins of Florida State Park Visitors and Online Reviewers. AGILE: GIScience Series, 3, 1-7.
- Owuor, I., Hochmair, H. H., & Cvetojevic, S. (2020). Tracking hurricane Dorian in GDELT and twitter. AGILE: GIScience Series, 1, 1-18.
- Owuor, I. & Hochmair, H. H. (2020). An overview of social media apps and their potential role in geospatial research. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 9(9), 526.
- Owuor, I. (2025). Engaging the Campus GIS Community through Effective ArcGIS Online User Management at the 2025 Indiana Geographic Information Council GIS conference in Indianapolis, Indiana (Oral presentation).
- Owuor, I. (2024) Using crowdsourced geodata to analyze visitor counts and travel patterns at various outdoor attractions for the Professional Science Master’s in Environmental Policy and Management program, Florida International University (Invited Talk- Online).
- Owuor, I. & Hochmair, H. H. (2023). Use of SafeGraph visitation patterns for the identification of essential services during COVID-19 at the AGILE 2023 conference in Delft, Netherlands (June 2023) (Oral presentation).
- Owuor, I. (2023). Analyzing the Effects of Real-World Phenomena on Contribution Behavior to Crowd-Sourcing Platforms at the SFGIS expo in Palm Beach, Florida (August 2023) (Oral presentation).
- Owuor, I., Hochmair, H. H., & Paulus, G. (2022). The Effect of COVID-19 on the Origins of Florida State Park Visitors and Online Reviewers at the SFGIS expo (August 2022) in Palm Beach, Florida and at the AGILE 2022 conference in Vilnius, Lithuania (June 2022) (Poster).
- Owuor, I., Hochmair, H. H., & Paulus, G (2022). Using TripAdvisor and Flickr user profiles to assess the impact of COVID-19 on the origins of visitors to attractions in Carinthia at the GI_Salzburg22 forum in Salzburg, Austria (July 2022) (Poster).
- Owuor, I., Hochmair, H. H., & Paulus, G (2022). Analysis of crowd-sourced geodata to study park visitation patterns at the Marshall plan research symposium in Carinthia, Austria (July 2022) (Poster).
PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION
Faculty Rank: Clinical Assistant Professor
Liaison Areas: Civil Engineering, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Quantitative Methods, Statistics
ILS 595 29259 GIS Research Methods
ILS 250 28136 Introduction to Geographical Information Systems
•Ph.D., Geomatics, University of Florida, U.S.
•M.Sc., Geographic Information Systems (GIS), University of Nairobi, Kenya
•B.Sc., Geospatial Engineering, University of Nairobi, Kenya
•Clinical Assistant Professor & GIS Specialist, Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies, Indiana, U.S.
•Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Missouri–St. Louis Geospatial Collaborative, Missouri, U.S.
•Visiting Researcher, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Carinthia, Austria.
•Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, University of Florida, Florida, U.S.
•Geospatial Engineer, Kenya Power, Nairobi, Kenya.
•Graduate Trainee – Geospatial Engineer, Ramani Land Services, Nairobi, Kenya.
•GIS Analyst Intern, Kenya Wildlife Service, Nairobi, Kenya.
Individual Member - American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (2019 - Present)
Individual Member - Indiana Geographic Information Council (2025 - Present)
Student Member - Florida Surveying & Mapping Society (2019 - 2023)
PUBLICATIONS
- Cao, J., Hochmair, H. H., Kirilenko, A., & Owuor, I. (2024). Analyzing the Impact of COVID-19 on Travel and Search Distances for Prominent Landmarks: Insights from Google Trends, X, and Tripadvisor. Geographies, 4(4), 641-660.
- Owuor, I., & Hochmair, H. H. (2024). Analysing the effect of COVID-19 on the localness of visitors to Florida state parks and New York attractions using online reviews, tweets, and SafeGraph travel patterns. Journal of Location Based Services, 18(1), 118–138.
- Owuor, I., & Hochmair, H. H. (2023). Temporal Relationship between Daily Reports of COVID-19 Infections and Related GDELT and Tweet Mentions. Geographies, 3(3), 584-609.
- Owuor, I., Hochmair, H. H., & Paulus, G. (2023). Use of social media data, online reviews and wikipedia page views to measure visitation patterns of outdoor attractions. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism : Research Planning and Management, 44.
- Owuor, I. & Hochmair, H. H. (2023). Use of SafeGraph visitation patterns for the identification of essential services during COVID-19. AGILE GIScience Ser., 4, 36.
- Owuor, I., Hochmair, H. H., & Paulus, G. (2022). The Effect of COVID-19 on the Origins of Florida State Park Visitors and Online Reviewers. AGILE: GIScience Series, 3, 1-7.
- Owuor, I., Hochmair, H. H., & Cvetojevic, S. (2020). Tracking hurricane Dorian in GDELT and twitter. AGILE: GIScience Series, 1, 1-18.
- Owuor, I. & Hochmair, H. H. (2020). An overview of social media apps and their potential role in geospatial research. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 9(9), 526.
PRESENTATIONS
- Owuor, I. (2025). Engaging the Campus GIS Community through Effective ArcGIS Online User Management at the 2025 Indiana Geographic Information Council GIS conference in Indianapolis, Indiana (Oral presentation).
- Owuor, I. (2024) Using crowdsourced geodata to analyze visitor counts and travel patterns at various outdoor attractions for the Professional Science Master’s in Environmental Policy and Management program, Florida International University (Invited Talk- Online).
- Owuor, I. & Hochmair, H. H. (2023). Use of SafeGraph visitation patterns for the identification of essential services during COVID-19 at the AGILE 2023 conference in Delft, Netherlands (June 2023) (Oral presentation).
- Owuor, I. (2023). Analyzing the Effects of Real-World Phenomena on Contribution Behavior to Crowd-Sourcing Platforms at the SFGIS expo in Palm Beach, Florida (August 2023) (Oral presentation).
- Owuor, I., Hochmair, H. H., & Paulus, G. (2022). The Effect of COVID-19 on the Origins of Florida State Park Visitors and Online Reviewers at the SFGIS expo (August 2022) in Palm Beach, Florida and at the AGILE 2022 conference in Vilnius, Lithuania (June 2022) (Poster).
- Owuor, I., Hochmair, H. H., & Paulus, G (2022). Using TripAdvisor and Flickr user profiles to assess the impact of COVID-19 on the origins of visitors to attractions in Carinthia at the GI_Salzburg22 forum in Salzburg, Austria (July 2022) (Poster).
- Owuor, I., Hochmair, H. H., & Paulus, G (2022). Analysis of crowd-sourced geodata to study park visitation patterns at the Marshall plan research symposium in Carinthia, Austria (July 2022) (Poster).