Last fall the World Bank launched a contest aimed at challenging web developers to create web-based tools using the data available through the World Bank's Open Data Initiative. Click here to read an article from Programmable Web about the contest winners (excerpt below). You can visualize nearly every indicator of economic, social and human development on StatPlanet World … [Read more...]
What we’re up to this summer (and why we’re not posting)
Thanks to the Mellon grant and a huge number of faculty teaching and research projects it's been a very busy summer of GIS work at Bucknell. Over the coming weeks I'll write detailed posts about the work we're doing on each of the projects. If I'm really ambitious I might try to post some interviews with faculty and students - and some footage of the aerial drone flights that … [Read more...]
Upcoming map competitions
Students - now that you are finished with your final GIS projects (you are finished, right?) why not submit them to one of these upcoming competitions. Bucknell students have won awards in other map competitions - let's do it again: 1. 2011 National Council for Geographic Information (NCGE) Conference & Map Gallery: The 2011 NCGE Map Gallery Committee invites you to … [Read more...]
Stink bug mapping tool
Penn State and the PA Department of Agriculture have just released a new web-based tool for mapping infestations of stink bugs across the state. The mapping tool collects and displays user-submitted data on stink bug sightings. After creating a login ID and passwords, users specify whether they are a farmer, nursery owner or homeowner and then identify their reporting location … [Read more...]
Uncovering the ‘Stories of the Susquehanna’ using GIS
Bucknell faculty have long had an interest in grounding their research efforts locally - using the physical, cultural, historical and sociological landscapes of the Susquehanna Valley region as a living laboratory. The two videos below feature Prof. Katherine Faull and student Emily Bitely '11 talking about the role of GIS in two such projects - the Stories of the Susquehanna, … [Read more...]