Guest post by Michael Grasso, Environmental Studies '13 and Dan Ladd, Middlebury College '14 The G.I.S. team started the Miller Run Restoration Project at Abby Lane in and around an oat field adjacent to the driving range at the Bucknell golf course. We spent the majority of the first day becoming accustomed to the equipment. Some of us took continuous topographical … [Read more...]
Georeferencing Historic Maps of Susquehanna Valley Region
Guest Post by Robby Holler, Geography/International Relations '13 During the past two months, I’ve spent time working with other GIS interns with many of their projects. Much of my time, though, has been spent on two projects: georeferencing an 1868 atlas of central Pennsylvania and georeferencing and vectorizing a map of Lake Otsego. Both of these projects tie in … [Read more...]
Video footage from Flying Bison test run
On July 26th, Nick Urban and the summer 2011 GIS team conducted a test flight of the Flying Bison. See video to learn more about the Miller Run Restoration Project and to see footage captured by the drone during its flight. Thanks to Lindsay Coffee and Erin Murphy for their work on shooting & editing the video footage. video platform video management video solutions … [Read more...]
Mapping Marcellus Shale Flowback Water Chemistry
Guest post by Darin Rockwell, Geography/Geology ’13 The Marcellus Shale natural gas extraction process is undergoing rapid development, which raises many environmental questions. This project studies the chemistry of flowback water[1]. High salinity levels, radioactive elements, and toxic trace metals are found at very high concentrations in the flowback water. However, … [Read more...]
GIS Students Showcase Their Summer Work at Two Symposiums
Guest post by Dan Dougherty, Geography/History ’12 Bucknell’s summer GIS students recently got the opportunity to showcase their work at two separate poster symposiums. It helps to know a little bit about research/poster symposiums, for those who are unfamiliar. They are fairly straightforward. Participants set up their posters in a preassigned display location. Standing close … [Read more...]