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...]
GIS posters at Sigma Xi summer research symposium
Come to the Sigma Xi summer research symposium on Wednesday, July 27th from 2-4pm at the Langone Center's Terrace room to check out posters by student researchers. There will be a variety of posters that feature GIS as a research methodology and/or visualization tool - including posters about the Flying Bison drone, community asset mapping, georeferencing historic maps, … [Read more...]
Come watch the Flying Bison!
Come watch the Flying Bison capture high resolution aerial imagery of the Miller Run Creek watershed area. The flight is part of the work that the GIS Student assistants are doing this summer in support of the Miller Run Restoration project. Details and map below. What: Come see the Flying Bison take off. Flight will last roughly 30 minutes. The Flying Bison drone will take … [Read more...]
Do turtles with more powerful predators have stronger shells?
Do turtles with more powerful predators have stronger shells? Over the last year, Biology professor Tristan Stayton used GIS and finite element analysis methods to explore this question. During Summer 2010, Prof. Stayton participated in a Library & IT workshop designed to give faculty hands-on experience using GIS for academic research and teaching. Over the course of … [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...]