Category: General GIS

Ask the expert: Katie Faull on maps, Moravian diaries and Native American history

Post author By Janine Glathar
Post date February 9, 2011

In the BU homepage’s February ‘Ask the Expert’ interview, Prof. Katie Faull discusses her research on the 18th Century Moravian settlers and Native Americans who inhabited the Susquehanna watershed region. With the help of her research assistant, Emily Bitely ’11, Prof. Faull has made extensive use of GIS in reconstructing 18th Century landscapes of the Susquehanna. Read the interview here.

Sample map constructed from witness tree markers and georeferenced historic maps:

Sample map showing locations of Native American sites, trails and sacred places in relation to Marcellus Shale gas drilling.

Tags digital humanities, digital story-telling, georeferencing and vectorizing, GIS, map, Stories of the Susquehanna

Environment General GIS GIS in Public Health Slideshow

Geomedicine Reveals Cancer Rate Patterns

Post author By Janine Glathar
Post date February 8, 2011

An article from yesterday’s Huffington Post features maps showing geographical clusters of US counties with significantly high or low breast cancer and prostate cancer rates. The maps, from a recently published study reveal distinct geographic patterns – in particular a strong north-south distribution of ‘hot spot’ clusters.

Geographic clusters of US Counties with significant high or low breast cancer incidence rates.

Geographic clusters of US Counties with significant high or low prostate cancer incidence rates.

Tags cluster, geomedicine, hot-spot, map, pattern, public health

Bucknell/Local Interest General GIS GIS in Computer Science

iBucknell mobile app now available on iTunes

Post author By Janine Glathar
Post date February 8, 2011

Prof. Rick Zaccone and student Aurimas Liutikas ’12 developed iBucknell, a new mobile app with a campus map, phone directory, news and menus. Click here to read about the project and here for the free download from itunes.

Tags interactive map, iPhone, map, mobile GIS, smart phone

Crisis-Mapping General GIS GIS in Political Science Slideshow

Egypt Events Map

Post author By Janine Glathar
Post date February 4, 2011

Follow the events unfolding in Egypt in real-time by using the Egypt Events Map to track social media posts in the region. The interactive map app is hosted by ESRI and provides live feeds from Twitter, YouTube and Flicker.