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...]
Go Philly! GIS helps improve access to healthy food in the city
Yesterday's NY Times had an opinion piece praising Philadelphia's efforts in recent years to improve access to healthy food for its most disadvantaged neighborhoods and citizens. In 'Go Philly!', Mark Bittman describes the collaborative efforts of Philadelphia municipal government, the Commonwealth of PA and a whole host of local non-profits (including my former employer, the … [Read more...]
GIS in education – EPA grant and campus mapping
Notes on two interesting stories about GIS in education. Thanks to Adena Schutzberg's All Points Blog for the heads up about the stories. 1. Texas State University's Center for GIScience was recently awarded 500K grant from EPA to use GIS for modelling/mapping air pollution-exposure-health effects: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Science to Achieve Results … [Read more...]
Bucknell student uses ArcGIS in research on sleeping sickness
Below is an interview with Daniel Dougherty '12, a History and Geography major, discussing his use of GIS for an analysis of the impact of climate change on sleeping sickness. The research project was conducted as part of Prof. Duane Griffin's Geography 204 course Applied GIS. In the interview, Dougherty describes the data and methodology he used for the project and talks … [Read more...]
How big is it really?
Back in December I posted about an NPR story about map scale. I got so excited about the baseball on the moon map that I neglected to point out the other really interesting link from the story - to the BBC Dimensions website. Dimensions (or, 'howbigisitreally') has a tool that lets you plug in any zip code or location and then choose from a list of events, places or things … [Read more...]