Category: GIS by Academic Discipline

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Bucknell/Local Interest Digital Humanities Environment General GIS GIS in History GIS in Humanities Marcellus Shale Slideshow

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

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.

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Environment General GIS GIS in Public Health Slideshow

Geomedicine Reveals Cancer Rate Patterns

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.

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Bucknell/Local Interest General GIS GIS in Computer Science

iBucknell mobile app now available on iTunes

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.

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Crisis-Mapping General GIS GIS in Political Science Slideshow

Egypt Events Map

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.

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Bucknell/Local Interest Events/Calendar General GIS GIS in Public Health

Geography Alumni Conference – Thur., Feb. 17th

Geographers’ Views:  Local Environmental Struggles, Global Context

This week the Geography Department welcomes four distinguished alumni to present their research and participate in a panel discussion on Thursday, February 17th in the Gallery Theatre (ELC). Research talks will be held from 4-6pm with a panel discussion to follow from 6:30-7pm.  Both events are free and open to the public.

Brian King
Bucknell Class of 1995
Assistant Professor of Geography,
Pennsylvania State University
“‘No One Dies of AIDS’: Political Ecologies of Health”

Sonja Pieck
Bucknell Class of 1999
Assistant Professor of
Environmental Studies,
Bates College
“The NGO, the Forest, and the ‘Hyperreal Indian’:
Notes on Transnational Amazonian Politics”

Jacqueline Vadjunec
Bucknell Class of 1997
Assistant Professor of Geography,
Oklahoma State University
“Tapping into ‘Florestania’: New Amazonian Geographies, Changing Land-Use and Emerging Identities in Acre, Brazil”

Joel Wainwright
Bucknell Class of 1995
Assistant Professor of Geography,
Ohio State University
“Climate Leviathan”