In spring 2010, Bucknell student Kate Matelan, '10 worked with film professor Eric Faden to produce a documentary film focused on her experiences as a disabled student on campus. To illustrate the differences between navigating the Bucknell campus in a wheelchair vs. on foot, Kate and I developed a GoogleEarth project with placemarks and travel paths to mark and annotate both … [Read more...]
More web tools for helping students understand scale
In previous posts here, here and here I've mentioned different resources that can be useful in helping students understand scale. Joseph Kerski, ESRI's Education Curriculum Development Manager, recently posted to one of the GIS in higher ed listserves about some new web-based tools for teaching students about scale. One of the websites, Scale of the Universe (created by … [Read more...]
Computer science major builds aerial drone for a bird’s-eye view of local stream
Bucknell communications recently published an article on the work that Nick Urban and the other GIS student assistants did this summer for the Miller Run Restoration project. Excerpt below - click here to read the full article. LEWISBURG, Pa. - As the son of an aircraft mechanic, Nick Urban learned a thing or two about planes. The rising senior at Bucknell University … [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...]
Week 1 – Miller Run data collection
If you've driven past the golf course this week you might have noticed some students traipsing around in the underbrush near the driving range and Sunflower day care. The students are part of Bucknell's GIS team and they have been collecting high resolution elevation data for the Miller Run restoration project. The students will be out there for another 2-3 weeks (+ or - a … [Read more...]