Nick Urban '12, a GIS student assistant and Computer Science major, recently competed in the 9th annual student Unmanned Air Systems (UAS) competition held at Webster Field in St. Inigoes, MD. Hosted by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), the competition challenged students to "design, fabricate, … [Read more...]
Phone-call cartography
Here's a link to an interesting NYT story, "Phone-call cartography," on mapping connectedness via data points from mobile phone calls. The accompanying map was produced by M.I.T.'s SENSEable City Lab using the origin and end point locations for cellphone traffic within the U.S. in July of last year. Phone-call cartography … [Read more...]
Uncovering the ‘Stories of the Susquehanna’ using GIS
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...]
Penn State releases final episode of “Geospatial Revolution” series
The final installment of Penn State’s “Geospatial Revolution” project was released today. Click here to learn more about the project and see full-length videos for Episodes 1-3. See below for the full-length video of Episode 4. Episode 4: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F7z9LLYxf8 … [Read more...]
Your iPhone is Tracking You
O'Reilly Media published a story yesterday (on the penultimate day of its Where2.0 conference no less...) describing Alasdair Allan and Pete Warden's discovery of a hidden file on your iPhone and 3G iPad that keeps a running record of your device's whereabouts. The file, part of the iOS4 release, records both latitude/longitude and timestamps - making it possible to create a … [Read more...]