Thoughts, messages and reflections from the Director of the Spatial Analysis Lab - Kimberley Klinker.
Jun 05
By Kim Browne, SAL Director The Spatial Analysis Lab has been a hub of activity since spring classes ended and we said goodbye to our graduates. Colleagues from Biology and Classics have been in and out of our space collaborating on the East End project, Rock Pools and more. Justin Madron from the Digital Scholarship …
Jul 07
Post by Kim Browne The past four summers I’ve had the good fortune of leading students to Australia for an intensive field experience which includes visits to two World Heritage sites: the Wet Tropics of North Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef. These sites are connected (literally and littorally) by the rain that falls along …
Jan 24
TIME Magazine recently published this disturbing image titled “A Map of Trouble” (TIME, Jan. 3 2012; 26-27). My response and my counter-map are inspired by the work of Mark Monmonier (How to Lie with Maps) and J.B. Harley (Maps, Knowledge and Power). First, the title and the graphic shape of the “region” are linked together …
Nov 14
Got GIS? My original plan for this blog entry was to shamelessly promote GIS Day (November 16th) – write something about this year’s t-shirt – and link it somehow to Geography Awareness Week. Fortunately, one chance occurrence has changed all that. Picture this: a Sunday afternoon spent grading and helping students in my lab, and …
Sep 12
September 12, 2011. Today was a great day. I arrived early to make sure all the computers were working and that I had enough handouts for my Human Geography students. Ethan arrived early to make sure the GPS units were charging for an outing with my GIS class. My students arrived and began a lesson …
Aug 30
The middle of a Hurricane seems as good a time as any to begin putting together content for the new University of Richmond Spatial Analysis Blog. GIS has taken campus by storm. And, the winds of change are certainly in the air. This year, the SAL – our nickname for the Spatial Analysis Lab – …