Hello Everyone! We’ve had a busy first few weeks in the Spatial Analysis Lab this fall. From wrapping up our summer projects to starting a new workshop series and everything in between, we’ve barely had a second to sit back and reflect on all the great work going on. Here’s a summary of some of …
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Aug 08
First Look: Taylor’s Trip to Tanzania
Happy August Everyone! Hope your summers have been as lively and exciting as our’s have been in the Spatial Analysis Lab. As you already know we hosted 4 fabulous high school students for 5 weeks of learning how GIS is in fact at STEM field. However, we have had many other things going on as …
Jul 22
Unpacking the Census: Mapping Poverty in Metro Richmond
Post by Olivia Mobayed ’16 There is no doubt that poverty is a big issue in Richmond. A high proportion of Richmond children grow up in households that live below the poverty level, and a majority of Richmond Public School students receive free or reduced price lunch. Dr. John Moeser has been studying trends relating …
Jul 08
MSI Week 3 – Field Work
This week our wonderful MSI students took their experience outside the lab and completed some fieldwork. They contributed to our campus tree inventory, which I actually started 4 years ago in the summer after my freshman year. We collected species, diameter, height, and location for over 800 trees on campus and estimates how much carbon …
Jan 12
Newport News Students Explore Environmental Issues in their Community with GIS
Post by Dr. Mary Finley-Brook Children from the Southeast Care Coalition and Southeast Asthma Network of Newport News attended a workshop in the Spatial Analysis Lab (SAL) on December 5, 2015. SAL Intern Jared Goldback Ehmer (’17) led a Google Earth demonstration examining social and environmental issues in the children’s neighborhood. The workshop was taught …
Nov 11
GIS Day 2015
On Wednesday November 18th GIS nerds across the globe will come together to celebrate all things GIS! As always we’ll have our fabulous cake contest to see who can win for their creativity and design skills! Check out some of the awesome things we have planned below: Schedule 9:00-10:00 – Breakfast Welcome/Open House 10:00 …
Aug 26
Resources for Learning ArcGIS – Self Guided
Hi All, In the first few months of my position as GIS Technician here in the SAL I have had multiple conversations with students, faculty, and staff who would like to learn to use GIS, but do not have the time to take a full course. One of the wonderful things about ArcGIS (and there …
Jul 27
Natural Resource Condition Assessment for Booker T. Washington National Monument
Post by Heather Courtenay ’16 In the background of the rest of the SAL research, Dr. Lookingbill and I have been working on revisions for a paper that was started last summer on Booker T. Washington National Monument (BOWA). The paper is a Natural Resource Condition Assessment (NRCA) for the National Park Service, which is formulated …
Jul 22
GIS in Action: DC2RVA Field Trip
Post by Shaquille Christmas ’16 A couple weeks ago we visited the Richmond office of Henningson, Durham, and Richardson, Inc (HDR), which is an architectural, engineering and consulting firm based in Omaha, Nebraska. UR alum and former SAL researcher extraordinaire Bridget Ward recently started working there as a GIS consultant in the transportation division. Bridget and …
Jun 05
Proposing a New National Natural Landmark: Bear Rocks, WV
Post by Natalie Somerville ’17 Hey friends! I’m Natalie and I have the good fortune of doing research with Todd Lookingbill during May and June of this summer. I am working on writing a proposal to the National Park Service to suggest adding a new landmark to their National Registry of Natural Landmarks. Now, if …