Jun 01
Post by Marissa Parker ’16 Last week in the SAL, we took on our first full project as SAL interns, working for the Chesapeake Conservancy and the Capital Region Land Conservancy (CRLC). The Capitol Region Land Conservancy is a local non-profit land trust that aims to “conserve and protect the natural and historic land and …
May 27
Hi All! We are very excited to say it is going to be a very busy time in the SAL this summer! We always have a variety of interesting and innovative student research projects underway in our little corner of the International Center, but this year we’re packed to the brim! In addition to research …
Mar 07
Celia Landesberg ’14, a University of Richmond senior and double-major in Geography and Environmental Studies, wrote an article for the online journal Digital America discussing what she refers to as the “millennium map experience.” Read her article here, in which she discusses how cartography has suddenly become an activity in which virtually everybody can—and does—partake.
Nov 11
The Spatial Analysis Lab is excited to host our seventh-annual GIS Day, this Wednesday, November 13, in the SAL from 10:00am to 5:00pm. We have detailed information about the event on our GIS Day page. In addition, you can find more information by following us on Twitter and attending the Facebook event. For now, however, …
Aug 07
It’s hard to believe, but in exactly two weeks the new students—the Class of 2017—will arrive on campus to begin their University of Richmond experience. But even though the summer is almost over here at UR, the Spatial Analysis Lab has been a busy place for the past few months! Here are some brief highlights …
Jan 31
Geography and Health Care Geography and health care are becoming increasingly related, and in a way that can save lives and promote healthy communities. The relationship between geography and medicine dates back to the 1850s, when Dr. John Snow used cartography to map the outbreak of cholera in London and track the source, a water …
Nov 02
“Traditional” maps—those printed on paper and created with GIS software like ArcMap, the software we use in the SAL—are certainly not going away anytime soon. But geographers cannot ignore the fact that Internet-based mapping is quickly exploding in use, allowing virtually everybody to access and to produce their own maps, without requiring any special hardware …
Oct 06
The Middle East definitely receives a substantial amount of global media attention; however, it is often a misunderstood region. Even outlining the Middle East on a world map creates controversy amongst scholars. Should the region’s border be based on common history? Language? Religion? Culture? The fact of the matter is that the Middle East (wherever …