Jul 22
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 …
Mar 11
Identify is a monthly series here on the SAL blog, focusing on students, faculty, and alumni of University of Richmond who have used GIS in exciting ways. Come by each month to learn more about the interdisciplinary nature of GIS here at UR. In the SAL, we like to emphasize how knowledge of GIS can benefit …
Feb 10
The University of Richmond comprises five schools serving both undergraduate and graduate students. The School of Arts & Sciences houses a majority of the undergraduate student body, but the School of Law is where most of the University’s full-time graduate students study. While the Spatial Analysis Lab falls under the purview School of Arts & …
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 – …