Environmental

• April 12, 2015Environmental

  GIS and California: The Alarming Revelation

  Another guest post by this semester’s journalism intern. Geographic Information Systems, or GIS, are computer systems that allow individuals to map, model, and analyze large amounts of data through a […]

• September 6, 2014Cartography, Environmental, Remote Sensing, Software

  NASA, Big Data, and a Real World Jigsaw Puzzle

  NASA has posted two news items that illustrate the large amounts of data that they are generating. NASA| The Data Downpour is a  video describing how the GPM constellation turns […]

• June 10, 2014Data, Education, Environmental, general, Remote Sensing

  Cornell Lab of Ornithology YardMap beta

  The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has introduced some very exciting backyard citizen science applications that utilize remote sensing data. One of them is The YardMap citizen science project funded by the […]

• April 14, 2014EarthDay, Environmental, Remote Sensing

  Spatial Easter Egg Hunts

  Location-based technologies are helping Easter Egg hunts go high-tech with the assistance of geospatial professionals taking their love of spatial technologies into their communities. The funniest quote from an article […]

• April 5, 2014Data, Environmental, Travel

  Cherry Blossom Season 2014

  One of the heralds of spring in our region is the arrival of the cherry blossoms in Washington D.C.  In the past, it was difficult to time visits just right […]

• October 30, 2013Environmental, Human Geography, WebMapping

  Geospatial Analysis of “America’s Forgotten Nuclear Legacy”

  The Wall Street Journal has an interesting in-depth report on Waste Lands: America’s Forgotten Nuclear Legacy and an interactive map of the status of cleanup by state. While they call […]

• July 2, 2013AVSRT, Cartography, Environmental, ESRIUC, WebMapping

  A VerySpatial Road Trip: Missouri Botanical Garden

  Day 2 we hit some fantastic spots around St. Louis.  Hit the link below to find out more!

• June 20, 2013Environmental, Human Geography, Remote Sensing, WebMapping

  Cat Tracks

  The BBC News Science & Environment section has an article on “The Secret Life of the cat: What do our feline companions get up to?” with an interactive map of […]

• January 26, 2013Education, Environmental, Physical Geography

  Great Garden Worm Count

  The Guardian article, “The Great Garden Worm Count Finds Our Underground Allies are Thriving” discusses the role of citizen scientists in earth worm research. According to the article, “The discovery […]

• November 28, 2012Environmental, general, WebMapping

  Interactive Greenbelt Map

  The Telegraph UK has an article on England’s Green Belt which provides an interactive Google map for residents to determine if they are in an area classified as green belt […]