GIS 101: Learn About GIS (0)
1/29/12 •
GIS is a multi-faceted discipline built that incorporates a variety of technologies and concepts. To really understand the capabilities of GIS, it is important to learn cartography, spatial and statistical analysis, database management, and programming. Looking to get started in GIS? This GIS 101 page is the launch page for accessing information about GIS on this ... read more
Recent Posts
Study Finds Three Times More Farmers’ Markets in Areas with the Lowest Obesity Rates (4)
1/28/12 •
An independent study conducted by mapping analytics firm PetersonGIS shows that locations with the highest obesity rates contain the fewest farmers’ markets. To produce the analysis, March 2011 data from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) on market locations throughout the United States were mapped and correlated with county-aggregated obesity statistics* from the Center for Disease Control ... read more
Where to Look for Historical Maps (0)
1/28/12 •
The use of extracting data from old paper maps is growing in popularity as a method to understanding historical geography. David Ramsey popularized the method of georectifying historical maps and draping those maps over a DEM to create a 3D view. Pastmapper is a project that digitizes historical maps in order to recreate the state ... read more
New Plant Hardiness Zone Map (0)
1/25/12 •
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released a new Plant Hardiness Zone Map (PHZM). The map is the first updated in over twenty years and incorporates greater accuracy and detail since the last map from 1990. The new map was developed by the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Oregon State University’s (OSU) PRISM Climate Group and is available ... read more
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New Baby Island in the Zubair Islands (0)
1/17/12 •
The Zubair Islands are located in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen on top of a shield volcano. Shield volcanos are created from fluid basalt lava flows, have broad, smooth slopes, and resemble a warrior’s shield, hence the name. The island chain, until the new eruption, contained ten islands and submerged shoals in a shallow ... read more
How Archaeologists and Geomorphologists Can Work Together to Understand the Quaternary (1)
1/05/12 •
Interdisciplinary collaboration is widely talked about but in reality it is not really implemented on a large scale. This is especially true in the realm of environmental compliance that geographers, geologists, and archaeologists often find themselves working in. Even in the world of academia, few professors take advantage of the human knowledge outside of their ... read more
