Mapping and spatial data analysis at Wesleyan University
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Wildlife Conservation Society Canada released a story map to share data and information about mineral exploration in Ontario’s boreal caribou ranges: http://wcs-global.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=69ce6f567b4e415d8e3bb6e4c8634b88
Introductory GIS students presented their community-based service-learning projects in early December. Read about their projects at the Hartford Courant, Wesleyan’s Engage blog, and Wesleyan News.
View thirty-year compilations of satellite images for anywhere on Earth.
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One of the more interesting set of maps for the US 2016 Presidential Election. The maps show some of the nuances of the geography of the results.
A recent Daily Mail article describes two different maps of US river systems.
Journalists embrace story maps as an interactive news medium.
As the Louisiana’s emergency management agency tries to evaluate flooding damage, one challenge they face is assessing the number and type (commercial, residential, etc.) of damaged structures. However, there is a lack of mapped structures. So volunteers are needed to create an account on the USGS web site below and then, working with pre-flood imagery, map structure locations … Read more
National Geographic launched a free website for printing detailed topographical maps: http://petapixel.com/2016/08/06/nat-geo-launches-free-website-printing-detailed-topographical-maps/.