GIS News

Google Earth 4 has added a new time animation feature which allows users to view data changes over time. The time slider in the Avian Flu dataset is shown below.

See the following blog posting for details.

GIS class students will present their term project in the form of posters at the Atrium of the James B. Duke Library.  Students will formally present their posters starting at around 1:30 PM and will be by their posters until 3:30 PM.  Posters will be on display until Friday noon.

Topics for this year includes:

Violence and Politics in South Carolina
Religion and Religious Space
US Aids and Disaster
World Water Issues
Targeted Mentoring
Fa(s)t Food and Obesity
State Park Trails
Endangered Species
Crime Report Vs. Crime Incident
Swamp Rabbit Trail
3-D Furman Hall

Don’t miss this opportunity to see how far you can stretch GIS application!

Where : James B. Duke Library Atrium
When : 1:00 PM to 5 PM, Thursday, 30th November

Snacks and Drinks, courtesy of Library

This site plots the preferred generic name for carbonated soft drinks by region. The county by county breakdown is especially nice. View the map.

Do you ever wonder about the sources of ingredients for your thankgiving dinner?  Make a list of all the things you use and take a guess which state(s) supply those in maximum amount. 

Here is one example – Turkey. 

For complete list of ingredients and their sources, visit Indiana University GIS Services website. 

Happy Thanksgiving!

Here is a neat way to visualize commonly available (public) information.  Each baloon in this map shows location of a Furman faculty residence.  Clicking on the baloon brings up information about the faculty like name, email, and photo if it was available on their website. 

http://hotspot.furman.edu/fufac/fufac.htm

What can we do with a map such as this?  I can think of million ways this could be used – car pool arrangement with neighbors, new faculty using this to find best location to purchase a home so and so….

I challenge every one to come up with more use for this data, however crazy it is.  Post your ideas and opinions.

GIS Day Luncheon for ALL interested staff and faculty.

Social Sciences and Humanities

Speakers: Dr. Lloyd Benson, History and Dr. Ken Peterson, Economics
When: Nov 15, 2006
Time: 12 noon
Where: Hartness Pavilion
Who: ALL interested faculty and staff. All that is required is enough interest to attend the lunch. No expectations of previous knowledge or future projects.

Lunch will be provided – Registration is required just for head-count purposes.

Please contact Victoria Welborn (Victoria.Welborn@furman.edu, x2314) by Monday 11/13 at noon)

Furman student (Alicia Wilson) won the Best GIS project award this year from NITLE (National Institute for Technology & Liberal Education). Read the story.

Here’s a great link documenting humanity’s past and present impact on the environment.

Check out this website. They have lab/classroom activities that are very easy to incorporate. Most of them have all the data and a lesson plans and are for undergraduate level.