The October Mystery Map was perhaps unsurprisingly themed around elections. The map garnered 386 views and a dozen submitted guesses, with the superlatives as follows: Most Inconceivable: Don’t Tempt Fate – gender reveal parties that go wrong Most Puntastic: Smithtoral…
Mapping a Movement: Black Lives Matter & Racial Injustice Mapping in Minneapolis
By Hannah Dillahunt ’21 On May 25th 2020, George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis, Minnesota. An unarmed black man, Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer while 3 of his coworkers silently watched. A Minnesota native, I watched as…
October 2020 Mystery Map
Explore this interactive timelapse map and submit your guess as to what the map portrays and what the symbols represent. You can start the time slider by clicking the play button on the bottom left corner.
Climate Cost Project GIS Volunteer
The Climate Cost Project is looking for someone with GIS skills who can help with a data mapping project for areas impacted by repeat flooding due to climate change. We are interested in layering economic survey data collected by our…
Finding Trees for the Forest
On a crispy Monday morning in mid September, the Spatial Analysis Lab (SAL) team set out with Albert Kim (SDS), Stephaine Choi (CEEDs), and Olivia Handoko (SDS ‘21) to measure and collect data for our very own, home grown “perfect…
Local Government Redistricting Project, 2020-2022
Like the US House of Representatives and state legislative bodies, local governments in the US are required to redistrict after the decennial census if they have elected members who represent different parts of the local government. Yet, many local governments…
Geospatial Internship & Fulltime Positions at Travelers Insurance
Travelers Insurance is hiring geospatial interns and full-time positions through the Business Insights and Analytics Leadership Development Program (BI&A LDP). 1-2 years of college GIS is expected, with experience in scripting (Python, SQL, Javascript, etc.) highly encouraged. Previous knowledge of…
X Marks the Spot
How do cartographers create the allure of the “X”? This post captures the iterative process of map-making through an art history professor’s request. The purpose of these maps is to illustrate and contextualize various types of bronze mirrors discovered at…
Penny for Your Summer GIS Thoughts
While a pandemic summer is bummer, it didn’t melt away mapping endeavors. Here are reflections by students on how they leveraged spatial inquiry during this time/space apart: Espy Thomson ’21, Environmental Science & Policy This summer I used the ArcPro…
Election Mapping Workshop Series
Registering would be agreeable Q&A Part 1: What’s in a Map? 9/8 Tuesday 12:30-1:15 Recording This workshop introduces GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and exercises spatial thinking through critiquing the abundance of election maps available – what are the ingredients and…