Greetings Smithies! I am the new post-bac fellow to your Spatial Analysis Lab (SAL) here at Smith College. My name is Victoria Beckley and I hail from Southern California where I completed my undergraduate degree in Interdisciplinary GIS via Dallas,…
Smith College Favorite Places App
Now in the wild and accepting memories, the Smith College Favorite Places App. Our intention is to explore how Smith Campus Space transforms to Place. No one denies the beauty of our campus, but we want to know…
Smith College Rail System
Geo-artist Elena Terhune ’14 created this awesome map of an imagined Smith College Subway System. Check it out, and read what she has to say about the process of creating it: “Especially in the colder winter weather, we have all…
January Mystery Map Answer Released!
January Mystery Map: “Hear ye, hear ye!” What mystery variable is taking over the Smith College campus? The answer is: The mystery map shows the location of chalkings on the Smith College campus. Additionally, the color of each dot corresponds to…
Using GIS to Investigate the Ecological Effects of Urban Sprawl
Smith students and faculty who are interested in Environmental Science and Policy, Geoscience, or Ecology should check out this week’s Sigma Xi talk on using GIS to investigate the ecological effects of urban sprawl! Cory Keeler, the Spatial Analysis Lab…
Alternative Locations for Ford Hall and Future Campus Expansion
Shu Liu Geo150, spring 2007 Smith College’s Ford Hall is an approximately 140,000-square-foot building that will accommodate its expanding Picker Engineering Program, computer science, chemistry, biochemistry, and molecular biology departments. Named in honor of the Ford Motor Company Fund, the…
Implications of Proposed Employee Parking Cash Out Program at Smith
Melissa Kelley Geo150, spring 2007 My map displays the relationship between employee groups at Smith College (faculty, administration, administrative support, course support and service) and place of residence. In particular, my project explores the implications of the proposed employee parking…
What does your policy look like?
Back in February 2007 I asked one of my student assistants to generate a new map for the mystery map series. At that time I was very interested in visualizing administrative policies manifestation on the landscape. All too often, policies…
Springtime on Campus
What a great time of year. A time to relax, reflect, and smell the springtime flowers. Oh, and yes, there a plenty of opportunities to take in that pesticide residue smell… 🙁 Note: photos are geotagged. Download this Google Earth…
Intellectual Inquiry 2006
In the summer of 2006, the Spatial Analysis Lab participated in a pre-orientation program titled “Intellectual Inquiry” Files Google Earth File (kmz) showing painting and artist’s approximate location from the Northampton Dome. Google Earth File (kmz) showing 1831 Map of…