Project Description: You’ll work with us to develop a trial storm wave forecasting atlas for use by the National Weather Service to provide emergency wave height information to mariners using a new, GIS-based software tool developed at our Center.
GIS Volunteer in Belize
Assisting the Sustainable Land-Use Programme to develop a program for monitoring land use change over time within the Golden Stream Landscape.
Interterm 2011
GIS Interterm Course January 2011 Course – proposal submitted and details coming soon.
Spatial Perspectives: A Podcast Series
NITLE begins a new podcast series entitled Spatial Perspectives. The first installment begins with Sean Connin, Program Officer for Science and Technology at NITLE, asking Jon Caris, GIS Specialist at Smith, a few questions on cross-curricular uses of GIS.
Looking for Desktop ArcGIS?
GIS fans at Smith can find Desktop ArcGIS, version 9.3.1 installed in the following labs:
Bass Hall
Basement 02, 102, 103 (the SAL) and 105*
2008-2009 Orthophotos
The 2008-2009 Orthophoto Imagery from MassGIS is now available for download.
Reverse Engineer a Map?
Smith students – Help investigate whether prisons are affecting democracy in rural counties across the U.S. by reverse engineering census maps since some counties don’t remember if they used the census prison counts in their districts! Contact me to learn more.
Women and Navigation Skills
These findings show that women perform better and more readily adopt search strategies appropriate to a gathering lifestyle than men
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 primary donor to the scheme, Ford Hall will be a sustainable, environmentally friendly and academically-inspiring […]
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 cash out program, included in the new parking master plan released February 8, 2007, under […]