This post was authored by Alex Widstrand ’17, co-instructor of the SAL’s interterm drone course “Fun with Drones”. It originally appeared on the Drone Thinking Initiative blog on January 14th. As this week comes to a close, we marked Friday,…
Flying Drones in Popham Beach
Two weeks ago, the SAL team headed to Popham Beach State Park, Maine, with Prof. Bob Newton’s Geomorphology class. Bob has taken his Geomorphology class there for several years to assess erosion at the beach. A major erosion event in…
Drones in the Humanities
Five College Digital Humanities Grant As an emergent technology, it is perhaps not surprising that there is not a clear consensus on what a drone is. Even what constitutes the technology of a drone—or, more accurately for the purposes of…
Commercial Drones in Our Backyards?
Please join us for our Commercial Drones in Our Backyards event on Wednesday, March 4th, 2015 from 7:00 – 9:00 PM in John M. Greene Hall, Smith College Campus. Consider: Will drones darken our skies? Are we subject to staying indoors if…
SAL Summer Project Accomplishments (+ Project Debuts!)
For the first half of the summer, I spent time researching the ethics of drones, data, and technology more broadly in order to inform ethical practices at the Spatial Analysis Lab. Through this research, I thought about how our position…
Fall 2022 Workshops (So Far)
Registration Ethics of Drones 10/7 Friday 12:15-1:15 Spatial Analysis Lab (Sabin-Reed 104) We are in the process of revising our Drone Code of Ethics and your concerns, ideas, and just forming thoughts will help inform our practice. During the workshop…
Haley’s Semester Recap Spring 2022
By Haley Schmidt ’22, with commentary from Tracy I’m so excited that I finally got to work with the SAL in my last semester at Smith! Working with Jon and Tracy has been a great experience. I have really enjoyed…
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…
End of a Post-Bac Era
The end of an era. My time at Smith has taken me places, but it is time to officially leave the nest. At the beginning of my position as the final iteration of Spatial Analysis Fellows I felt hesitant, a…
Spring 2020 Workshops
The Spatial Analysis Lab is excited to offer another set of workshops– new and old– for Spring 2020! Take a look at the schedule and mark your calendars for more spatial learning. Please give us a heads up by registering…