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… SAL Summer Project Accomplishments (+ Project Debuts!)
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… Finding Trees for the Forest
Q&A COVID-19 related mapping resources Designing & Collecting Data with Survey123 4/16 Thursday 4:00-5:00 Tutorial & Recording First of a 4 part series on designing surveys to capture and share crowdsourced map data. The Spatial… Crowdsource Mapping Workshop Series
What a whirlwind of weeks it’s been— since the college moved to remote learning in mid-March, the Spatial Analysis Lab has worked hard to make sure we can still offer our mapping instruction. We’ve teamed… Virtual Geo during COVID-19
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… Spring 2020 Workshops
The grand reveal: the spring 2018 workshop schedule! All workshops are held in the Lab, Sabin-Reed 104. We like to offer a variety of workshops each semester, so we can also host tailored workshops for… Upcoming Spring 2018 Workshops
The SAL offered two courses during interterm: Introduction to GIS and Drone Thinking. Introduction to GIS As foretold by a fortune cookie, “the great aim of education is not knowledge but action…with GIS” — this… J-Term 2018 Review
With 17 students, including Smithies, Five College students, and community members, this year’s interterm GIS class was one of the largest we can remember. After modeling a flood scenario in Florence and discussing the nature… Interterm GIS
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… Fly-Day the 13th: The Conclusion of “Fun with Drones”
This semester has been one of the busiest that the SAL has seen. In total, 11 classes worked with our spatial technology at some point during this semester. We also supported student projects and worked… Wrapping Up Fall 2016