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…
Where is Everybody? Campus Directory Mapping
By Kalynn Kosyka, Computer Science & Data Science ’19 Currently, Smith College is going through major renovations which resulted in many staff members being relocated. The Campus Directory Map will allow the user to query on name, department, and/or person…
Mystery Map 2018 Kickoff
The state of affairs for a new year can be uncertain, but your unequivocal love for map mysteries is huge! [advanced_iframe securitykey=”5bc49ba0db168937774fd40d43b1f0f57eecc76d” src= “https://smithgis.carto.com/builder/8fca40dd-aad5-4a0a-b46b-e2e4f507ab8a/embed”] You can launch the full version here. Hint: Not sports-related despite the title, but a clue…
Upcoming Spring 2018 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 your group or department. If…
J-Term 2018 Review
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 year’s GIS class emphasized the…
Today in History as Told by Maps: September 26, 1991 / Site Selection
Biosphere 2 (“Warning. All hell’s breaking loose.” — Bio-Dome) is the largest closed ecological system research facility, modeled after the original biosphere, Earth. This day in 1991 marks the beginning of the first two-year mission to study feasibility of self-sufficient systems…
Interterm GIS Course
Like most years, the SAL team taught a week-long GIS course during interterm to give a GIS jumpstart to students who want to learn what GIS is all about but can’t take (or haven’t yet taken) the semester-long GIS course.…
May in Review
See what the Spatial Analysis Lab (SAL) has been up to in the great month of May: 1. Student Support 2. Faculty Support 3. Campus Connections 4. Outreach 1. Student Support Senior week workshops (5/12 – 5/15): In the week after finals…
Interterm Course 2015 — Recap
The Spatial Analysis Lab was excited to kick of 2015 with an intro to GIS interterm course in the first week of January Term! 14 students joined us in the SAL for 5 days of GIS exploration with ArcGIS. The course…
November in Review
Well, November was quite a busy month. So busy, in fact, that we were unable to spend time writing weekly updates to post. Our review covers the entire month of November and is organized by type of work: Overview Class Support 1. Study…