By Wayne Ndlovu ’22 The Fall semester went by so fast!! I am glad we got to be on campus once again and had the chance to work with Jon and Tracy in person. I got the opportunity to design…
Address Geocoding: Mapping the Jandon Center Community Partners
By Wayne Ndlovu ’22 Over the past weeks I worked on creating a map that shows the Jandon Center’s community partners. The Jandon Center, which is located at Smith’s Wright Hall works with the Smith community and other organisations on…
Fall into a Tofurkey
Kindly partake in this year’s Tofurkey Map, and see how the Smith community is dishing out thanks! You can share your dish by submitting a point through the survey, as demonstrated below:
Summer 2021 GIS Reflections
Here are student reflections on how GIS/spatial analysis enriched their summer endeavors: Amrita Acharya ’23, Art This summer I used ArcGIS Pro on Amazon Web Services (AWS) while interning with the Town of Brookline, MA Regulatory Planning Division. As part…
Art in the Time of COVID: Exploring Smith College’s Outdoor Art Collection
By Hannah Dillahunt ’21 At the beginning of last fall, I started working with the Smith College Museum of Art (SCMA) to create an interactive map for Smithies and visitors to campus to use to explore Smith’s large collection of…
Spring 2021 Workshops
Registering = agreeable A Historical Research Tool: Georeferencing the Vilna Ghetto 3/10 Wednesday 12:30-1:15 recording and Q&A With Hannah Dillahunt ‘21. When creating historical maps, it may be difficult to find data layers that reflect the landscape and landmarks of…
Semester Recap: Fall 2020
By Hannah Dillahunt ’21 My first semester as the SAL assistant coincided with Smith’s first fully online semester. Despite not being on campus this fall, Jon, Tracy and I were able to work on many different projects and help a…
GIS Day #30DayMapChallenge Day 18 Land Use
Cozy rendition of ///traditional.vintages.primer: This past Wednesday was GIS Day, we coalesced our spatial friends in the Valley and across the state to celebrate the mappiest day of the year. The month of November also marks the #30DayMapChallenge, a call…
October 2020 Mystery Map Solution
The October Mystery Map was perhaps unsurprisingly themed around elections. The map garnered 386 views and a dozen submitted guesses, with the superlatives as follows: Most Inconceivable: Don’t Tempt Fate – gender reveal parties that go wrong Most Puntastic: Smithtoral…
Mapping a Movement: Black Lives Matter & Racial Injustice Mapping in Minneapolis
By Hannah Dillahunt ’21 On May 25th 2020, George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis, Minnesota. An unarmed black man, Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer while 3 of his coworkers silently watched. A Minnesota native, I watched as…