The Smith College Spatial Analysis Lab is happy to celebrate the start of another new school year. While the College looks forward to a new first-year class and a new provost, the Spatial Analysis Lab also has some new additions…
Esri User Conference Report
This summer Jon and Victoria ventured out to San Diego, California for Esri’s annual User Conference. Our good friends at Esri (Environmental Systems Research Institute – the company that brings you products like ArcMap and ArcGIS Online) put together this…
ENV 201/202, Fall 2013
Food Desert Interactive Maps: USDA Food Environment Atlas: http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-environment-atlas/go-to-the-atlas.aspx#.UmrR3fmKLAk USDA Food Access Research AtlasL http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-access-research-atlas/go-to-the-atlas.aspx#.UmrAWfmKLAl ESRI Food Desert Finder: http://megacity.esri.com/fooddeserts/#-10570450.2925;4722931.8985;10 Another version of the same map: http://www.arcgis.com/explorer/?open=153c17de00914039bb28f6f6efe6d322 Social Explorer: http://www.socialexplorer.com/89AACD3A4F1E4E1/explore Things to think about while exploring the maps: How are the creators of this map…
An Interesting Map For Your Friday Afternoon!
Food for thought over the weekend: a state-by-state map of the highest-paid public employees. (via Deadspin – click map to enlarge) This map is a great example of why maps are an efficient way to communicate data. Could this data…
March Mystery Map Released!
New Mystery Map: “The Ides of March” What do the green dots represent on the map? March is upon us, definitively storming in like a lion and hopefully quickly transitioning to lamb-like tendencies. March brings both the good and the…
News Update: November 27, 2012
November was a busy month in the Smith Spatial Analysis Lab! (Aren’t they all…) At the start of the month, environmental justice was an academic theme. Since this area of sociology and environmental studies pulls in elements of demography, law…
News Update: October 29, 2012
With the fall semester halfway over, things have been pretty hectic in the Spatial Analysis Lab! We are gearing up to provide regular support to two additional Environmental Science and Policy classes in the coming months. Students in a core…
Healthy Communities
The Spatial Analysis Lab provided mapping and spatial analysis to Cooley Dickinson Hospital (Northampton, MA) as part of their 2011 Community Health Assessment report.
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.