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OpenPlains: Geospatial Participatory Modeling in the Clouds

2022

NC State graduation

Dec 15, 2022

Congrats to Our December 2022 Graduates!

This semester, we celebrate the NC State graduation of 41 members of the Center for Geospatial Analytics community. Congratulations to all of our doctoral, professional master’s and graduate certificate students on their success!
Raleigh skyline - GIS Service Learning to Support Public Lands, First Responders, City Planning and More

Dec 15, 2022

GIS Service Learning to Support Public Lands, First Responders, City Planning and More

During the Fall 2022 semester, our graduating professional master’s students worked with industry, government and nonprofit partners to apply their knowledge and skills to pressing geospatial challenges.
Group Photo - New Beginnings at ACM SIGSPATIAL 2022 - Geospatial Analytics at NC State University

Dec 13, 2022

New Beginnings at ACM SIGSPATIAL 2022

Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student Uchenna Osia recounts her experience at her first ACM SIGSPATIAL conference and the valuable connections she made there.
Wide view of lake and trees - New Study Uses Decision Science to Support the Planning-to-Implementation Process for Contemporary Mitigation - Geospatial Analytics at NC State University

Dec 1, 2022

New Study Uses Decision Science to Support the Planning-to-Implementation Process for Compensatory Mitigation

In collaboration with the North Carolina Division of Mitigation Services, a team led by research associate Georgina Sanchez created a new framework to prioritize areas for ecosystem service conservation and restoration.
Two men talk in the background with a video camera on a tripod in the foreground - Geospatial Analytics at NC State University

Nov 30, 2022

New Multimedia Story Map Shares Experiences of Veterans in Fire Management

A new interactive story map produced by researchers at North Carolina State University’s Center for Geospatial Analytics highlights the experience of five Army and Marine Corps veterans who worked as part of the Veterans Fire Corps to protect landmarks with the National Park Service.
Maps of control in North Carolina - Fall 2022 Geospatial Forum Rewind - Geospatial Analytics at NC State University

Nov 28, 2022

Fall 2022 Geospatial Forum Rewind

During the Fall 2022 Geospatial Forum series, guest speakers discussed Indigenous property rights, mapping racism in the built environment, Planet Labs, NC State's Data Science Academy and using geospatial outputs to drive outcomes.
an orange snow shovel cuts through a pile of snow - New Visualization Tool Helps Weather Forecasters and Researchers More Easily Identify and Study Bands of Heavy Snow - Geospatial Analytics at NC State University

Nov 15, 2022

New Visualization Tool Helps Weather Forecasters and Researchers More Easily Identify and Study Bands of Heavy Snow

Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. candidate Laura Tomkins developed a new way for meteorologists and atmospheric scientists to quickly and easily distinguish heavy snow from mixed precipitation in weather radar imagery, to improve understanding of snowfall during winter storms.
view of mountains against a blue sky with trees in the foreground - Linking Forests and Freshwater - Geospatial Analytics at NC State University

Nov 4, 2022

Linking Forests and Freshwater

With remote sensing, Ph.D. student Katie McQuillan is uncovering how climate change is affecting the water budget in mountain forests.

aerial view of flooded homes in Florida after Hurricane Ian - Many Americans Lack Flood Insurance Despite Rising Risks - Here's Why - Geospatial Analytics at NC State University

Nov 4, 2022

Many Americans Lack Flood Insurance Despite Rising Risks — Here’s Why

As climate change and urbanization increase the risk of flooding across the US, millions remain unprotected. Center for Geospatial Analytics researchers are working to solve that problem.
Corey White standing at a podium with a presentation on a screen behind him - OpenPlains: Geospatial Participatory Modeling in the Clouds - Geospatial Analytics at NC State University

Oct 27, 2022

OpenPlains: Geospatial Participatory Modeling in the Clouds

Ph.D. student Corey White developed an open-source geospatial participatory modeling platform that allows users to use GRASS GIS on the web.