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A photo of Justin Shedd leading a classroom discussion using ArcGIS Online at the North Carolina State University Center for Geospatial Analytics

Nov 7, 2016

GeoMentor Justin Shedd Leads Local Classroom to Explore Mapmaking with ArcGIS Online

Specializing in GIS for wildland fire management at the center, Justin Shedd participates in the GeoMentor program run by the American Association of Geographers and Esri.

A photo of a Wolfline bus stopped at the West Parking Deck while students cross Varsity Drive at North Carolina State University

Oct 27, 2016

Webcams as Data Sources about Healthy Living and Urban Design

Streaming public webcams—now so abundant in our modern cities—can provide rich evidence for the ways our urban environments impact our daily lives, particularly our behavior navigating those environments.

A photo of a woman kayaking on a lake in a park

Oct 20, 2016

Patterns of Use: New Research with Big Data Reveals Popularity of Federal Lands for Overnight Trips

America’s public lands, including national parks, national forests, and other historic and natural sites managed by the federal government, are extremely popular––and for good reason. Given these sites’ popularity for recreation,…

Oct 17, 2016

Anna Petrasova Awarded Travel Grant to Present at International Conference

At the end of October, center Ph.D. student Anna Petrasova will head to the 24th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographical Information Systems in San Francisco, CA, recipient…

A screenshot of a traffic routing web application displaying road closures after Hurricane Matthew

Oct 11, 2016

Professional Master’s Student Helps with NC Disaster Recovery

Editor’s note: The following is a guest post by James McCarter, a teaching associate professor at the Center for Geospatial Analytics. Because of Hurricane Matthew, North Carolina was hit with…

Photos showing Lindsey Smart and Scott Beck conducting fieldwork

Oct 4, 2016

Center Ph.D. students score spots in selective course for spatial modeling

Lindsey Smart and Scott Beck have landed two of the available 22 seats at the “Introduction to Spatial Agent-Based Modeling” short course to be offered at the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis…

Sep 27, 2016

Center Postdoc Derek Van Berkel Wins Professional Development Award to Lead Session at International Conference

Center postdoctoral researcher Dr. Derek Van Berkel is a resident expert in sustainability and geospatial modeling. NC State’s Office of Postdoctoral Affairs recently recognized his work with a 2016 Professional…

Paul Schrum uses the Py4All tool at the North Carolina State University Center for Geospatial Analytics

Sep 22, 2016

Taming Python – New Online Tool Helps Students Write Better Code

For students learning the popular programming language Python, mastering the art and science of writing code just got a whole lot simpler. A team led by Center Faculty Fellow Dr. Laura…

A screenshot from a Tangible Landscape webinar

Sep 8, 2016

GIS at Your Fingertips: Tangible Landscape Webinar Showcases Open-source Solutions

On August 31st, the GeoForAll Laboratory at the Center for Geospatial Analytics presented a live multi-media webinar to a broad audience of online viewers, showcasing Tangible Landscape and describing how researchers around…

Photos of Anna Petrasova and Vaclav Petras

Sep 6, 2016

Ph.D. Students Anna Petrasova and Vaclav Petras Elected to the GRASS GIS Project Steering Committee

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Dr. Helena Mitasova, Associate Director of Geovisualization at the Center for Geospatial Analytics. Two Ph.D. students at the Center, Anna Petrasova and Vaclav…