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Megan Skrip

People walk around an urban area - Study: People Are Most Physically Active When Their Environments are Both Highly Walkable and Very Green - Parks Recreation and Tourism Management

Jun 13, 2022

Study: People Are Most Physically Active When Their Environments are Both Highly Walkable and Very Green

New research used wearable sensors and satellite data to identify how a person’s environment affects their level of daily exercise.
Map of a Brooklyn playground showing areas of high and low youth activity - Introducing the Center for Geospatial Analytics' New Associate Director of Social and Behavioral Science Applications - Parks Recreation and Tourism Management NC State University

Dec 1, 2021

Introducing the Center for Geospatial Analytics’ New Associate Director of Social and Behavioral Science Applications

The Center is pleased to welcome Aaron Hipp to its team of associate directors, in a new leadership role focused on enhancing research collaborations at the intersection of geospatial analytics and the social sciences.
A Male Standing in Front of a Geo Lab Poster - Partnership with Wake County a New Think (and Do) Tank for Harnessing Spatial Data - Parks Recreation and Tourism Management NC State

Mar 13, 2019

Partnership with Wake County a New Think (and Do) Tank for Harnessing Spatial Data

Through a new partnership called Geo-IDEAS, NC State’s Center for Geospatial Analytics and Wake County government are innovating the future of spatial analysis and decision-making.
A Man Photographed Smiling - A Passion for Teaching and the Future of GIS - Parks Recreation and Tourism Management NC State

Mar 1, 2019

A Passion for Teaching and the Future of GIS

For the past eight semesters, Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. candidate Jason Matney has taught hundreds of students as a graduate teaching assistant and course instructor at NC State. As he prepares to defend his dissertation, he reflects on his experience and the future of his field.