demonstrate how to improve bike safety by completing the bicycle lane network between Third and Second Streets. demonstrate the benefits & use of bike boxes in increasing visibility and safety for bicyclists. create pubic interest in improving bicycle and pedestrian safety near Chico State and the South Campus Neighborhood educate the public about the benefits […]
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Applied GIS (GEOG 421), David Kelley Spring 2017 The City of Elk River is home to a number of water bodies including streams, rivers, and lakes. These water bodies have been mapped by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for flooding concerns. These maps outline Floodplains (Floodways and Floodfringe) within city limits. Building in Floodplains […]
Students will provide a written report detailing measured impacts of Cleveland’s current and potential future plans that also details best practices for Cleveland to improve energy, environment, mobility, and communication within the city. This will include identification of strengths and weaknesses in relation to energy, environment, mobility, and communication development, as well as potential paths […]
Assess the impacts of Brooklyn Park’s Foreclosure Recovery Program. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Resilient Communities Project Contact Info University Faculty Contact Ying Song Geography yingsong@umn.edu 612 625 2056 Local Government / Community Contact Erika Byrd Economic Development Specialist, City of Brooklyn Park […]
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The principal objective of the Santee Water Quality Project is to identify hotspots of water contamination in Santee and determine if these hotspots change over time. To this aim, researchers in the Environmental Hydrology class at San Diego State University pursued existing water quality data and accessed digital elevation models and land use shapefiles to […]
This semester, the City has worked extensively on building an online platform capable of being used by the students to collect high accuracy GPS data from their own mobile devices. This approach uses new GPS receiver technology that is being lent out by the City of Bozeman GIS department directly to the students participating in […]
Students will work with the Metropolitan Council on climate vulnerability and resiliency story maps of the Metro area and examine flood and heat data layers in the area. Project details coming in October! Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Sustainable Communities Partnership Contact Info University Faculty Contact David Kelley Geography […]
Research and design a walking map of historic Monona. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. UniverCity Year Contact Info Gavin Luter Managing Director gavin@cows.org 608-261-1141 University Faculty Contact William Gartner Geography Senior Lecturer william.gartner@wisc.edu (608) 890-3816 Local Government / Community Contact Brad Bruun Public Works Project Manager/GIS Specialist 608-222-2525 […]
As part of the ICIGO student organization within the Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences, students will examine wayfinding placement in Webster City, Iowa. They will be using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) tools to identify and recommend placement locations for signage within the city. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. […]
The idea behind this documentation is to help provide an easier way to manage burial records, specifically with which graves are unused, where each grave is located, and other information about the person if the plot is used. The hope was to help to move away from paper data and make the storage of this […]
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