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 the project. The City of Bozeman has also built a standardized platform online which the students have been made members of, and allows them to all collect data simultaneously in a collaborative effort that is automatically updating a database on the backend which hosts the spatial data as well as digital media related to each of the individual art installations. Once the students have completed their data collection project the data layer will be hosted on the City’s interactive mapping page. This will allow any member of the public to view the locations, information about the art pieces, as well as photos of the installations.
Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner.
Community-Engaged and Transformational Scholarship (CATS) Program Contact Info
University Faculty Contact
Nick Fox
Earth Sciences
nicholas.fox3@montana.edu
Local Government / Community Contact
Chris Kangas
City of Bozeman GIS Specialist