Have you ever laid in the grass on a warm summer night and looked up at the stars and wondered about what was waiting out in all that darkness? Did you ever wonder what it would be like to walk on another world and look back at our blue-green world through another sky? I have […]
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Geocaching: Treasure Maps for the Modern Day Explorer
Do you want to find hidden treasure? When you were a child, did you ever pretend that you had a map to some long lost hidden treasure that would take you on a grand adventure across distant lands? I know I did. My friends and I could spend hours on a bright, warm, Saturday afternoon […]
That Time GIS Stopped a Serial Killer
A crime happens and the chase to find the offender is on. We have all seen our share of crime dramas, documentaries, and news stories. We have all heard of psychologically profiling offenders in order to understand what drives them to commit crimes. Psychology tells us that serial offenders are creatures of habit. They have a […]
Why “Drone” Is a Dirty Word: The Difference Between Drones and Professional UAV Equipment
Common terms and abbreviations: UAV = Unmanned Aerial Vehicle sUAS = small Unmanned Aircraft System (less than 55lbs) RTK = Real Time Kinematic, high accuracy gnss positioning using local controls for correction and validation. GNSS = Global Navigation Satellite System(GPS-United States, BeiDou-China, Galileo-Europe, GLONASS-Russia) Photogrammetry = science and technology of making measurements using photographs. This […]
Sharing (GIS Data) is Caring
Sharing data can be a touchy subject. In general, it seems that people and institutions do not like their research and findings being freely accessible to the public. If you have worked on any project requiring data you could not collect on your own, you have more than likely jumped onto the World Wide Web […]