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| A Lesser Prairie Chicken (male) in New Mexico Image by Steven Walling licensed under CC BY 2.0 |
I'm publishing the usual Thursday weekly recap a day early due to the Christmas holiday tomorrow. Enjoy the season!
GITA Adopts Policy on Diversity and Inclusion
Lesser Prairie Chicken GIS
The Laboratory for Applied Spatial Analysis at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville did it's first project, mapping the school, in 1996. Now it does all sorts of work, per Lab director Randy Pearson:
GITA Adopts Policy on Diversity and Inclusion
The Geospatial Information and Technology Association (GITA) supports and encourages the equitable opportunity for participation of all persons in the Geospatial field, including engineers, planners, surveyors, technologists, software developers, educators, operations and maintenance specialists and all others interested in geospatial technology without regard to race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, age, gender identification, accessibility, educational or financial differences. GITA will promote and implement programs designed to enhance opportunities to participate in the development of geospatial technologies worldwide for everyone.The press release appeared last week.
Lesser Prairie Chicken GIS
The Kansas Biological Survey, a University of Kansas research unit, will provide the central GIS and database support for the effort, tracking locations and costs of projects affecting habitat as well as conservation projects [related to the lesser prairie chicken]. The work will be done through a five-year, $2.1 million contract with WAFWA [Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies] to serve as the GIS center for the plan.University GIS Lab Does Work for Hire
The Laboratory for Applied Spatial Analysis at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville did it's first project, mapping the school, in 1996. Now it does all sorts of work, per Lab director Randy Pearson:
There are literally hundreds of projects that we have been involved in from generating a GIS (Geographic Information System) database for the state library system to looking at things such as voting precincts in East St. Louis.. So we are involved in a vast array of things that are all geography related.