GIS Education Weekly: Mapping Evictions and Student Debt

Eviction Rate

Resources

The Eviction Lab: Matthew Desmond's latest project, The Eviction Lab, collects and maps data about evictions in 48 states and DC. Via Fresh Air.

Mapping Student Debt - Interactive map from the Washington Center for Equitable Growth with data made possible by Generation Progress and the Higher Ed, Not Debt partners. It's a Mapbox map with data from 2015.

GIS Education Weekly: Learning about LiDAR and How to Read a Scientific Paper

Graphic from terrific story map that showcases
the uses of lidar in Washington State

Resources

Washington (State) Geological Survey: The Bare Earth How lidar in Washington State exposes geology and natural hazards - This story map shows how lidar is used to learn about events like landslides and tsunamis and features like faults and rivers.

Violent Metaphors: How to read and understand a scientific paper: a guide for non-scientists - Jennifer Raff helps us regular folks to get the most from, and not be misled, by scientific papers. Via @mhacklay.

GIS Education Weekly: Two Free Courses on Remote Sensing, Eastern Kentucky May Lose Geography

Programs, Degrees and Courses

There's a nice write-up on GIS at Tufts University (just down the street from me). "Originally, GIS courses were offered almost exclusively to graduate students within the Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning. Since [Patrick] Florance arrived at Tufts in 2006, the demand for GIS instruction has increased dramatically, especially in the last four years. Today, more than 500 undergraduate and graduate students use GIS mapping and data analysis in courses offered in departments including environmental studies, earth and ocean sciences; public health; urban and environmental policy and planning; civil and environmental engineering; international relations; biology; and many others. Introduction to GIS fills to capacity every semester and is offered within the international relations and environmental studies departments, but allows students to pursue research in any area of their choice. Other GIS courses explore the environment, catastrophes, agriculture, medicine, public health, food, and more."