Every year more than 6 million birds die as they migrate from the United States and Canada to Central and South America, according to a new USC study published April 25 in the journal PLoS ONE. The birds are killed by the 84,000 communication towers that dot North America and can rise nearly 2,000 feet…
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Recent Posts by Amy Kramer
Two Special Journal Sections Published from First International Geocoding Conference
In a successful follow-up to the First International Geospatial Geocoding Conference, organizer and USC GIS Research Lab Associate Director Dr. Dan Goldberg has edited special issues of the journals Transactions in GISand Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology focusing on advances in geocoding and its relevance to the health sciences. Geocoding is the process of taking text-based addresses and returning geographic locations, usually…
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GIST Courses Explore GPS Technology in Island Environment
Two Harbors, California – Over the past three weeks, students in USC’s Geographic Information Science and Technology online M.S. program have gathered for a week each of required “real life” instruction on picturesque Catalina Island. Students from around the United States gathered at USC’s Wrigley Marine Science Center for instruction and research using Geographic Positioning System (GPS) technology as…
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SSI Student Wins Campus Recognition for Accessibility Mapping Tool
Architecture major and GIS Research Laboratory researcher Winston Kahn took home Special Recognition for “Outstanding Contribution to the USC Community” for an online mapping tool that produces wheelchair-friendly routes between buildings on the USC campus. The award was given for Kahn’s submittal to Webfest 2012, an annual competition for excellence in media design for undergraduates. Development of…
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