Five College GIS Day Poster Session

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GIS Day 2006 Posters at Amherst College Come see a wide variety of posters demonstrating academic applications of Geographic Information Systems.

Take part in the first annual poster session challenge! Find and submit correct answers from select posters for a chance to win prizes or the grand prize ~ a GPS receiver!

You are also invited to set up your own poster. It can be simply an interesting map you have created or a research poster with discussion, etc.

Please fill out this form if you wish to bring a poster.

Contact Susan Kimball for more information.


Discipline(s) Poster Title Author Institution
Geology Natural Disasters in the United States by County, 1960-1999 Cassie Stearns '06 Smith College
Biology The Plight of the Plover: Can Recreation and Endangered Species Mix? Sarah K. Thomsen '061;
Claire Matthews2;
Jennifer Seavey2,3;
Thomas Litwin2		 1Hampshire College ;
2Smith College ; 3University of Massachusetts
Natural Resources:
Coastal Zone Management		 Plum Island Salt Marsh Research Project Thomas Millette, et al. Mt. Holyoke College
Natural Resources:
Forest Inventory		 Forest Stand Metrics from AIMS-1 Data in the Quabbin Watershed Thomas Millette, et al. Mt. Holyoke College
Natural Resources:
River Ecosystems		 An Integrated Research and Education Program for the Sustainable Management of Instream Flows in the Northeastern U.S. Piotr Parasiewicz, et al. University of Massachusetts and Mt. Holyoke College
Natural Resources: River Ecosystems Stream Scouts: A Tiered Smart Client System for Annotating the Land-Water Interface Piotr Parasiewicz and Chris Pal

University of Massachusetts and Mt. Holyoke College

Resource Management Connecticut Statewide Plan of Conservation and Development Locational Guide Map David Elder Central Connecticut State University
Archaeology; Environmental Studies Mapping Glacial Lake Fort Ann: PaleoIndian Settlement Systems of Hudson Valley Lowlands Patterson Schackne and
Susan Winchell-Sweeney		 Bard College
History Railways and Uneven Geographic Development in Britain and France 1840-1914 Robert Schwartz Mt. Holyoke College
History The U.S. - Mexican Borderland:
Historical and Political Map		 Bogdan State '09 Amherst College
Political Science;
Latin American Studies		 The 2006 Mexican Presidential Election:
A Quick-and-Dirty Topical Map 		Andy Anderson Amherst College
Education Creating an Online Geography Quiz in Blackboard using ArcGIS Janet Price Amherst College
Education;
Mapping Technologies		 Introduction to GIS Using Free Software:
A UMass, Spring 2007, Online Course,
with a Demo of Quantum GIS		 Maria Fernandez, Alexander Stepanov, Jim Peters, Mike Hammel, and Charlie Schweik University of Massachusetts
Mapping Technologies What's a Mashup? Janet Price Amherst College
Mapping Technologies; Geosciences The Distribution of Geologic Maps and Associated Data as Stand-Alone Web-Enabled Dynamic Digital Maps Chris Condit University of Massachusetts

GIS Day 2006 Posters at Amherst College

Wednesday, November 8, 2006
2:00 PM until 4:00 PM

Amherst College, Merrill Science Center
Main Lobby (3rd Floor)

72° 30' 56" W, 42° 22' 13" N: General directions and maps

Free and open to the public.

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GIS Day 2006 Posters at Amherst College.