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John Snow Cholera Map as Rectified Raster Data, Water Pump Location Data, Deaths by Building Data
(University of Libraries GIS (Lib)Guide, 2013-01-31)John Snow’s investigation of cholera in 1850s London used analysis techniques that would now likely entail use of geographic information systems (GIS), as well as laying the foundation for modern epidemiology. Snow’s ... -
Parameterization of Urban Characteristics for Global Climate Modeling
(2011-10-31)The data presented here are part of a global dataset developed specifically for use in climate models to simulate urban climates for specific regions of the globe. Article abstract: To help understand potential effects of ... -
Building Footprints (Shapefile) of University of Kansas, Lawrence Campus
(2011-02-18)Data layer geneated with Intention to have basic building dataset for data analysis and generation of maps, for Lawrence Campus of the University of Kansas. Building outlines were digitized using ArcMap in ca. 2007 from ... -
Is there reduction in disease and predispersal seed predation at the border of a host plant’s range? - field and herbarium studies of Carex blanda
(Blackwell Publishing, 2007)1. Small, isolated populations at species’ borders have been postulated to be less likely to have specialist pathogens and predators. Field and herbarium surveys were thus used to determine if two pathogens (a smut and ... -
Mapping your data: Integrating data into a GIS
(Environmental Systems Research Institute, 2006-12-12)In this intermediate-level GIS investigation, students will learn about tools and techniques for integrating data having spatial attributes into a geographic information system (GIS). ArcGIS allows users to visualize data ... -
Finding GIS data: Land cover and land use in Kansas
(Environmental Systems Research Institute, 2006-12-08)In this GIS investigation, students will learn about ‘real-world GIS’ by working through the process of identifying, accessing, manipulating and using spatial data, at the state and local / county scale. This lesson ...