Geographic Information Systems Laboratory

Specializing in the Spatial Analysis of Environmental Data

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a science that integrates software, hardware, and field data to analyze the natural and built environment across space and time.  Existing conditions and changes in conditions can be analyzed using a multivariable approach.  Undergraduate students acquire an important job skill by taking the introductory and advanced classes in GIS, remote sensing, and digital mapping.

Conservation Biology Project

Spatially Analyzing Successful Diamondback Terrapin Nesting Sites

at the New Jersey Wetlands Institute.

Filed Mapping of Nesting Locations                       Point Density Anallysis of Nesting Preference

Remote Sensing and Digital Mapping

Remote sensing is a suite of techniques used to determine environmental conditions from a distance without actually touching the object or visiting the site.  Digital mapping is the opposite, where you are immersed at the site and directly measuring all environmental conditions of interest.

Conservation Biology Project

Digital Mapping of Trees using High Accuracy Global Positioning Systems  

for DeShong Park in Chester, PA

Analyzing Remotely Sensed LIDAR Data to support Conservation Biology in

DeShong Park, Chester, PA