Eric Frost - Director of the Visualization Center at San Diego State University

In this episode of “Through the Human Geography Lens”, hosts Terri Ryan and Eric Rasmussen sit down with Eric Frost, Director of the Visualization Center at San Diego State University.

01:30 Current topics in geospatial visualization (focused on Ukraine).

05:10 What does the SDSU Visualization Laboratory do?

     - https://vizcenter.sdsu.edu/vizcenter/about/

07:30 Supporting General Honore’s requests for data on maps.

08:15 Young people thinking spatially and the impact of smartphones on expectations

09:50 Making geospatial data useful, usable, and used.

10:50 Establishing Trust and recognizing Trusted Agents for data dissemination

12:35 Commercial imagery in Ukraine as an example of trust.

13:05 Democratized capabilities and expectations in low-resource settings.

14:15 CALTRANS free GIS tools synthesizing data at the US-Mexico border crossing.

- CALTRANS QuickMap: https://quickmap.dot.ca.gov/

- Customs and Border Protection (CBP One) app is here.

17:25 WhatsApp in use on the border.

- https://www.whatsapp.com/

17:50 Assessing SnapChat for human trafficking mitigation

- https://www.snapchat.com/download

19:00 The risk, and the opportunity, of open data. How do we determine what to share?

19:50 SDSU mapping fentanyl smuggling

- https://timesofsandiego.com/crime/2022/06/14/26-indicted-for-alleged-drug-trafficking-including-500000-pills-laced-with-fentanyl/

21:20 Global Supply Chain tracking on the blockchain.

21:45 Keeping up with transnational criminal organizations using GIS tools.

22:40 Data sources our listeners might care about:

- Johns Hopkins COVID dashboard.

   o https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html

- Drone images from Ukraine (Javelin impacts, river crossings)

  o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A33ZVOdxxwI

  o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkwnJC08THI

- DHS S&T MappedIn.com – schools and civic building maps in response to Uvalde (not openly available, but the link below is helpful)

  o https://www.cisa.gov/maps

- Zillow for home visualization

  o https://www.zillow.com/

- Traffic speed limits

   o https://www.adci.com/blog/4-speed-limit-databases-you-need-know-about

- Border wait times

   o https://511sd.com/

28:45 The perspective of WWHGD’s value to Dr. Frost.

29:50 The upcoming WWHGD Panel at ESRI – San Diego

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