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.
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
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)
- Zillow for home visualization
- Traffic speed limits
o https://www.adci.com/blog/4-speed-limit-databases-you-need-know-about
- Border wait times
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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