GIS and Mapping
It is estimated that approximately 80% of all information has a "spatial" or geographic component. A geographic information system (GIS) provides the tools to both visualize information and analyze data to facilitate decision making. The Voinovich School uses GIS to help organizations inventory assets, perform analyses and display information in a visual format in order to make better decisions. The Voinovich School uses GIS for many applications including county engineering, community planning and watershed research.
For questions or work inquiries, please contact:
Dave Simon
GIS Specialist
(740) 597-2506
simon@ohio.edu
GIS and Mapping Projects
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- Meeting Air Quality Standards
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A partnership between Ohio University’s Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs and the Russ College of Engineering, the Center for Air Quality conducts comprehensive air quality research that supports Ohio and other Midwest states in their efforts to comply with increasingly tighter air quality standar
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- Making Public Transit More Accessible
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Erin McCarty, a graduate student on the Voinovich School’s Geographic Information System (GIS) team, overhauled the Athens Transit bus schedule by using GIS data.
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- Non-point Source Monitoring Project Tracks Watershed Restoration Progress
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The Voinovich School has made an invaluable contribution to the improvement of Ohio water quality with the development of the Non-point Source (NPS) Monitoring Project, an on-line reporting system used to track environmental changes in four watersheds.
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- GIS Helps Improve Water Quality
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The Voinovich School developed two innovative online systems used to enter and report data about environmental changes in the Raccoon Creek, Monday Creek, Sunday Creek and Huff Run watersheds.
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