- I have completed the GEOG291 quiz
- My name is Elaina Massaro. I am currently a freshman and plan to double major in Environmental Science and Zoology. I enjoy working with animals, reading, and doing ceramics.
- While reading the first chapter about GIS, I was very intrigued to learn about the depth of the program. The chapter informed me on the progression of GIS and opened my eyes to how complex it has become over the years. It was interesting to follow the process of different people and scientists collaborating to create a huge program. Originally, going into this class, I did not have any prior knowledge of GIS or how it worked, so following the history of the program was something new for me. I thought that it was super cool to see how so many data sets can be overlapped and interact with each other. I think that GIS is an amazing tool that can be used to study interactions of both biotic and abiotic factors. Seeing the variety of ways that GIS is used was very eye-opening. Some of the applications are things that I would have never thought to use the program for. For example, Schuurman discusses how GIS can be used to predict future events such as city expansion. This is not something I would ever think to use this program for, nor would I think it to be possible. I also thought that it was interesting to see the data described by the author in the form of maps. This makes the data much easier to understand and allows me to comprehend the extent of the work that the program is doing and how many factors go into it. One of my sources talks about the application of GIS in animal rescues. It talks about how they use GIS to estimate where more animals are regularly dumped, and what they need to do in order to accommodate that.Â
https://www.aspcapro.org/resource/using-geographic-information-systems-gis-map-animal-data
Another one of my sources uses GIS for animal tracking, specifically wolves. They use a variety of maps to show the wolves’ movements throughout the span of multiple days.
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/32412cf13731440582fe051cd360b009Â