Joseph Kerski

To The Nth Degree…and Minute, and Second: Confluence Hunting on Planet Earth

Cropped photo of GPS screen shotThe “reality TV” craze that is sweeping a significant portion of the worldwide television-watching public has nothing on the worldwide “confluence hunting” craze that is sweeping a significant portion of adventurous geographers! Read Joseph Kerski’s reflections here.

Joseph Kerski, posted on December 8th, 2009
Articles, Earth Observation, Technology, Would You Believe? | 5 Comments »

Education Around Earth
Analyzing the Spatial Distribution of 4 Crops with a Geographic Information System

closeup of a Cotton bollFor centuries, maps have stirred imaginations and inspired explorations of the unknown. For the past 40 years, GIS has quietly transformed everyday decision making in academia, government, nonprofit, and in business through the manipulation of satellite imagery, maps, graphs, databases, and multimedia in a decision-making framework. Agriculture was one of the first fields to embrace GIS, applied to everything from precision agriculture to invasive weed eradication to sustainable practices.

Joseph Kerski, posted on September 23rd, 2009
Agriculture, Articles, Education, Featured Article | No Comments »

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