Posts tagged: maps

Fire Evacuation Mapping With GIS

Teens in San Diego learned how to use GIS software to look at historic fires that happened in their area and used the GIS software to develop escape routes from home to safety in the event that there is another fire near them.

Location Matters: The Power of GIS and Maps in Decision-Making

Written by Henry Wu, Teen Leader   On November 10, the VTeen 4-H Science Pathways Café welcomed Dr. Jen Santoro, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Vermont Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, to speak about geographic information systems (GIS) and maps. Santoro is currently working in the Silviculture & Applied Forest Ecology Lab