GIS in Digital Humanities

ACLC 2090
Closed
University of Prince Edward Island
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Joshua MacFadyen
Associate Professor
1
Timeline
  • January 11, 2021
    Experience start
  • February 5, 2021
    Project Scope Meeting
  • March 20, 2021
    Mid Point Check In
  • April 10, 2021
    Experience end
Experience
2/2 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Prince Edward Island, Canada
Any
Science, Government, Environment, Technology, Energy, Mining, forestry & fishery

Experience scope

Categories
Information technology Humanities Media Visual arts Social sciences
Skills
map creation spatial analysis web map development creating reports communication
Learner goals and capabilities

Is your organization working in or with the resource management sector? Are you interested in having students organize, manipulate and analyze spatial data from your company, using GIS, basic programming and entry level web design?

University of Prince Edward Island students are eager to show their understanding of what geographic information systems are, and use GIS functions applied to your data to create maps, reports and conduct spatial analysis for your organization.

Learners

Learners
Undergraduate
Any level
25 learners
Project
10 hours per learner
Learners self-assign
Individual projects
Expected outcomes and deliverables

With the data your organization has provided, the students will be able to create the following deliverables:

  • Different kinds of maps: ArcGIS, Web-Maps, Story maps
  • Reports (including graphs and analysis)
Project timeline
  • January 11, 2021
    Experience start
  • February 5, 2021
    Project Scope Meeting
  • March 20, 2021
    Mid Point Check In
  • April 10, 2021
    Experience end

Project Examples

Requirements

Starting in January, multiple teams of students can spend 40-50 hours per team working for your organization.

With your data, multiple teams of students will create maps, reports, and provide analysis. In addition, students can craft a Story Map for your organization, if interested. Such a story map can be shared with the public or be used for internal purposes only.

Generally speaking, the following are skills that students are able to employ with your project:

  • Create, modify and present spatial data.
  • Create and edit Geodatabases feature classes.
  • Apply the GIS analysis to natural resource management modelling.
  • Blogging, basic programming and entry level web design.

Additional company criteria

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

Company must provide feedback for each group.

Be available for a quick phone call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the course.

Provide necessary data and information required for students to work with (historical and heritage records would be ideal)

Provide a dedicated contact who will be available to answer occasional emails or phone calls to address student’s questions.