{"id":1115,"date":"2014-11-22T17:03:13","date_gmt":"2014-11-22T22:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/?p=1115"},"modified":"2025-07-30T20:42:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T00:42:53","slug":"students-like-field-trips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/2014\/11\/22\/students-like-field-trips\/","title":{"rendered":"Students Like Field Trips"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1116\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/geography.as.uky.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/BoydShearer_Lab3_ArboretumWoodsTreeCensus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1116\" class=\"wp-image-1116 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/UK_Arboretum_th.jpg\" alt=\"Arboretum Woods Poster\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1116\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arboretum Woods Poster<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What can students do with a smartphone, ArcMap, and a linux server? More than just have fun outside!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">15 student teams from two GIS courses at the University of Kentucky mapped, measured, and photographed 603 trees in the Arboretum Woods. Each team (which adopted\u00c2\u00a0colorful team names) was given (approximately) an acre zone. They used common mobile devices and low-cost apps to GPS and photograph the most significant trees.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Each team made a poster and presented them during a 2014 International <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gisday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">GIS Day<\/a> event in the Thomas Poe Cooper building on UK&#8217;s campus. It was widely attended and praised for the strength of student teams&#8217; achievement.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sweb.uky.edu\/~blshea1\/ArboretumWoods\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1117 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/UK_Arboretum_WebMap_Link.jpg\" alt=\"UK_Arboretum_WebMap_Link\" width=\"200\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/UK_Arboretum_WebMap_Link.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/UK_Arboretum_WebMap_Link-150x148.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/UK_Arboretum_WebMap_Link-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Since students photographed each tree, we made an interactive map that shows these photos and can be used for geolocation while in the woods. Using Leaflet, GeoJSON, and a Linux server, student SWEB accounts host data that feeds this interactive map:\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #0070b3;\" href=\"http:\/\/sweb.uky.edu\/~blshea1\/ArboretumWoods\/\">Look at trees now!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What can students do with a smartphone, ArcMap, and a linux server? More than just have fun outside! 15 student teams from two GIS courses at the University of Kentucky mapped, measured, and photographed 603 trees in the Arboretum Woods. Each team (which adopted\u00c2\u00a0colorful team names) was given (approximately) an acre zone. 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