Interning at the Charles Darwin Research Station

I managed a pretty extensive blog while living in the Galapagos this summer. It outlines many of the geographical projects I worked on as well as the awesome array of biodiversity that I had the chance to live among. It can be viewed at la buena vida.

Globalized Military Map

In Dr. Paul Kaldjians Independant Cartography Course I am set free with topics and abilities and created a new map along the military line that seems to be dominating my time lately. The map below is a map showing the known bases according to the Transnational Institute for Peace and Security. Coupled with a theory from David Vine the United States Military is seemingly consolidating it's infrastructure while adopting a "Lily-Pad" approach to bases. The map in full .pdf format can be downloaded here.

Geography of Wisconsin

Our Geography of Wisconsin class traveled on a field trip to the Door Peninsula of Wisconsin. After coming back from the Geo for Good workshop that Google hosted I used some of what I learned on the trip. Google's ODK Collect tool allows you to make your own blank field research forms. These forms are then attached to a web page that will collect the results. This is especially interesting because the ODK Collect tool was designed as an app that can be used on Android devices. While on the Wisconsin trip I made forms for the various sites we stopped at and then filled them out accordingly as we went. Collecting then exporting a .kml layer of the points you can then embed or convert the points to map in other software. I grouped together my trip project as a blog with the ODK points embedded in a Google gadget. The blog, the Google mapping tools, and a complete report on our trip can be viewed here "Geography of Wisconsin."

The ODK collect app can be used in a wide variety of applications. Designed to track elephant data in Africa anyone who is collecting data in the field should consider adapting a work flow to incorporate it's functionality.

Wisconsin Military Contracts

After looking at military statistics in the Militarized Nation Map I found further information regarding Department of Defense Contracts issued to businesses throughout not only WI but the United States. Here I take a look at the impact military contracts has had on Wisconsin through not only the landscape but over time as well. The full file can be found here.

A Militarized Nation

Working in Paul Kaldjian's Independant Study that I am using as a base for advancing my cartography skills I started to dive into statistics put out by the United States Department of Defense. The map below illustrates a variety of stats including the workforce, facility size, and State GDP. The full .pdf can be found here.

*Text edits are still in the works

Outdoor Leadership

Through the University's Environmental Adventure Center I will be attending the Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education (AORE) national and professional development conference in November. To prepare for it I created this business card in Adobe Illustrator to help emphasize my outdoor skill set. 

 

 

 The following videos below are promotional clips put together using a Contour camera for my outdoor guiding position at UWEC's Environmental Adventure Center's (EAC).  

 

Spring Break to Moab, Utah - 2012

Menominee Whitewater Rafting - 2011

Devil's Lake Climbing Trip - 2012

Business Card

I put together this business card before going to the "Geo for Good" Workshop held by Google in Mountain View, California. The contour lines in the background are of West Glacier, Montana focusing on the Flathead river. This is also the river I commercially guided whitewater rafting trips on in the summer of 2011.