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