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Christopher Thiry
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SUMMET 2019
Engineering Grand Challenges
This guide helps you explore research sources related to the National Academy of Engineering's Grand Challenges.
Links for GIS lesson
CURRENT/REAL-TIME uses:
Hurricane Harvey Photos
https://napsg.maps.arcgis.com/apps/StoryMapCrowdsource/index.html?appid=b6ef838e4d26489e8f62102639dc3d91
Rohingya Refugee Emergency
by the United Nations Refugee Agency
https://unhcr.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=5fdca0f47f1a46498002f39894fcd26f
Jefferson County, Colorado fires
http://jeffersoncounty.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=350e201cada44684b26470f38f6d609f#
Student projects:
Should There Be a "Teen Hangout" Opened in Monroe, Michigan?
https://arcg.is/1a90Gj
The Effect of Urbanization in Virginia
http://fairfaxhs.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=5ea1e0c4dac14f0b9fb10ec758dc79ae
Minimizing our Negative Impacts on the Environment on the Juan de Fuca Marine Trail, Vancouver Island, Canada
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=d164eb7260a8447aa44398c83d6f01fb
An Island Littered With
Paranoia
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=69456ce3bd7d4289ab7546a1f8e618ce
Why are Right Whales Dying in the Gulf of St. Lawrence?
http://srsbedu.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=4258dc71a38e4a1ebff2a9946b9ecda5
SITES TO EXPLORE:
Urban Observatory -- compare urban areas with lots of themes
https://www.urbanobservatory.org/compare/index.html
Grand Junction, Colorado water district
http://gvdd.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=a85fdef085af47d0afa0824e46b97d0c
United States food environment atlas
https://www.ers.usda.gov/foodatlas/
Global migration
http://coolmaps.esri.com/#10
Washington State Bare Earth
-- lidar mapping of geology
https://wadnr.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=36b4887370d141fcbb35392f996c82d9
EJSCREEN: United States Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool
https://www.epa.gov/ejscreen