Student Projects

Listed below are student projects created using GIS during the past few years. For more information on any of these projects please contact Bill Olsen or Carol Cady.

Spring 2007 Projects

Modeling the Susceptibility of Lakes and Ponds to Water Quality Degradation Associated with Residential Shoreline Development in St. Lawrence and Franklin Counties, NY
Brian Congiu '08
The purpose of this project was to spatially analyze a variety of data layers in order to produce a water quality susceptibility map for water bodies in St. Lawrence and Franklin Counties, NY. 

Fall 2006 Projects

Landslide Susceptibility in the Adirondack High Peaks
Kevin Emblidge '06
Kevin's map took 3rd place this year at the NYS GIS conference in Lake Placid. Other winners and criteria for maps is available here.

Spring 2006 Projects

Application of a Geographical Information System to Ice Hockey Shots
Travis Gingras '06
Travis is this year's co-recipient of the Robert R. Churchill Memorial Prize for GIS in Student Scholarship. Congratulations Travis!

Spring 2005 Map Services

Mapping Cultural Changes in the Township of Canton: 1800-2004
Jonas Landes '05

National Park Regional Populations
Matt Coleman '06

Spring 2005 Posters