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David Abernathy

The Culture of Data Visualization and Understanding I: Visualizing Local GIS Data (Panel Discussion)

Presenter: David Abernathy, PhD, Department of Global Studies, Warren Wilson College

Abstract: This Panel Discussion, which will involve key local GIS professionals, will focus on how local GIS data is viewed for such topics as flood modeling, issues of scale, updated 3D visualizations of Buncombe County, downtown Asheville 3D visualizations, time-lapse of Asheville area nighttime lights, mapAsheville, and RENCI and natural hazard mitigation/planning efforts. The visualization of GIS data can be critical, especially when providing spatial information to the public. This discussion will present current methods and challenges for visualizing local GIS data, as well as present some current projects that are utilizing these visualization techniques.

Contact Information:
PO Box 9000, CPO #6043
Warren Wilson College
Asheville, NC 28815
Phone: (828) 771-3707
Fax: (828) 299-4841

Biographical Sketch: David Abernathy teaches geography and geographical information systems in the Department of Global Studies at Warren Wilson College. He manages a GIS work crew of three students who run the GIS lab at Warren Wilson, and he collaborates on research projects with the college's Environmental Leadership Center. He earned a PhD at the University of Washington in Seattle, focusing on the historical disease ecology of the Panama Canal Zone. His current research interests are in data management and visualization for sustainable growth and development, open source and participatory GIS, and Latin American political ecology.

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