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APSU GIS Center's community-centered Work

Clarksville Now:

“During the flooding in Waverly and its aftermath – which killed 20 people and destroyed hundreds of homes in Humphreys County – the GIS Center helped officials in several ways.”

Two chapters of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc./ Clarksville Now

GIS Center students create brochure, story map to preserve African American soldiers’ stories

ClarksvilleNow:

“GIS Center students create brochure, story map to preserve African American soldiers’ stories.

“‘We’d walk the site several times, collecting (GPS) data points for these graves – you can barely see some of them,” Gramlick said. “We went out to each of the sites, and we got the exact location of all the sites. The sites you see on the maps are accurate and associated with each veteran.””

South Eastern Grasslands Initiative

Clarksville Now:

“Now, SGI’s new partnership with APSU’s Geographic Information Systems Center will provide researchers and conservationists with a clearer picture of this area’s now forgotten landscape.”

Henry Taylor/ The Leaf Chronicle

Colleges Mass Producing Face Shields

The Tennessean:

“Austin Peay President Alisa White said researchers at the university’s Geographic Information Systems center led the charge in locating and fine-tuning the prototype.

“They just dove in,” White said. “They are used to responding to entities in need. That’s just really the mindset over there.“”

3D Printed Respiratory Masks

The Leaf Chronicle:

“While still leading a statewide effort to produce face shields for medical workers battling the spread of coronavirus in Tennessee, Austin Peay’s Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Center has taken on another potentially life-saving project.”

Clarksville-Montgomery COVID-19 Dashboard

Clarksville Online:

“This dashboard is a comprehensive look at what is taking place in our own community. Partnering with the APSU GIS team has been fantastic. They are professionals at translating data into a usable form and we greatly appreciate their continued contributions,”

Virtual Reality Drone Lab Offers Real-World Experience

Clarksville Now:

“Right now, it’s not a class that’s being taught, so they’re teaching themselves as they go,” he added. “They’ve surpassed any expectations I had for them just because they have something on the screen.”

Clarksville Now

Taylor Slifko

GIS Student Creates Campus Map for Visually Impaired

News Channel 5:

““You could see the light bulb go off,” said Jamie McCrary, director of the Office of Disability Services. “You could see her smile. That (tactile guide) was just a concept to her she’d never even thought about.””

GIS Center Uses Google Grant to Help Volunteer Firefighters

Clarksville Online:

““We do a lot of work with first responders, and last year, we were talking to one of an EMA director who was discussing emergency site control, and mentioned he’d love to find a solution to better assist volunteer firefighters,” Wilson said. “I kept that conversation in the back of my head, and when I saw this Google offer, the idea of using Bluetooth beacons came up.””

Cassidy Graves

In the News

Henry Taylor/ The Leaf Chronicle

Colleges Mass Producing Face Shields

The Tennessean:

“Austin Peay President Alisa White said researchers at the university’s Geographic Information Systems center led the charge in locating and fine-tuning the prototype.

“They just dove in,” White said. “They are used to responding to entities in need. That’s just really the mindset over there.“”

3D Printed Respiratory Masks

The Leaf Chronicle:

“While still leading a statewide effort to produce face shields for medical workers battling the spread of coronavirus in Tennessee, Austin Peay’s Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Center has taken on another potentially life-saving project.”

Clarksville-Montgomery COVID-19 Dashboard

Clarksville Online:

“This dashboard is a comprehensive look at what is taking place in our own community. Partnering with the APSU GIS team has been fantastic. They are professionals at translating data into a usable form and we greatly appreciate their continued contributions,”

Clarksville Now

Virtual Reality Drone Lab Offers Real-World Experience

Clarksville Now:

“Right now, it’s not a class that’s being taught, so they’re teaching themselves as they go,” he added. “They’ve surpassed any expectations I had for them just because they have something on the screen.”

Taylor Slifko

GIS Student Creates Campus Map for Visually Impaired

News Channel 5:

““You could see the light bulb go off,” said Jamie McCrary, director of the Office of Disability Services. “You could see her smile. That (tactile guide) was just a concept to her she’d never even thought about.””

Cassidy Graves

GIS Center Uses Google Grant to Help Volunteer Firefighters

Clarksville Online:

““We do a lot of work with first responders, and last year, we were talking to one of an EMA director who was discussing emergency site control, and mentioned he’d love to find a solution to better assist volunteer firefighters,” Wilson said. “I kept that conversation in the back of my head, and when I saw this Google offer, the idea of using Bluetooth beacons came up.””