Mapping West Nile Virus Outbreak Intensities across Fort Collins, Colorado: Opening the Eyes of Collegiate
Microbiology Students
Emma Giles
Chester Moore
Erica Suchman
1. Where would you be today without the knowledge of spatial technology?
2. What would the world look like today without GIS?
3. When and where did you first learn about spatial thinking and spatial technology?
UNIVERSALITY• Agricultural Economics• Air Quality Control• Epidemiology• History• Marketing• Sociology• Atmospheric Sciences• Disaster Relief• Land Use Planning• Engineering
COMMON LANGUAGE
• Family• Children• Community Members• Students
DISCOVERY
"The maps are really like a filter. They filter information for you to make better decisions on where you are going and what to do.”-will.i.am
• “TILT fosters connections among learners and teachers throughout the University, across program and disciplinary boundaries, and in the broader community.”
• TILT “pursue[s] a mission of enhancing learning, teaching, and student success.”
Course redesign with a spatial perspective
http://tilt.colostate.edu/
http://gis.colostate.edu
Learning Ecologies
Spatial ThinkingGeospatial Tools
Example Courses
Horticulture(Hort 100)
Engineering(Eng101)
Sustainable Watersheds(WR304)
Erica SuchmanCSU Professor Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology
Chester MooreCSU ProfessorMicrobiology, Immunology and Pathology
“What are we looking at?”
“I had no idea that we had mosquito trap sites on campus?”
Culex tarsalis Culex pipiens
Do we see any trends?
Which species of mosquito is more“dangerous”?
“Can we zoom to my apartment?”
Mosquitoes need water to reproduce.How are Culex pipiens continuing to livein an area with minimal water bodies?
“I understand that the mosquitoes live in different areas of Fort Collins but
where are the highest areas of actual WNV outbreak?”
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1. Importance of Sample Size
2. Power of GIS
Future?
UNIVERSALITYLANGUAGEDISCOVERY
EDUCATIONEmma [email protected]
Geospatial Centroidhttp://gis.colostate.edu/