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MapRVA @maprva.org · 6d

MapRVA has a lot in store for October! Visit maprva.org for more details. Hope to see you there 🗺️

A pumpkin-themed flyer featuring upcoming MapRVA events. It lists a virtual event on Oct 9, in-person meetup on Oct 16, cemetery mapping presentation on the 29th, and a Fall Line Trail field trip on Nov 8th.

Spatial Analysis Lab at the University of Richmond, VA @urichmondsal.bsky.social · 8d

This one is the Mavic 3Enterprise so the camera is just wide lens RGB. We also have a Mavic 3Thermal and multi spectrum but didn’t need those that day. We do 2 flights a year of the Eco Corridor to track vegetation and stream morphology.

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Spatial Analysis Lab at the University of Richmond, VA @urichmondsal.bsky.social · 9d

Mark Lecher our account person at the ESRI Higher Ed division was our GIS day speaker! Thanks Mark!!

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Spatial Analysis Lab at the University of Richmond, VA @urichmondsal.bsky.social · 9d

We celebrated GIS Day really early this year to avoid schedule conflicts. We kicked it off on Monday with our friends at MapRVA with a map-sidewalks-athon! So funny hanging out my fellow map nerds! Thanks so much for coming out to campus! @maprva.org

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Spatial Analysis Lab at the University of Richmond, VA @urichmondsal.bsky.social · 10d

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Spatial Analysis Lab at the University of Richmond, VA @urichmondsal.bsky.social · 10d

Flew the DJI Mavic 3E drone today in the Eco-Corridor on campus (University of Richmond VA). Handles like a dream and the interface is amazing!

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Spatial Analysis Lab at the University of Richmond, VA @urichmondsal.bsky.social · 26d

Check out this new paper written by Dr. Mel Yang (Bio), Dr. Steph Spera (Geog) and Beth Zizzamia (SAL) and 2 amazing students! academic.oup.com/bioinformati...

The AADR Visualizer: an ArcGIS online visualizer for ancient human DNA from the Allen Ancient DNA Resource

AbstractMotivation. The AADR Visualizer is designed to be a public, user-friendly, web-based graphical user interface for visualizing and filtering ancient

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Mike O'Brien @obrien.page · Sep 1

Fun September with MapRVA: this month we're at the RVA Main Library, at your home, and at @urichmondsal.bsky.social.

Whether you're a GIS professional or just think maps (and data!) are neat, come on out!

maprva.org

September Events with MapRVA

9/4 @ 6:00pm - Mapping bus stops at Richmond Main Library, meeting room C
9/18 @ 6:00pm - Virtual Map & Yap on Zoom
9/29 @ 6:00pm - GIS Week kickoff at the University of Richmond

See more details at maprva.org

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Spatial Analysis Lab at the University of Richmond, VA @urichmondsal.bsky.social · Aug 28

Tool by Washington Post lets you see how much longer summer is where you live. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Is summer getting longer where you live? See how temperatures changed.

The hottest stretch of the year is expanding beyond any calendar definition of summer. See what regions are experiencing the biggest change.

www.washingtonpost.com

Spatial Analysis Lab at the University of Richmond, VA @urichmondsal.bsky.social · Aug 27

New Climate Maps Show a Transformed United States from ProPublica projects.propublica.org/climate-migr...

New Climate Maps Show a Transformed United States

According to new data analyzed by ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine, warming temperatures, rising seas and changing rainfall will profoundly reshape the way people have lived in North America...

projects.propublica.org

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Spatial Analysis Lab at the University of Richmond, VA @urichmondsal.bsky.social · Aug 22

#drone #urbanheat #JacksonWard #arcgis
The Spatial Analysis Lab had the pleasure of working with 4 highly motivated students researching urban heat in Jackson Ward, Richmond, VA. Here is one of many products they produced.
urichmond.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant...

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Spatial Analysis Lab at the University of Richmond, VA @urichmondsal.bsky.social · Aug 22

www.vpm.org/news/2025-08...

Chesterfield Planning Commission greenlights nuclear fusion plant

It would be the first fusion plant connected to a commercial power grid.

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Spatial Analysis Lab at the University of Richmond, VA @urichmondsal.bsky.social · Aug 22

“The Chesterfield Planning Commission greenlit an application for a”… “permit that would allow Commonwealth Fusion Systems to build a fusion power plant” … “the first of its kind in the world.”
“…construction is expected to start later this decade and finish in the early 2030s, if approved.” LIC

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Spatial Analysis Lab at the University of Richmond, VA @urichmondsal.bsky.social · Aug 21

@geoyapti.bsky.social was interviewed last night about a data center fire in Chesterfield that last all day. www.wric.com/news/local-n...

www.wric.com

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Spatial Analysis Lab at the University of Richmond, VA @urichmondsal.bsky.social · Aug 21

Steep increase in data centers in the Richmond area! “Over a dozen of the Richmond area's nearly 70 data centers were added within the last six months, according to DataCenterMap.com
www.axios.com/local/richmo...

Virginia's electricity costs rise amid data center boom

But it still had one of the smallest electricity cost hikes nationwide this past year, per new federal data.

www.axios.com

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Spatial Analysis Lab at the University of Richmond, VA @urichmondsal.bsky.social · Aug 20

The Esri Disaster Response Program's Active Hurricane map shows Erin as an absolute beast! Be safe out there!! #erin #hurricanerin
urichmond.maps.arcgis.com/apps/mapview...

Map Viewer

urichmond.maps.arcgis.com

Spatial Analysis Lab at the University of Richmond, VA @urichmondsal.bsky.social · Aug 4

EWG uses ArcGIS dashboards to track food safety legislation. ewg.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboa...

ArcGIS Dashboards

ewg.maps.arcgis.com

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Spatial Analysis Lab at the University of Richmond, VA @urichmondsal.bsky.social · Aug 3

Magic cards are cool again #magicthegathering #womencartographers

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Spatial Analysis Lab at the University of Richmond, VA @urichmondsal.bsky.social · Aug 1

Great resources for HigherEd AGOL Admins like myself! community.esri.com/t5/education...

ArcGIS Governance Education Summit workshops – Messages, Takeaways and Resources

Education Summit Workshops During the Esri Education Summit in July, 2025, we held a series of Governance Best Practices workshops: Managing ArcGIS in Higher Education: Providing Access and Support P...

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Spatial Analysis Lab at the University of Richmond, VA @urichmondsal.bsky.social · Jul 30

Option one!

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Spatial Analysis Lab at the University of Richmond, VA @urichmondsal.bsky.social · Jul 30

Thanks for this! I’ll analyze the trees on UR’s campus to see if there’s too much of any one tree. I know we have a lot of loblolly but I want to say they are still only %12.

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Spatial Analysis Lab at the University of Richmond, VA @urichmondsal.bsky.social · Jul 30

Umm wow 8.8 magnitude earthquake in the North Pacific. I hope everyone is okay. If this message reaches you, consider filling out the “Felt it” survey. What a great example of citizen science! earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/... M 8.8 - 119 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia

The Earthquake Event Page application supports most recent browsers, view supported browsers. Or, try our Real-time Notifications, Feeds, and Web Services.

earthquake.usgs.gov

Spatial Analysis Lab at the University of Richmond, VA @urichmondsal.bsky.social · Jul 10

Hey #RVA if you’re out and about tonight or even the next few days and see flooding, fill out this Go with the Flow survey!! survey123.arcgis.com/share/e6e2ab...

Go with the Flow Flood Survey

This survey asks the Richmond community to record flooding events with a location and a photo if they have one.

survey123.arcgis.com

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Spatial Analysis Lab at the University of Richmond, VA @urichmondsal.bsky.social · Jul 4

Yes he’s a LIAR!! How dare he say he’s fighting to protect it. All they can do is lie since the truth would ensure their swift removal.

Spatial Analysis Lab at the University of Richmond, VA @urichmondsal.bsky.social · Jul 4

www.linkedin.com/posts/kianak...

I haven’t been able to stop thinking about NASA’s climate spiral. | Kiana Kazemi

I haven’t been able to stop thinking about NASA’s climate spiral. It’s just a simple animation—monthly global temperatures from 1880 to now, swirling outward in a circle. But by the end, the spiral t...

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