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The SHEP monitoring software used in real time
The Savannah Harbor Expansion Project

Dr. Sergio Bernardes from the Center for Geospatial Research (CGR) is training federal and state agencies on the use of geospatial tools to monitor the performance of mitigation features associated with large engineering projects. The series of workshops offered by Dr. Bernardes focus on the ongoing Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP) and include the monitoring of fish populations using capture/tagging, spatio-temporal tracking of…

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GIS, Center for Geospatial Research, mapping, Human-Environment Interactions

The “City Survey Program”—instituted by the US federal government in partnership with the real-estate industry during the mid-1930s to map and grade thousands of neighborhoods in over 200 cities across the country.
Making historic data about segregation, redlining, and real estate more useful and accessible: Using HOLC maps

The Levanthal Map and Education Center at the Boston Public Library sat down with Ph.D. Geography student, Scott Markley, earlier this year to discuss their ongoing dissertation work on creating a user-friendly geospatial dataset from Homeowners Loan Corporation (HOLC) maps, more commonly known as "redlining" maps. HOLC was a federal agency established in 1933 to provide mortgage assistance to homeowners or would-be…

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urban planning, mapping, GIS, inequality, redlining
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