Miami GIS Students Perform a 'Major Role' for Oxford Community
June 07, 2024
June 07, 2024
OXFORD, Ohio, June 7 -- Miami University issued the following news:
When Robbyn Abbitt's Advanced Geographic Information Systems (GIS) students started work on mapping Oxford Cemetery in fall 2023, they were given a high resolution drone image of the cemetery, as well as a stack of paper maps to work with, some of which included roads that no longer exist.
By the time spring semester wrapped up, 54 of Abbitt's students had located more than 6,300 headstones, . . .
When Robbyn Abbitt's Advanced Geographic Information Systems (GIS) students started work on mapping Oxford Cemetery in fall 2023, they were given a high resolution drone image of the cemetery, as well as a stack of paper maps to work with, some of which included roads that no longer exist.
By the time spring semester wrapped up, 54 of Abbitt's students had located more than 6,300 headstones, . . .