Projects & Publications
Projects
Current Projects
Safe Routes to Schools
SRTS is a new federal reimbursement program to enable and encourage children in grades K-8, including those with disabilities, to walk and cycle to school; to make walking and cycling to school safer and more appealing; and to facilitate the planning, development, and implementation of projects that will improve safety and reduce traffic, fuel consumption, [...]
Geo-Spatial Data Preparation Modules for Implementation of Disaster Risk Reduction Modeling (DRR)
The FIU GIS-RS Center in conjunction with the Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Program and the Bell Program will develop and host on-line training modules and on-site short courses with the objective to build capacity in the field of data preparation for disa
Transportation Outreach Planner
This project features an interactive mapping and reporting tool for demographic profiles down to the block group level, a comprehensive collection of Community Background Reports, and a set of Public Involvement Strategy tools.
Bicycle Knowledge Explorer (BiKE)
Bicycle Knowledge Explorer (BiKE) funded by MPO Broward County, FL. Two of the Florida state universities, Florida International University and University of Florida, worked in collaboration to develop an ArcGIS Server-based interactive Web application.
Past Projects
Determine the Effectiveness of Automated Plant Community Detection From High Resolution Satellite Imagery
This research project supports the assessment of landscape patterns in the Greater Everglades wetland domain. RECOVER evaluates assessments of vegetation community structures and landscape patterns via various means: ground truthing and related mapping of field morphometrics, community and species identification along elevation gradients (marl prairie to ridge and slough gradients), and community typing via [...]
Regional Environmental Monitoring Assessment Program (REMAP)
The Regional Environmental Monitoring Assessment Program (REMAP) is funded by National Park Services. The FIU GIS-RS Center and the Department of Biology worked in collaboration to develop an interactive mapping application for sampling data retrieval of a regional environmental monitoring assessment program.
Determine the Effectiveness of Automated Vegetation Classification
This research had four main objectives. The first was to develop methods to use satellite imagery to differentiate and map plant communities in WCA 2A from remotely sensed imagery and to test the effectiveness of those methods. The second was to develop methods to use satellite imagery to differentiate marl prairie communities from ridge/slough/tree island [...]
LIDAR Data for Selected Counties in Florida
An interactive, web-based GIS System to download tiled datasets of ground elevation data derived from acquired LiDAR for selected counties in the state of Florida, US.
Global Water for Sustainability Program (GLOWS)
The Global Water for Sustainability (GLOWS) program is a USAID-funded initiative to promote the integrated management of water resources and aquatic ecosystems world-wide. Program activities seek to maximize the economic and social benefits derived from water resources while sustaining freshwater ecosystems.
Digital Flora of Ucayali, Peru
This online portal provides access to the primary dataset representing the vouchered botanical collections of James Graham and Jose Schunke Vigo in the Department of Ucayali, Peru, from October 1997 until present. Over 3500 separate collections are included to date, many of which have associated images.
Andean Amazon GIS Web Portal (AAGWP)
The AAGWP aims to provide support and new research tools for scientists, policy makers, educators as well as information professionals and the general public, who will find the fine scale data accessible through the portal particular beneficial. In addition, users will also find the interactive mapping tool to be the most intuitive way of finding [...]