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GIS Workshop Video

The design and marketing team in the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Kentucky has finished producing a great video showcasing a couple university-community partnerships from my GIS Workshop course.  Also see an article written by the UK PR team, copied below. [ See a previous iteration of this kind of video about GIS Workshop, here . ] GIS Workshop: Community Partners from UK College of Arts & Sciences on Vimeo . GIS Workshop Strengthens Community Ties LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 27, 2012) — For the Central Kentucky Council for Peace and Justice, it was an opportunity to reorganize youth programs; for the nonprofit Seedleaf, it was a way to better connect with volunteers; and for students in geography Professor Matt Wilson's class, it was the chance to apply their skills to engage with the Lexington community. Students in Wilson's Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Workshop course spent the past semester applying their knowledge of geographi