Throughout the past three years as a Graduate Center Digital Fellow, I’ve spent much of my time helping other students and faculty with their mapping projects. I’ve loved getting to …
Author: Olivia Ildefonso
Olivia Ildefonso is a PhD candidate in Earth and Environmental Sciences with a specialization in Human Geography. She studies k-12 public school segregation with a focus on the current ‘opt out’ movement against standardized testing. Olivia is also a racial justice activist and has been working to address school segregation in NY since 2008.
Mapping the Effects of COVID-19
In March 2020, when the COVID-19 virus started to spread throughout New York City, former Digital Fellow Javier Otero Peña and I got together to think about the ways mapping …
How to Get the Most Out of Office Hours
The Graduate Center Digital Fellows are here to help provide support for your digital projects and digital research methods. One way that we do this is by holding office hours …
Finding the Right Tools for Mapping
Given the wide array of mapping tools available, it could be hard to know which ones will best suit the needs of a given project. This post will review and …
Create A Rich Multimedia Narrative with ESRI Story Maps
A few years ago when I was taking a class in advanced cartography, I was introduced to ESRI Story maps, a webapp that allows you to blend text, maps, 3D …
