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Spatial Analysis Lab at the University of Richmond, VA
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The University of Richmond’s Spatial Analysis Lab is the premier on-campus location for anything related to GIS (Geographic Information Systems).
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November 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Planting trees in Jackson Ward on Fri was the highlight of my semester. Miss Janis Allen (3rd from L) from the Historic Jackson Ward Assoc. and Dr. Kyle Redican from UR (2nd from R) were the sugar in this cookie!! 3 quote plaques were also placed. Check them out on 2nd St in front of MamaJs!
November 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Best map I've ever seen!
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November 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Even in MTG there’s geologists! I was gifted this (even tho I don’t play) by my 8 year old who corrects my husband who has been playing since the 80s 🤭
November 4, 2025 at 2:32 AM
How’s your precinct doing? Mine is up to 42%!!! www.vpap.org/visuals/visu...
November 2025 Early Voting Turnout by Precinct
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November 4, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Richmond's tree week is next week! Check it out! We'll be in Jackson Ward planting trees with the Historic Jackson Ward Association! www.reforestrichmond.org/rtw-2025-sch...
Richmond Tree Week 2025 — Reforest Richmond
Full schedule of events for the 2025 Richmond Tree Week, located in Richmond, Virginia
www.reforestrichmond.org
October 31, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Friendly reminder that our next meetup will be next Wed Oct 29th at Main Library, 6pm. We'll talk cemetery mapping! Including a presentation from Beth Zizzamia of the University of Richmond! In other words, it's going to be a good one 😀 hope to see you there!🎃 👻
October 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
We stayed in Ashburn off Loudoun Co Pwy and looked out our window. Ummm so ridiculous. Then I used our data center proximity app and saw there are 14 within 1/2 mile and a couple more just beyond. urichmond.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant...
October 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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MapRVA has a lot in store for October! Visit maprva.org for more details. Hope to see you there 🗺️
October 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Mark Lecher our account person at the ESRI Higher Ed division was our GIS day speaker! Thanks Mark!!
October 3, 2025 at 11:28 PM
We celebrated GIS Day really early this year to avoid schedule conflicts. We kicked it off on Monday with our friends at MapRVA with a map-sidewalks-athon! So funny hanging out my fellow map nerds! Thanks so much for coming out to campus! @maprva.org
October 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Flew the DJI Mavic 3E drone today in the Eco-Corridor on campus (University of Richmond VA). Handles like a dream and the interface is amazing!
October 2, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Check out this new paper written by Dr. Mel Yang (Bio), Dr. Steph Spera (Geog) and Beth Zizzamia (SAL) and 2 amazing students! academic.oup.com/bioinformati...
The AADR Visualizer: an ArcGIS online visualizer for ancient human DNA from the Allen Ancient DNA Resource
AbstractMotivation. The AADR Visualizer is designed to be a public, user-friendly, web-based graphical user interface for visualizing and filtering ancient
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September 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Fun September with MapRVA: this month we're at the RVA Main Library, at your home, and at @urichmondsal.bsky.social.

Whether you're a GIS professional or just think maps (and data!) are neat, come on out!

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September 1, 2025 at 11:34 PM
#drone #urbanheat #JacksonWard #arcgis
The Spatial Analysis Lab had the pleasure of working with 4 highly motivated students researching urban heat in Jackson Ward, Richmond, VA. Here is one of many products they produced.
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August 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
“The Chesterfield Planning Commission greenlit an application for a”… “permit that would allow Commonwealth Fusion Systems to build a fusion power plant” … “the first of its kind in the world.”
“…construction is expected to start later this decade and finish in the early 2030s, if approved.” LIC
August 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
@geoyapti.bsky.social was interviewed last night about a data center fire in Chesterfield that last all day. www.wric.com/news/local-n...
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August 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Steep increase in data centers in the Richmond area! “Over a dozen of the Richmond area's nearly 70 data centers were added within the last six months, according to DataCenterMap.com
www.axios.com/local/richmo...
Virginia's electricity costs rise amid data center boom
But it still had one of the smallest electricity cost hikes nationwide this past year, per new federal data.
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August 21, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The Esri Disaster Response Program's Active Hurricane map shows Erin as an absolute beast! Be safe out there!! #erin #hurricanerin
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Map Viewer
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August 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM
EWG uses ArcGIS dashboards to track food safety legislation. ewg.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboa...
ArcGIS Dashboards
ArcGIS Dashboards
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August 4, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Magic cards are cool again #magicthegathering #womencartographers
August 3, 2025 at 9:52 PM