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an orange snow shovel cuts through a pile of snow

Nov 16, 2022

New Visualization Tool Helps Weather Forecasters and Researchers More Easily Identify and Study Bands of Heavy Snow

Laura Tomkins, a graduate research assistant in the Center for Geospatial Analytics, developed a new technique to better predict snowfall from winter storms.

NC State University doctoral researcher Will Reckling prepares to launch a drone on Roan Mountain, NC, to map the area for endangered high-elevation plants.

Nov 8, 2021

Keeping Track of Rare Mountaintop Plants With Drones

Researchers from the Center for Geospatial Analytics have devised a method to more safely and efficiently monitor endangered high-elevation plants.
Will Reckling pilots a drone custom-equipped to sample water

Aug 13, 2020

Taking Research With Drones to New Heights

Doctoral student Will Reckling is putting drones to work in new and unique ways to monitor the environment.
Helena Mitasova Tangible Landscape

Jan 31, 2017

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Helena Mitasova's Tangible Landscape geovisualization project helps solve land-management problems ranging from erosion to wildfire management. See her in action in this new video.