Abstract

Streams and Networks
Track: Community Projects and Partnerships
Author(s): Kevin Cary, Steve Spencer

This presentation will discuss a collaboration grant between WKU's Department of Physical Education & Recreation and Department of Geography & Geology on developing an Internet mapping service (IMS) for blueways in Warren County, Ky. An IMS is created for users to gather more information on a stream of interest. This service includes topography, routes, and take-out locations as well as point locations along a stream with hyperlinks that allows the user to see pictures upstream, downstream, and banks from inside a canoe. Students from the Department of Physical Education & Recreation canoed the streams to take pictures at several locations while referencing them with coordinates taken with a handheld GPS unit. Students taking an Internet GIS course in the Department of Geography & Geology designed an IMS with assistance from WKU's Center for GIS.

Kevin Cary
Western Kentucky University
1906 College Heights Blvd
Bowling Green , Kentucky 42101
United States
Phone: (270) 745-2981
E-mail: kevin.cary@wku.edu

Steve Spencer
Western Kentucky University
1906 College Heights Blvd
Bowling Green , Kentucky 42101
United States
Phone: (270) 745-6073
E-mail: steve.spencer@wku.edu