Kiersten Olson

Within the weeks leading up to our labs on Python, I couldn’t help but sketch myself out – I was terrified of this program. All I had ever known about Python prior to this class was that it showed up on my screen anytime something went wrong. Talking about Python and coding with my friends who are in computer science consistently made my head explode and confirmed all of my worst fears. By the time our labs came around I was fully expecting to be lost and on the verge of tears the entire hour. Immediate Crash and Burn? To my immediate surprise, I did not in fact combust into a…

Picture this: it’s 7:30am on June 10, 2021. A young, energetic and full-of-life version of myself opens her laptop and signs into PAWS in hopes none of the classes she desires to register for are full yet. Through blurry eyes she scans through the planned schedule she meticulously curated over the previous few weeks. To the her displeasure, the Latin class she longed to take was being taught by an unfavorable professor, which in turn provoked a change of plans. Scrolling through the list of senior level courses she was eligible to take a few different ones caught her eye. Perhaps still in a sleepy daze or a brief moment…

The MERCES Project: What is it? “The MERCES (Marine Ecosystem Restoration in Changing European Seas) Project” is an online museum exhibit which showcases the current degraded state of European marine and costal ecosystems in hopes to bring awareness to the issue.  Found here using a story map format provided by esri, The MERCES Project aims to help progress the transition to a more sustainable future in order to restore the many marine ecosystems that are currently suffering. The site offers information on the current problem at hand, as well as solutions and how such solutions will impact the survival of our world. My First Reactions I’m really not going to…

For the first assigned blog post of this semester I chose to take a look at the “Old Maps Online” site as I have had the pleasure of using this site for a previous class that I have taken. Old Maps Online is a public history project and useful search engine for historical maps. This project aims to demonstrate the tools available for publishing historical maps with a focus on easy accessibility for the general public. The site was developed as a collaboration between Klokan Technologies GmbH, Switzerland and The Great Britain Historical GIS Project in January of 2013. The Old Maps Online Project is currently maintained by volunteers as…