National Children’s Study

The DIGIT Lab is working with Dr. Sean Firth from the Department of Pediatrics and the University of Utah’s Salt Lake City Vanguard Center for the National Children’s Study to identify sample children populations for the National Children’s Study. Geography plays a critical role in the selection of target populations. Specifically knowing where people live and their socio-economic profile can provide researchers with in depth analysis of their sample population. In addition, knowing information about the children such as which transportation analysis zone they live in, proximity to health care facilities, proximity to schools and parks, and proximity to environmental hazards such as refineries and nuclear transport routes can further assist researchers.

Demographic And Socioeconomic Study Completed To Prepare Salt Lake County Government For Coming Age Wave

Collaborating with Dr. Pamela S. Perlich, the goal of this project was to prepare all aspects of Salt Lake County and its local government entities for the coming age wave by building a better foundation of information for programs and services administered by Salt Lake County and local governments.  Specifically, by merging predictive data from multiple planning organizations, we generated small area projections for population and employment for Salt Lake County though the year 2030.

Salt Lake City Police Dept. Training

The DIGIT Lab is working closely with the SLC-PD crime division. We have provided instruction and training to keep the crime division up-to-date on the latest developments in the GIS industry.

Natural History Museum Game Trails

Working with Dr. William Newmark, out lab has been performing spatial analysis within GIS in attempt to understand large animal movement (specifically deer and elk) with respect to environmental factors such as elevation, slope, vegetation cover and distance to water sources.

Feature Extraction Project

The U.S. Geological Survey and the Utah Automated Geographic Reference Center supported a feature extraction project in which our lab identified and developed procedures for performing feature extraction using high resolution (1 ft and 1 m) digital aerial photography to identify human-made structures in Carbon County, Utah. This information is valuable for county governments for identifying location of structures and for local, state and federal agencies in planning and analysis of fire hazards in the urban and wild lands interface.

Gerontology Hazards Project

Working with Dr. Scott Wright from the Department of Gerontology, our lab produced a hazards spatial database with specific interests’ in individuals older than 70 years of age and lives alone.  The spatial hazards that were analyzed included toxic waste, distance to toxic waste transportation lines, and spatial location with respect to heath care facilities.

RSAC Conference Planning

The DIGIT Lab works closely with USDA Forest Service Remote Sensing Applications Center to host one the most rapidly growing conferences in the remote sensing industry. As an applied conference, it attracted over 350 participants to the Salt Lake metro area.  In 2006 RSAC was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, on April 24-29, at the Sheraton City Center Hotel.  

National Historic Trails (NHT)

The NHT is a division of the National Parks Service responsible for maintaining congressionally designated historic trails.  These include the Pony Express Trail, the California Trail, the Oregon Trail, and the Mormon Pioneer Trail. Our lab is developing a historic spatial database contain specific spatial and aspatial information about the trail, artifacts found on the trail, and the national Auto-Tour Route.

UMAP Interactive Campus map

Working in conjunction with Media Solutions we have produced an interactive campus map. The data behind the map is maintained in a SQL Server database that maintains all the building information and ties it to departmental information. In addition, we have also includes all necessary accessibility information for the Center for Disability Services.
http://www.map.utah.edu

Rockwell Collins, Inc. 

The DIGIT Lab produces military standard map series for use in military training simulators for different locations around the world. These maps include Terrain Line Maps and Joint Operation Graphics.