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Mapping West Nile Virus Outbreak Intensities across Fort Collins, Colorado: Opening the Eyes of Collegiate

Microbiology Students

Emma Giles

Chester Moore

Erica Suchman

1. Where would you be today without the knowledge of spatial technology?

2. What would the world look like today without GIS?

3. When and where did you first learn about spatial thinking and spatial technology?

UNIVERSALITY• Agricultural Economics• Air Quality Control• Epidemiology• History• Marketing• Sociology• Atmospheric Sciences• Disaster Relief• Land Use Planning• Engineering

COMMON LANGUAGE

• Family• Children• Community Members• Students

DISCOVERY

"The maps are really like a filter. They filter information for you to make better decisions on where you are going and what to do.”-will.i.am

• “TILT fosters connections among learners and teachers throughout the University, across program and disciplinary boundaries, and in the broader community.”

• TILT “pursue[s] a mission of enhancing learning, teaching, and student success.”

Course redesign with a spatial perspective

http://tilt.colostate.edu/

http://gis.colostate.edu

Learning Ecologies

Spatial ThinkingGeospatial Tools

Example Courses

Horticulture(Hort 100)

Engineering(Eng101)

Sustainable Watersheds(WR304)

Erica SuchmanCSU Professor Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology

Chester MooreCSU ProfessorMicrobiology, Immunology and Pathology

“What are we looking at?”

“I had no idea that we had mosquito trap sites on campus?”

Culex tarsalis Culex pipiens

Do we see any trends?

Which species of mosquito is more“dangerous”?

“Can we zoom to my apartment?”

Mosquitoes need water to reproduce.How are Culex pipiens continuing to livein an area with minimal water bodies?

“I understand that the mosquitoes live in different areas of Fort Collins but

where are the highest areas of actual WNV outbreak?”

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1. Importance of Sample Size

2. Power of GIS

Future?

UNIVERSALITYLANGUAGEDISCOVERY

EDUCATIONEmma Gilesegiles@rams.colostat.edu

Geospatial Centroidhttp://gis.colostate.edu/