Bigfoot GIS is boring?
On the lighter side of things...
If you live in the Milwaukee area, you may have heard about the guy who was previously reported in the media to see Bigfoot in Washington County. I ran across this article which describes the event. What I found more interesting is that the Bigfoot expert mentioned in the story, Jeffrey Meldrum of Idaho State University uses GIS in his research.
"His [Meldrum] tests range from examining other apes prints, to plotting sightings against environmental habitat using geographic information systems, to studying bio-acoustics of animal vocalizations. Personal beliefs aside, he bases his findings on the data, which he feels supports the idea of a species behind the legend."Now I think that would make a pretty interesting presentation (regardless of your view) to see how someone uses GIS to study Bigfoot. Too bad the deadline for submitting abstracts to the ESRI-UC has passed.
And who says GIS is boring? Apparently, some reporter at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution discussing GIS Day.