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Rachel Quist

Rachel Quist is an archaeologist working in the Great Basin of the Western United States.She has specific expertise in cultural resource management, prehistoric technology, lithic toolstone, procurement, geomorphology of the Bonneville Basin, and public history projects. She may be contacted through her website at www.rachelquist.com.

Geography of Coffee

January 6, 2018September 15, 2012 by Rachel Quist

To geographers, coffee holds a number of intriguing chronicles relating to physical geography, human geography, biogeography, and many other aspects.

Categories Maps and Cartography Tags coffee, coffee maps, geography of coffee
Transversal Mercator projection. Map center is at 0°E, 0°N. Left border is near 85°W, right border is near 85°E. Source: Lars H. Rohwedder.

Common Map Projections

July 18, 2013December 3, 2011 by Rachel Quist

Selecting the right map projection is one of the important first considerations for accurate GIS analysis. Reviewed here are the Robinson, Transverse Mercator, Lambert Conformal Conic, and Space Oblique Mercator projections

Categories GIS Learning Tags GIS analysis, Lambert Conformal Conic, map projections, Robinson Projection, Space Oblique Mercator, Transverse Mercator projection

What is the Public Land Survey and Why Do We Still Use It?

July 11, 2013November 18, 2011 by Rachel Quist

Have you ever wondered why on legal documents your house is not listed with your address but rather by parcel location?  If you have ever … Read more

Categories GIS Learning Tags coordinate systems, parcel data, property data, property lines, Public Land Survey

What is GPS?

July 11, 2013November 12, 2011 by Rachel Quist

A decade ago not many civilians had heard of a GPS, let alone seen or used one.  Prior to the year 2000, Global Positioning Systems … Read more

Categories GPS Tags dilution of precision, GDOP, Global Positioning System, GPS, GPS constellation, Schriever Air Force Base, Selective Availability, Space Operations Squadron, what is GPS
RQ-8A Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTUAV) System.

Using Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) for Remote Sensing of Archaeological Sites

May 4, 2016November 6, 2011 by Rachel Quist

Unmanned vehicles are becoming more widely available both in the military and civilian sectors for their usefulness for remotely acquiring a variety of data.  Unmanned … Read more

Categories Spatial Analysis Tags archaelogy, remote sensing, UAS, Unmanned Aerial Systems
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