Geospatial Projects
VISR offers support for geospatial research from conception to publication. We collaborate on a wide breadth of research projects, including mobility and density analyses, georeferencing and digitization, hot spot analyses, creation of web applications for geospatial data collection, creation and deployment of geospatial mobile applications, and configuration of open data portal sites. We use a range of open source and commercial GIS, remote sensing, and other related applications, including client-spec'd custom application development.
Selected Projects
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Movement Corridors Among Persons With HIV in Tennessee
Movement corridors in the southeastern United States among persons living with HIV in Tennessee.
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Geographic Variation in Access to Cardiac Rehabilitation
Collaborators: Meredith Duncan, Natalie Robbins, Steven Wernke, Robert Greevy Jr., Sandra Jackson, Alexis Beatty, Randal Thomas, Mary Whooley, Matthew Freiberg, and Justin Bachmann.
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Peripartum Mobility in South Africa Among Women With HIV
Peripartum mobility and maternal/child separation among women living with HIV in South Africa, published December 2023. Collaborators: Kate Clouse, Sandisiwe Noholoza, Sindiswa Madwayi, Megan Mrubata, Natalie Robbins, Carol Camlin, Landon Myer, and Tamsin K. Phillips.
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Pipeline Opposition Coalitions
How do coalitions stop pipelines? Conditions that affect strategic action mobilizations and their outcomes, published 2023. Collaborators: David J. Hess, Yu-Ri Kim, and Kaelee Belletto.
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Guatemalan Coffee Farming Value Creation
The "Cup of Excellence" Guatemalan coffee competition path, with smallholding coffee producers numbered — Map 7 from Making Better Coffee: How Maya Farmers and Third Wave Tastemakers Create Value, by Edward F. Fischer.
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Female Jewish Authors' Locations During WWI and WWII
Evolution of the European landscape compared to the birth and death locations of famous female Jewish authors during WWI and WWII. Collaborator: Allison Schachter.
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Student Movement Density (Fall 2020)
A space-time cube model of student movement paths over a two-week period in Fall 2020. Collaborators: Rogers Hall and Ben Rydall Shapiro.
Open data portals
VISR builds and hosts open data portals for several of our research collaborations, making project data available to the public.
Recent publications
- "Systematic Aerial Imaging and Documentation of the Archaeological Site of Huari: An Update and Perspectives for the Future," Chungara Revista de Antropología Chilena, March 2024.
- "Statewide Water System Maps: An Important Public Health Effort to Improve Drinking Water Justice," Journal of Environmental Health, July 1, 2024.
- "Characterizing Residential Mobility Among People With HIV in Tennessee and Its Impact on HIV Care Outcomes," AIDS, March 1, 2024.
- "Participatory Mapping of Holistic Youth Well-Being: A Mixed Methods Study," Sustainability, February 4, 2024.
- "Peripartum Mobility and Maternal/Child Separation Among Women Living With HIV in South Africa," AIDS Care, December 18, 2023.
- "Geographic Variation in Access to Cardiac Rehabilitation," Journal of the American College of Cardiology, March 21, 2023.
Get in touch
Contact Steven Wernke, VISR Director, at s.wernke[at]vanderbilt.edu to discuss a geospatial project.
Garland Hall, Room 323
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN 37203