Career Vision: Tools to Map Your Future

“If You Don’t Know Where You’re Going, You’ll Probably End Up Someplace Else” is a book by David Campbell that’s been around for years. It’s been some time since I’ve read it, but the title sticks in my mind because it’s so catchy… and true! There are a variety of different ways to plot the future on paper – sort of like using a travel guide or roadmap such as you would use to take a road trip across country. Read More

Digital Terrain Modeling

A digital terrain model, also known as a digital elevation model, is a digitally-created representation of ground topography and terrain. Although maps depicting topographical information have been produced for hundreds of years, it is only recently that such elevation data has been collected in such a precise digital form as to allow the creation of digital models. The digital elevation model can be used to model water flow or other movements, for example to run simulated avalanches or landslides, or Read More