IMLS grant funds geo-referenced, integrated database
In July 2012 the Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded a Museums for America grant to UW Botanic Gardens to integrate an all-inclusive database, using Geographic Information Systems (GIS)...
View ArticleIn the Arboretum with the total station and other milestones
The Leica Builder theodolite is a central part of the total station. In August 2012 UWBG was awarded a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to create a georeference database of the...
View ArticleHow would you use an interactive map in the Arboretum?
Georeferenced Database Project Update After a year of surveying Washington Park Arboretum grid points and digitizing paper maps we have made substantial progress on our georeferenced database project....
View ArticleWhere in the Arboretum? New interactive map answers that question.
A screen shot of the interactive map with pop-up detail for the tree Toona A visitor to the Washington Park Arboretum recently wondered if the “tuna” tree grew among its world class collection of woody...
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