UAS Researcher Hopes Map Can Aid Pandemic Response

September 2, 2020

ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Place Level John Harley
Screenshot shows ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ’s cities and census-designated places. Darker-colored areas on the map are communities with higher social vulnerability indices.

A recent article published in the Juneau Empire details a COVID19 response project funded by ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Center ICE.

 Most maps of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ show governmental boundaries and geographic features, but offer little insight into where people live or which places might be especially vulnerable to pandemic or in need of relief.

 A new project made by John Harley, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Southeast, attempts to show exactly that via an interactive map of the state that identifies the pockets of populations scattered throughout the state and identifies potentially at-risk areas using factors such as age, financial security and more.