Interns are needed to use ArcMap to digitize geologic maps of Kenya for the USGS, estimated 4 to 12 hours of work per map.
Kenya is currently suffering a drought emergency (and adjoining Somalia and South Sudan have declared a famine). These humanitarian disasters are caused, in part, by climate-change-driven increase in drought frequency and severity and by a lack of access to water.
The USGS is collaborating with U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to 1) identify areas where groundwater resources are suitable for drilling of water-supply wells in a defined study area and 2) train Kenyan hydrogeologists on the skills and techniques needed to continue the work beyond the initial study area.
The study area is Marsabit County, Kenya (which is three times the size of NJ). We need to characterize the hydrogeology, starting with available geologic maps that currently only exist as printed paper copies. A Rutgers senior, Tyler Bond, has created digital images of 12 maps (1:250,000 scale) using a large-format scanner. The tasks remaining are:
1. Georeferencing the image of the map,
2. digitizing the many polygons representing ~about 15 different geologic formations
The work can be done at the Rutgers GIS lab or at home for anyone that has ArcGIS on their computer and has a big enough screen (laptops are too small). Students need to have enough familiarity with ESRI's ArcMap that they can complete the task with minimal technical support.
Students are asked to commit to completing one map (or working together to complete a map) which will likely take about 4 to 12 hours each to digitize. In addition to learning a little about the geology of Kenya, students are welcome to list the effort as an internship on their resume's.
Please contact Glen Carleton at carleton@usgs.gov if interested.
Kenya is currently suffering a drought emergency (and adjoining Somalia and South Sudan have declared a famine). These humanitarian disasters are caused, in part, by climate-change-driven increase in drought frequency and severity and by a lack of access to water.
The USGS is collaborating with U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to 1) identify areas where groundwater resources are suitable for drilling of water-supply wells in a defined study area and 2) train Kenyan hydrogeologists on the skills and techniques needed to continue the work beyond the initial study area.
The study area is Marsabit County, Kenya (which is three times the size of NJ). We need to characterize the hydrogeology, starting with available geologic maps that currently only exist as printed paper copies. A Rutgers senior, Tyler Bond, has created digital images of 12 maps (1:250,000 scale) using a large-format scanner. The tasks remaining are:
1. Georeferencing the image of the map,
2. digitizing the many polygons representing ~about 15 different geologic formations
The work can be done at the Rutgers GIS lab or at home for anyone that has ArcGIS on their computer and has a big enough screen (laptops are too small). Students need to have enough familiarity with ESRI's ArcMap that they can complete the task with minimal technical support.
Students are asked to commit to completing one map (or working together to complete a map) which will likely take about 4 to 12 hours each to digitize. In addition to learning a little about the geology of Kenya, students are welcome to list the effort as an internship on their resume's.
Please contact Glen Carleton at carleton@usgs.gov if interested.
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