{"id":5277,"date":"2020-02-17T11:00:05","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T17:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin-new\/?post_type=campus_story&#038;p=5277"},"modified":"2020-02-17T11:00:05","modified_gmt":"2020-02-17T17:00:05","slug":"uw-parkside-uses-gis-mapping-to-help-area-elementary-students-walk-to-school-safely","status":"publish","type":"campus_story","link":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/story\/uw-parkside-uses-gis-mapping-to-help-area-elementary-students-walk-to-school-safely\/","title":{"rendered":"UW-Parkside uses GIS mapping to help area elementary students walk to school safely"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2020\/01\/UW-Parksdie_GIS.mapping.course-WalkingSchoolBus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5279\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2020\/01\/UW-Parksdie_GIS.mapping.course-WalkingSchoolBus-1024x554.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of a UW-Parkside GIS mapping course\" width=\"1024\" height=\"554\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Walking to school safely can be a concern, especially in busy cities. <strong>UW-Parkside<\/strong> students in Dr. John Ward\u2019s Geographic Information Systems course are using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwp.edu\/learn\/colleges\/socialsciencesprofessionalstudies\/gisfactory.cfm\">GIS mapping<\/a> to develop \u00a0a safe walking route \u2013 known as a \u201cWalking School Bus\u201d \u2013 for Kenosha children and their adult volunteers (who escort the kids to and from school). With feedback on the plan from parents, teachers, and volunteers \u2013 and help from UW-Parkside \u2013 Brass Elementary students will now have a safe way to get to school and succeed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walking to school safely can be a concern, especially in busy cities. UW-Parkside students in Dr. John Ward\u2019s Geographic Information Systems course are using GIS mapping to develop \u00a0a safe walking route \u2013 known as a \u201cWalking School Bus\u201d \u2013 for Kenosha children and their adult volunteers (who escort the kids to and from school). [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":5279,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","institution":[105],"story_category":[],"class_list":["post-5277","campus_story","type-campus_story","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","institution-uw-parkside"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/campus_story\/5277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/campus_story"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/campus_story"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5277"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"institution","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/institution?post=5277"},{"taxonomy":"story_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story_category?post=5277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}