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WVU senior shows how trail accessibility mapping can aid planning
Summary
A WVU geography student demonstrated a summer internship project that mapped trail accessibility across 18 sites in northwestern Minnesota, producing public ArcGIS maps and a data set city staff said could inform local planning and accessibility work.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Kevin Harter, a senior in WVU's Department of Geology and Geography, presented results from a summer internship mapping trail accessibility in northwestern Minnesota and explained how the approach could be applied locally.
Harter described using GPS‑enabled devices to record grade, slope direction and surface type at…
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