Geomaticians

Mapping Glacier’s Wildest Places: A New Storytelling Tool Helps Both Park Managers And Visitors Understand The Value Of Park Wilderness.

Mapping Glacier’s Wildest Places A New Storytelling Tool Helps Both Park Managers And Visitors Understand The Value Of Park Wilderness.
Preserving the ability to hear natural sounds like this—not the engines of cars and buses, the generators of concession stands, or the thwap-thwap-thwap of sightseeing helicopters taking off and landing—is part of the reason for officially designated wilderness areas. At Glacier, a new GIS-based “story map” is giving park managers a sophisticated tool for understanding the wilderness character in various parts of the park, while offering park visitors another way to know the park’s wildest areas, too.