A Geospatial Survey of Artwork on the Atlanta BeltLine
Disciplines
Spatial Science
Abstract (300 words maximum)
A Geospatial Survey of Artwork on the Atlanta BeltLine
Cambell Pierce (Geospatial Sciences)
Dr. Ranbir S Kang (Department of Geography and Anthropology)
The Atlanta Beltline is a 22-mile public trail that wraps around the Atlanta Metro Area and features a large amount of artwork created by local artists. From intricate murals to simple graffiti, the artwork is constantly being added to and painted over by the artists. This project conducted a geospatial survey of the artwork themes with a special focus on the organic themes. My survey was conducted westward from Glenwood Avenue, which is the starting point of the Southside Trail of the Beltline. I took pictures of each individual artwork, recorded the attributes of each artwork along with the location. I continued South through the entire Southside Trail and the Southern end of the Westside Trail, stopping at I-20. We then organized all our data in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and then spatially displayed our data using points on Google Maps. I found that nearly all of the artwork of the Southside Trail did not contain any organic content and was overall much less organized than the artwork of the neighboring Eastside Trail. The Southern end of the Westside Trail did contain some organic content but was still unorganized compared to the Eastside Trail, which overall had the most artwork and the most organic content.
Keywords: Atlanta, BeltLine, Trail, Artwork, Geospatial
Academic department under which the project should be listed
RCHSS - Geography & Anthropology
Primary Investigator (PI) Name
Ranbir Kang
A Geospatial Survey of Artwork on the Atlanta BeltLine
A Geospatial Survey of Artwork on the Atlanta BeltLine
Cambell Pierce (Geospatial Sciences)
Dr. Ranbir S Kang (Department of Geography and Anthropology)
The Atlanta Beltline is a 22-mile public trail that wraps around the Atlanta Metro Area and features a large amount of artwork created by local artists. From intricate murals to simple graffiti, the artwork is constantly being added to and painted over by the artists. This project conducted a geospatial survey of the artwork themes with a special focus on the organic themes. My survey was conducted westward from Glenwood Avenue, which is the starting point of the Southside Trail of the Beltline. I took pictures of each individual artwork, recorded the attributes of each artwork along with the location. I continued South through the entire Southside Trail and the Southern end of the Westside Trail, stopping at I-20. We then organized all our data in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and then spatially displayed our data using points on Google Maps. I found that nearly all of the artwork of the Southside Trail did not contain any organic content and was overall much less organized than the artwork of the neighboring Eastside Trail. The Southern end of the Westside Trail did contain some organic content but was still unorganized compared to the Eastside Trail, which overall had the most artwork and the most organic content.
Keywords: Atlanta, BeltLine, Trail, Artwork, Geospatial