As a part of CRCC’s research on Religious Competition and Creative Innovation, 10 University of Southern California students traveled around the Los Angeles area this past summer to map religious institutions. They used a GPS app developed by the USC Spatial Sciences Institute. Watch the video to see the results:
VideoMapping Religious Institutions in Los Angeles
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