Why are all maps wrong?
Credit: John Nelson, Cartographer Extraordinaire @ ESRI
Mapping the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
This is the “map before the map” – that is to say that this shows the GPS data that I collected while hiking 26 miles on the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu over the span of 4 days. I used my iPhone 12 Pro and the GaiaGPS app for mapping this GPS data, as well …
UNESCO World Heritage Sites Threatened by Climate Change in Africa
This research project brought together two of my passions: climate change analysis and UNESCO World Heritage Sites (WHS). The continent of Africa was chosen for its geographic size, climate diversity, and susceptibility to both climate and economic pressures. UNESCO had just announced at the end of 2020 that it considered climate change to be the …
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Hydrologic Modeling and Watershed Study in GIS
The main purpose of this map is to illustrate my ability to conduct hydrologic modeling in ArcGIS Pro in order to delineate the watershed upstream from a water sample site and conduct some spatial analysis. The fictional water sample containing E. coli illicits a need to uncover potential sources of contamination; here, agricultural lands within …
Municipal Mapping for Community Facilities Districts
GIS [Geographical Information Systems] projects like this involve a number of steps. First, newly acquired data from Community Facilities Districts [CFD – smaller taxation districts within a local municipality] must be cleaned. Next, property parcel data is updated with this CFD data. After doing some quality control, Excel spreadsheet and cartographic (mapping) reports are produced. …
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