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Taku Glacier: Summer Lake Formation
Introduction and Objective The Alaskan Ice Field is the third largest in the world after the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, and the Juneau Ice Field is one of the most studied, due to its relative accessibility. In addition to size, these glaciers are uncharacteristically low in elevation, which makes them more sensitive to to… Read more
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30 Miles or Less- Governor Promised Proximity to Higher Education
https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/investigation-southwest-ohio-overinvested-higher-education/K3oPR96UKb7KJOlYcJGBXJ/# In 1962, then candidate James Rhodes promised a future where every Ohioan was within 30 miles of an institution of higher learning. Did Ohio get there in the last 40 years? In order to find out, I created a dataset of all the universities, colleges, branch campuses, and community colleges in Ohio, as well… Read more
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Baltimore Harbor: Georeferencing a Raster Dataset
When data is not anchored to a map, it is more challenging to use for geospatial analysis. However, its possible to use landmarks to tie an image without a geospatial reference to a map. Here is a an aerial photo of Baltimore Harbor from 1948, downloaded from https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/. i chose this particular image of Baltimore… Read more
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Interpolating Surfaces: Describing the Tohoku Earthquake
ON March 11, 2011, an earthquake with a magnitude of 9.0 occurred off the east coast of Japan. The intensity of this earthquake was measured by many monitoring stations. The epicenter of the March 11, 2011 earthquake was located about 45 miles (72 kilometers) east of Tohoku, at a depth of 24 kilometers below the… Read more
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Network Analysis: Driving in Downtown San Francisco
In a day of sightseeing, shopping and running errands in a busy city like San Francisco, choosing the right route through the city can decrease time in your vehicle dramatically. For this project, six addresses were given to use as stops. In order to enter these into the analysis, the Location-Allocation menu was used to… Read more
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Geometric Network Analysis
The American Eel is a protected species that spawns at sea and matures in rivers and lakes along the East Coast of North America. Here, I will use Geometric Network Analysis to show the potential impact of a new dam constructed on the Annapolis River in Nova Scotia, Canada. Annapolis river drains to the Annapolis… Read more
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Christina O'Malley, PhD 