Portfolio

Project 1: Time Stamped UWEC Parking Lot

web link: https://people.uwec.edu/hartnesg/Parkinglot/GEOG339ParkingMap.html
Data for this map was acquired using the itracks smartphone app. The class was divided into a set of teams with each team being responsible for mapping a different region of the UWEC campus parking area. Each parking space had a point collected with tag referencing whether the parking spot was open or occupied and whether the parking spot was a handicapped parking space or not. Then the data was brought into ArcMap where the data was displayed as points. Each of the points was then used a reference for new shapefiles that were digitized over a spatially corrected image for each the parking spaces on campus. Once each parking space of digitized, each map was brought into Adobe Illustrator where the final cartographic touches were applied.

Project 2: GPS Route Mapping

Using a handheld GPS unit, GPS points were collected along my path to class. Then using TerraSync the GPS points were exported from the GPS unit and displayed in ArcMap. Then the GPS points were created into a line feature and placed over a reference map. 

Project 3: Bathymetric Mapping

Sounding data collected by Dr. Hartnett, was displayed in ArcMap in the form of points. Each point contained depth data in feet. Then using these points, a TIN surface was created the bottom of the lake. From the TIN surface contours were created for every 5 feet of depth. Once the contours were generated, the contours were smoothed over the course of three iterations. Once the contours were smooth, the map was exported in Adobe Illustrator where the legend legend was created and final cartographic details were applied. The final process of the project was to adjust the colors of the image in Adobe Illustrator so the image could be displayed on a printed poster.

Project 4: Geo-design

web link: https://people.uwec.edu/hartnesg/WSbikebigFinal2Pi.jpg

For the final project for the class, the class was tasked with redesigning a series of intersections north of the UWEC campus. The class was first divided into three groups where each group was tasked with either  redesigning intersections and or bike lines to better accommodate the flow of biking students to and from campus. Once each group presented their ideas to the class a set of different solutions were designed in Adobe Illustrator and compiled in the image above. For each of the proposed design changes project descriptions were written and placed to their corresponding locations