Congratulations to Jim Galliart on being named GIS Online Student Spotlight for his outstanding work in Special Topics in GIS (GIS 4930)
Welcome to the spotlight, Jim! Jim lives in Story City, Iowa with his wife of 18 years, Nicole. They have two cats, Gandalf and Loki. Jim works in the Iowa Department of Transportation as a Design Technician Specialist, and is studying GIS to bridge the gap between his CAD knowledge and his department's GIS source data.
To follow Jim's work within the program, visit his blog at Adventures in GIS.
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Project 1 - Network Analyst (Week 1 and 2)
Instructor Amber Bloechle
In this project, students work with Network Analyst for a Hurricane Evacuation Scenario in Tampa, FL USA. What makes this project interesting (especially this year) is that UWF GIS Online student, Nicole Gusack, is currently interning with the Tampa Bay National Weather Service Office where she actively helped prepare for recent hurricane/tropical storm events using the same methods we employed in this project - specifically, by applying the "Project Pheonix - The Tampa Bay Catastrophic Plan" to prepare.
ArcGIS Network Analyst provides network-based spatial analysis, such as routing, fleet routing, travel directions, closest facility, service area, and location-allocation. Students use Network Analyst in the role of a city/government employee and prepare maps to show public evacuation routes and resource allocation to the city for use after an emergency situation. This information is then presented as crude map for The National Guard to use on the ground and for public in the form of an information pamphlet and graphics for news. ArcGIS and design suite software are used to create the outputs.
Student Learning Outcomes:
In the prepare section, we like the way he symbolized flood zones and elevation. Look at all of those emergency service labels! All accounted for and easy to read.
Basemap of the Tampa, Florida area showing classified DEM, flood zone, and emergency services.
In the analyze section we like the map layout, fonts, and organization of information. There was a lot of information required on the analysis map this week, but he did a great job of making sure everything was present and easy to view.
A map of the Tampa, Florida area showing downtown evacuation routes, patient evacuation routes, emergency supply routes, and nearest shelter locations based on travel time.
Keep up the excellent work Jim, and good luck with the project's conclusion!
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Welcome to the spotlight, Jim! Jim lives in Story City, Iowa with his wife of 18 years, Nicole. They have two cats, Gandalf and Loki. Jim works in the Iowa Department of Transportation as a Design Technician Specialist, and is studying GIS to bridge the gap between his CAD knowledge and his department's GIS source data.
To follow Jim's work within the program, visit his blog at Adventures in GIS.
Instructor Amber Bloechle
In this project, students work with Network Analyst for a Hurricane Evacuation Scenario in Tampa, FL USA. What makes this project interesting (especially this year) is that UWF GIS Online student, Nicole Gusack, is currently interning with the Tampa Bay National Weather Service Office where she actively helped prepare for recent hurricane/tropical storm events using the same methods we employed in this project - specifically, by applying the "Project Pheonix - The Tampa Bay Catastrophic Plan" to prepare.
ArcGIS Network Analyst provides network-based spatial analysis, such as routing, fleet routing, travel directions, closest facility, service area, and location-allocation. Students use Network Analyst in the role of a city/government employee and prepare maps to show public evacuation routes and resource allocation to the city for use after an emergency situation. This information is then presented as crude map for The National Guard to use on the ground and for public in the form of an information pamphlet and graphics for news. ArcGIS and design suite software are used to create the outputs.
Student Learning Outcomes:
- Organize and prepare project data in a geodatabase and feature dataset for use in Network Analyst.
- Utilize a customized tool to clip and reproject multiple features, provide justification for its use, and review how it is scripted with Python.
- Classify a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) dataset based on researched methods and convert it from a raster to polygon feature in order to identify low lying areas in Tampa, FL.
- Summarize key processes completed for Prepare week, including any issues encountered along the way.
- Identify shelters by travel time.
- Analyze routes for evacuation and delivery of emergency supplies.
In the prepare section, we like the way he symbolized flood zones and elevation. Look at all of those emergency service labels! All accounted for and easy to read.
In the analyze section we like the map layout, fonts, and organization of information. There was a lot of information required on the analysis map this week, but he did a great job of making sure everything was present and easy to view.
A map of the Tampa, Florida area showing downtown evacuation routes, patient evacuation routes, emergency supply routes, and nearest shelter locations based on travel time. Keep up the excellent work Jim, and good luck with the project's conclusion!
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