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Jim Kompanek
Master of GIS Program

jhk162 @ psu.edu

Geography 586 Projects:

• Quarter Long Project: Proposal;
• Quarter Long Project: Week 7 Deliverable;
• Quarter Long Project: Week 8 Deliverable;
• Quarter Long Project: Final Project;
• Project 1: Why Spatial Data is Special - Problems and Opportunities;
• Project 3: Classic Spatial Analysis;
• Project 4: Point Pattern Analysis;
• Project 5: Interpolation - Simple to Advanced;
• Project 6: Surface Analysis;
• Project 8: Spatial Autocorrelation;

Geography 488 Projects:

• Capstone Project: Week 1;
• Project 2: Understanding and Producing Metadata;
• Project 3: Acquiring Data from Clearinghouses;
• Project 4: Integrating Remotely-Sensed Image Data;
• Project 5/6: Working with Data Formats;
• Project 7/8: Integrating GPS Data;
• Project 9/10: Historic Architecture and Districts of Huntington, West Virginia.

Geography 486 Projects:

• Capstone Project: Proposal;
• Project 1: Visual Thinking and Visual Communications;
• Project 2: Creating a Reference Map for Use in Emergency Management (Week 1)
• Project 3: Creating a Reference Map for Use in Emergency Management (Week 2)
• Capstone Project: Revised Proposal;
• Project 5: Representing Volumes and Surfaces (week 1);
• Project 6: Representing Volumes and Surfaces (week 2);
• Project 7: Multiple Classifications and Multiple Representations (week 1);
• Project 8: Multiple Classifications and Multiple Representations (week 2);
• Project 9/10: Mapping the Unknown: The Multivariate Representation of Data Uncertainty;
• Project 9/10: Capstone Project.

Geography 485 Projects:

• Lesson 1: Basics of ArcGIS Customization;
• Lesson 2: Intro to Programming ArcObjects (Part I);
• Lesson 3: Intro to Programming ArcObjects (Part II);
• Lesson 4: Working with Maps and Layers ;
• Lesson 5: Working with tables and performing queries ;

Geography 484 Projects:

• Project 3: Georeferencing Raster Images;
• Project 4: Design/Build GIS (Week 1);
• Project 6: Design/Build GIS (Week 3);
• Project 7/8/9/10: Final Project: Digitizing Sanborn maps of Charlottesville, Virginia.

Geography 483 Projects:

• Project 1:  Decision Support with a GIS;
• Project 2: Summarizing and Displaying Property Damage from Tornadoes;
• Project 3: Analyzing Spatial Data in a GIS;
• Project 4: Geocoding Addresses of Customers Who Performed Home Radon Tests;
• Project 5/6: Creating a Layout for a Final Map Presentation;
• Project 7: Introduction to Raster GIS Analysis/Delineating Vineyards;
• Project 8/9/10: Identifying Priority Conservation Areas.

Geography 482 Projects:

• Project 1:  Coordinates and Map Projections;
• Project 2:  Mapping the Census;
• Project 3:  Investigating Geographic Data: Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM).  Please note: This file was generated using Microsoft Front Page and is best viewed with Internet Explorer.  Unfortunately, there are formatting issues with Mozilla-based browsers.

* Background photograph taken by James H. Kompanek at the Leo Petroglyphs in Jackson County, Ohio in May 2005.

Page last updated:  3/15/2008