ZCR Projects

Projects, Research, and GIS

I designed this ArcGIS Online Dashboard to focus on current wildfires in the USA, when/where they are reported, type/size of active fire, and what the incident name is. The datasets used in this dashboard are updated every 15 minutes using ESRI's Aggregated Live Feed Methodology (click on this link for more on ESRI Live Feeds). Wildfire points are sourced from Integrated Reporting of Wildland-Fire Information (IRWIN) and perimeters from National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC). The Satellite (VIIRS) Thermal Hotspots and Fire Activity layer represents thermal activity detected by the VIIRS sensors on the NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP and NOAA-20 satellites during the last 7 days. For an overview of the data you see in this map, visit the USA Current Wildfires feature layer and the Satellite Thermal Hotspots and Fire Activity feature layer. Snapshot of dashboard above was taken 04/08/2023.

For mobile users, this dashboard has been reconfigured to provide as much information to the user while not cluttering the smaller screen. Snapshot of dashboard above was taken 04/08/2023.

I designed this ArcGIS Online Dashboard to focus on current Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in the USA and Canada. This data is maintained by an Aggregated Live Feed routine that accesses the US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) API website on a daily basis. For an overview of the data you see in this map, visit the Alternative Fuel Station feature layer. Snapshot of dashboard above was taken 04/08/2023.

For mobile users, this dashboard has been reconfigured to provide as much information to the user while not cluttering the smaller screen. Snapshot of dashboard above was taken 04/08/2023.

This map is printed on 8 foot by 4 foot vinyl banner and used as an educational tool for members of the Stamford Historical Society in Stamford, CT. Here is a link to Stamford Historical Society Education Coordinator's review of a previous walk-on map made of Stamford, CT.

Mike Moran is a GIS student for whom I provided consulting services in support of a contract he had with the Wilton Land Trust in CT to create an annual assessment map.

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As the Geospatial Consultant for a Mayoral campaign in Ansonia, CT, I provided maps and spatial analysis which contributed to the policy research and platform messages of our campaign. Examples of these analyses include number of residential parcels within "walking-distance" to parks and school centers, density of dwelling units, distribution of residential taxes paid by building square foot, population distribution, and proposals for bus stop locations which would be within walking-distance to over 90% of residential parcels in town.

Data for these kinds of analyses are available for every town, across every state in the nation.

The University of Connecticut hosts an annual poster exhibition of undergraduate research, scholarship, and creative projects. Frontiers is a chance for students to share their work with the UConn community and with visitors to campus (UConn Frontiers). I presented research material from my IDEA Grant; I focused on research findings and methodology of Historical GIS case study.

My undergraduate capstone project is a thesis which aims to explore a variety of GIS (Geographic Information Systems) analysis-based methods and how they could be incorporated in historical scholarship. Cliography is essentially a synthesis of these methods and historical research wherein GIS is an integral part of historical research/scholarship.

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UConn Professor William Ouimet's Geomorphology and Earth Processes Research project has taught me about the scientific investigative component of GIS Analysis. As a member of his research group I have been digitizing the northwestern portion of the state of Connecticut. Searching and mapping the many thousands of geographic (charcoal hearths) phenomena throughout this area raises historical questions about the land use in this region of Connecticut. Utilizing LiDAR data to generate DEM rasters to help identify the studied geographic features, I created a shapefile to map and visualize these features in hope to better understand the history behind them. In the section of Connecticut I mapped I identified and mapped approximately 24,000 hearths.

Office of the State Archeologist: After speaking with the Connecticut State Archeologist, we agreed that I would help him by developing an online GIS to map and store the data of the office of the CT State Archeologist. This project inspired a Cliographic method which utilizes online mapping platforms with exceptional interface qualities that simultaneously allow me to update, maintain and publically display data.

This GIS course work is an example of geospatial data analysis for campaign strategy purposes. This GIS analysis can be compared to location intelligence.

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This GIS course work is an example of my ability to locate raw data online, apply correct formats, and map data in GIS; focusing on the geographic area of San Francisco and globe.

This GIS course work is another set of environmental suitability analysis examples.

This GIS course work example was a final for one of my classes where in I created a map and graph based on example GIS data. This coursework is comparable to Location Intelligence.

This GIS course work is an example of Geocoding address data of hotels found online.

This GIS course work is an example of geographic data visualization; data from Census Online.

This GIS course work is an example of a ModelBuilder workflow example for environmental suitability analysis.