About Me:

Hi, I'm Andrew. As a recent graduate from Northern Illinois University with a B.S. in Geography, specializing in Geographic Information Systems, I am looking to find a challenging job in the GIS field. For a copy of my resume please contact me.

Past Work:

Atlantic Hurricane Wind Damage Model
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This is a simple model that analyzes wind damage caused by hurricanes along the United States Atlantic coast. The project focuses on hurricanes from 1957 to 2007. Using hurricane track shape files and wind speed data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Coastal Services Center, cumulative damage for the 50-year period was calculated for every county, and rendered as a graduated-color map.

Cost of Health World Map
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Life expectancy varies greatly from one country to another, and correlates strongly with per capita income. Some countries have significantly higher or lower life expectancies than expected based on per capita income. The goal of this project was to calculate and display this data in a poster-sized map. All calculation was done in SPSS. All digitization was done in Adobe Illustrator using the pen-tool. All data is from the CIA 2008 World Factbook.

Population Growth Model:
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This is a map of projected population growth within a small watershed. The model used to render the map was created with Model Builder in ArcMap 9.3. The model projects growth resulting from construction of a telecommunications plant. Factors such as current land use, access to transportation, wetland designation, and more were used to calculate the growth of each individual census tract. The finished model could potentially be reused to calculate growth in other areas of similar land type.