Mapping Projects
Fun Maps For Learning
Earth Day & Night. View the current sunlit & shadowed portions of Earth, both as a 2D map and a 3D globe.
Global UTM Zones. View UTM zones on a 3D globe. Includes location search.
World Time Zones. View the time zones on a 3D globe. Includes location search.
McDonough County, Illinois Public Land Survey System. View the county from the Township level to the Quarter-Quarter Section level.
Commercially-Published Atlases
Goode's World Atlas, 23rd Edition
Editor
Student Atlas of World Geography, 8th Edition
Author
Student Atlas of World Politics, 10th Edition
Co-Author
Student Atlas of World Geography, 7th Edition
Co-Author
Student Atlas of World Politics, 9th Edition
Co-Author
WIU GIS Center Projects - County Atlases
Fulton County Road Atlas - forthcoming
McDonough County Road Atlas - 2022
Schuyler County Map Book - 2016
WIU GIS Center Projects - Web Maps
Illinois Warming Centers. An interactive map showing all of the warming centers in the state of Illinois.
Looking for Lincoln Self-Guided Tour. Interactive web app constructed for the Macomb Area Convention and Visitors Center as part of becoming designated as part of the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area (Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area page ).
Rocky on Parade Interactive Map. Interactive web app showing the locations of the Rocky on Parade statues in and around Macomb, Illinois.
Class Projects
2023. GIS 410G - Web-Based GIS for Macomb, Illinois. In this course, the GIS 410G students created several web maps, apps, and dashboards related to the City of Macomb, Illinois. Work was conducted in consultation with Macomb Community Development Coordinator, Mr. John Bannon.
2022. GIS 407G - Implementing GIS in Adams County, Illinois. In this course, the GIS 407G students were assigned to work with constituent agencies in Adams County and the City of Quincy to create and publish GIS web maps related to the Adams County 2021 Community Needs Assessment. The class constructed a wide variety of maps related to housing, land use, socioeconomic data, transit, and historic preservation. They also created 3D maps for the City of Quincy.
2008. Independent Study Group Project. Historic reconstruction of Vishnu Springs, Illinois. In this project, students platted and digitally reconstructed the ghost town of Vishnu Springs. Located in McDonough County, Illinois, Vishnu Springs was settled in the late 1800s and abandoned only a few decades later.
Historic Reconstruction of the Moses King Brick and Tile Works, Colchester, Illinois.