The Nature of Geographic Information - GEOG 482
Penn State University
This class has an open course text that can be found at the following address:
http://www.e-education.psu.edu/natureofgeoinfo/
During this class I worked on the following projects:
- Project 1: Plotting Coordinates and Projections - For my first project assignment I chose Las Vegas to exemplify the concept of projections and coordinate systems. In this project I will explain the Transverse Mercator projection, compare the North American Datum of 1927 (NAD 27) with North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 28) and also describe and compare three coordinate systems: geographic coordinates, UTM coordinates and State Plane coordinates.
- Project 2: Creating and Interpreting Maps - The purpose of Project 2 is to create a reference and a thematic map using U.S. Census Bureau’s American FactFinder (AFF) application. I chose to make a representation of my current neighborhood situated in Las Vegas, NV and create a map of percentage of renter occupied houses distributed on zip codes for Clark County, Nevada
- Project 3: Producing Terrain Elevation Data with Lidar - In this project I will present how a lidar system works, various types of lidar, how lidar data is georeferenced and make a comparison between lidar derived DEM and USGS DEM. I will also present a case study that used lidar technology to account for the ongoing topographic changes at Mount St. Helens.