Archive
Maps
Thirty-one coursework projects from UCLA's geography and GIS program, 2014 to 2018, kept as they were made. Newer work is on the main page.
Remote Sensing
- Mendocino Fire Complex: Calculating Surface Vegetation Fluctuations through Spectral Indices (NDVI & NBR)NDVI before and after the fire, and burn severity, from Landsat
- California's Most Destructive Wildfire: Mapping The Tubbs Fire (2017)Sonoma County fire maps, NDVI series, income and population overlays
- Urban Applications of Supervised Classification: Landsat vs. MODISMaximum-likelihood classification of Los Angeles, Landsat 8 against MODIS
- Water Resource Analysis: Lake Change Detection of the Tibetan PlateauLandsat lake change detection, Tibetan Plateau
- Analysis of Topographic Data: DEM of Mt. Whitney, CA using SRTM ImagerySRTM elevation model of Mt. Whitney: profiles, transect, hillshade
- Active Remote Sensing: Interpolation & Analysis of SAR ImagerySAR and LiDAR with a Gaussian contrast stretch
- Unsupervised Classification: Land Cover Types in Los Angeles, CALandsat 7 ISODATA land-cover classes and NDVI, Los Angeles
Predictive Modeling
- Conceptualizing the Shift from Conventional Vehicles to Electric Vehicles: Modeling a Proposed 'Feebate Program'CO2 model of an electric-vehicle feebate, with Monte Carlo runs
- Simulating an Epidemic: Yellow Fever Modeling in Veracruz, MexicoEpidemic model for Veracruz, with mosquito-control and isolation scenarios
- Modeling the Oasis of the Dry Great Basin: Predicting Water Values of Mono LakeSystem-dynamics model of Mono Lake levels under export policies
- S-Shaped Growth: Modeling the Natural System of a Flowered AreaS-shaped growth of a flower population, with a disturbance
SQL & Buffer Analysis
- Comprehending the Range of North Korea's Strongest MissilesRange buffers for three North Korean missiles
- Starbucks' Key to Success: Demographic Considerations for Ideal Store Locations in Riverside County, CADrive-time network analysis of Riverside County Starbucks stores
- Elementary School Attendance & Number of Registered Voters Per School District: Minimizing Classroom Sizes Clark County, NVClark County school attendance against registered voters
- Public School and Oil Gas Well Assessment in Los Angeles, CAQGIS buffers of oil and gas wells near LA County schools
DEM
- Three-Dimensional Mapping of Natural Disaster Scenarios: Leilani Estates, HI (2018)3D maps of the Leilani Estates lava flows
- Bridging the Darién Gap: A Cost-Distance Analysis of Yaviza to Chigorodo and ApartadoLeast-cost path through the Darién Gap, with a 3D view
- Potential Inundation: Sea Level Rise in Miami-Dade County, FloridaSea-level-rise inundation scenarios, Miami-Dade
Cartography
- A New Design for Sequoia National Park: The Ideal Cartographic Relief MapCartographic relief map of Sequoia National Park
- Re-Designing LA's Bus Routes: Big Blue Bus #44Redesigned map of Big Blue Bus route 44
- Recreating the 2016 Presidential Election: A Nation Divided2016 presidential results map
- Variables of Statewide Thematic MappingsFive US state choropleths
- A Dot-Density Representation of LA's Ethnic & Racial DistributionDot-density map of race and ethnicity in Los Angeles
Raster Analysis
- US Mass Shootings: Forces of Prediction, or Varying Inconsistencies?US mass shootings by year and against gun laws
- Site Suitability Analysis: San Diego Elevation Mappings for a Summer CampgroundCampground site suitability in the Laguna and Cuyamaca Mountains
- Modifications of T-Mobile Cell Towers for Accentuated Coverage Areas: Los Angeles, CAT-Mobile tower coverage scenarios, LA County
Interpolation
- The Spatial Dynamics of Presidential Elections: An Autocorrelation Analysis of Voter Behavior in 2012 & 2016Moran's I of the change in Democratic vote share
- Precipitation Calculations of Ski Resorts in Placer County, CAKriged precipitation and a least-cost path, Placer County
- Statewide Precipitation Averages: CaliforniaTwo interpolation methods for California precipitation, IDW and kriging