The following links contain selected student projects from the courses of Intermediate GIS (GEOG 4520/5520) and Advanced GIS (GEOG 4550/5550). They cover a wide range of applications in both environmental and socioeconomic aspects of geography and demonstrate the level of the expectation of these courses. Although they are by no means the best student projects in GIS education, and even some of them contain errors and mistakes, the authors of these papers have shown a significant endeavor to develop solid understanding of GIS concepts and mastery of GIS skills. Hopefully, this page may provide a reference to the prospect students of these GIS courses and set a baseline for the future instructors of these courses.
Minhe Ji, Ph.D.
Course Instructor from 1997 to 2003
Chapa, B. 2003, Analysis of A.M. Bus Routes for the
White Settlement Independent School District’s Elementary Campuses Using GIS
Grosse, N. 2003, Finding New Landfill Sites for Tarrent County, Texas Using GIS and Spatial Analysis
Mukherjee, R. 2003, Using GIS-Based Network Analysis to Evaluate UNT E-Trans Bus Routes
Webb, G. 2003, Analysis of Existing Fire Station Coverage Within the City Limits of Fort Worth, Texas
Witt, B. 2003, Environmental Justice in Dallas County Revisited: A Spatial Analysis of Landfill Sites
Cox, C. 2002, Use of GIS to Aid Site Location for a New Tattoo Parlor in Mesquite, Texas
Garcia, S. 2002, Use of GIS to Analyze Race and Income of Residents Distributed Along Stream Segments of the East Fork Trinity Watershed
Mahato, M. 2002, Using GIS to Evaluate the Effect of Landuse on the Health of the Upper Trinity River Watershed
Rich, M. 2002, Temporal and Spatial Analysis of Paleoindian and Archaic Site Distribution in the Chihuahuan Desert Region of Texas: Building a GIS for Archaeological Investigations of Landscape Use Patterns
Waterstreet, D. 2002, An Examination of Cover Types at the Denton Greenbelt and Their Effects on Browsing, with a 3-Dimensional Portrayal of the Study Area
Webb, G. 2003, Using GIS in Emergency Response and Asset Control in IT at the City of Fort Worth
Hardison, T. 2002, Using GIS and Multicriteria Decision Analysis to Determine Suitable Sites for Prescribed Burning
Williams, M. 2002, Cultural Resource Management and GIS
Forbes, B., Davenport, L., Cruce, B, and Yazel, K. 2001, Using GIS to Estimate Soil Loss Rates in Denton County, Texas
Ayensu, B., Lyon, J., and Blackmon, B. 2001, Socioeconomic and Environmental Factors Affecting Respiratory Cancer Rates: Texas Public Health Region 6 and 5-South
Mabe, J., Little, D., Little, J., and Holcomb, S. 2001, Runoff Potential Changes Due to Increased Urban Development in Denton County, Texas
Barrow, J., Sitton, S., and Seely, L. 2001, GIS-Based Comparisons of Digital Elevation Models - A Temporal Perspective