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Hi! I'm Ryan Morgan
I am recent graduate from Georgia State University with a degree in Geoscience. I am excited to work in GIS technology and mapping. I concentrated in environmental geoscience but I am passionate about all areas of study in geography.
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The goal of this first map was to practice working with and querying tables associated with spatial data. These skills were developed using Grizzly Bear recover zone data from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. As the grizzly bear is a threatened species, calculating bear density in these zones is pivotal for tracking recovery.
The objective of this project was to learn how to use raster geoprocessing tools. This map visualizes areas in the Adirondack park at risk of illegal logging using criteria such as landcover, slope, and distance from roads. To begin I reclassified raster data and converted shapefiles to raster in order to determine the landcover. Then I used topographic analysis to determine slope, and a distance grid to determine distance from roads. Finally I used the raster calculator to create the final layers of high risk and moderate risk of illegal logging.
This project's goal was to practice using vector data techniques. The problem at hand is a dead bird infected with West Nile Virus. The CDC plans to pray pesticides in a two kilometer radius of the bird but needs to know the area that will be treated based around some constraints. To create this map I created a buffer around the bird and clipped all other data to this buffer. Then I created the appropriate buffers around the roads and wetlands. Finally, I erased all areas where spraying would occur in the wetland buffer.
In this project, I practiced creating shapefiles. The building shapefiles were created using satellite imagery on ArcGIS Pro. The “Lunch Spot” and “Nice View” data were created using handheld GPS device and were imported into ArcGIS Pro.