The following document includes my final proposal for my thesis work. The methodology outlined in this proposal will guide my work over the next few months as I complete my thesis during the summer of 2016. McPherson_FinalThesisProposal

The USC Earthquake application is a web-based mapping application which incorporates data from USC Department of Fire Safety and Emergency Management regarding the location of emergency supplies and assembly areas on the University of Southern California main campus. It also includes building information and disaster routes data from the Los Angeles County Data Portal. This … More USC Earthquake Application

In March 2016, I was named as one of six finalists in the Robert Raskin Competition at the Association of American Geographer’s Annual Meeting. I attended the conference and presented regarding the progress of my thesis work on the USC Earthquake application. This presentation can be found at the following link. McPherson_AAG_RRC

In March 2016, I attended the Esri Developers Summit and had the opportunity to give a user presentation about my thesis work. This presentation provided an overview of my progress in building a web-based mapping application, titled USC Earthquake. My presentation can be found at this link. McPherson_ESRI_Dev_Summit_Pres

In Fall 2015, I created a series of maps that displayed demographic data from 2013 in the Los Angeles area. These were used in professional deliverables for real estate clients of the individual who commissioned the maps. I calculated data in Microsoft Excel and imported the information into ArcGIS. I displayed the data on Esri’s WorldStreetMap … More Demographic Data Maps