Geospatial Sciences

Team Members

• Principal Scientists
  • John C. Nelson (team leader, spatial analysis/modeling, data management, and GIS lab supervisor)
  • Timothy J. Fox (spatial analysis/modeling, and decision support system/application development)
  • Jason Rohweder (spatial analysis/modeling, decision support system development, and database administration)
  • Douglas A. Olsen (spatial analysis/modeling, database management/design, and Python programming)
  • Manuel J. Suarez (application development, imaging research and development, radar analysis, and agent base modeling)
• All Team Members

The team's long term goal is:

• Assist in the development of geospatial information, tools, and technology that will lead to effective management of habitats on DOI and other lands.

The team's short term goals are:

• Develop system models and decision support tools to assess management options and mitigate the effects of human modifications to both wetlands and uplands.
• Advance UMESC geospatial technologies in the realm of hardware, software, and personnel knowledge.
• Provide GIS and mapping support to science teams within the center as well as federal and state partners.

Current Projects

• Decision Support Systems - Tools and Applications
  • Curve Fit: A Pixel Level Raster Regression Tool
    
• A Tool for Prioritizing Management Units at Morris Wetland Management District
• LINK: ARC GIS Tools for Conservation Planning
• Basic Raster Landscape Metrics Tools
• Raster Split Tool
• Percent Edge Tool
• Adjacency For WinBUGS Tool
• Split By Attribute Tool
• Census Stop Tool
• Regional Bird Conservation Planning: Birds and Land Uses
• Application of Wind Fetch and Wave Models for Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement Projects
• Submersed Aquatic Vegetation Modeling Output Online
• Acadia National Park Landscape Scale Conservation and Easement Planning
• Dabbling Duck Models
• Maps, Models, and Tools for Bird Conservation Planning
• Anticipated Effects of Development on Habitat Fragmentation and Movement of Mammals Into and Out of the Schoodic District, Acadia National Park, Maine

Past projects

• Habitat needs assessment for the Upper Mississippi River System
• Identification of Priority Forests in the Upper Mississippi River System
• Mark Twain National Wildlife Refuge and Illinois River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge decision support systems
• Geographic Information System Tools for Conservation Planning
• Development of a decision support system for John Day Reservoir
• Development of a spatial decision support system in support of the contaminant assessment process at Acadia National Park
• Great Lakes islands geographic information system/decision support system
• Great Lakes Basin Lake Sturgeon Geographic Information System Database
• Middle Mississippi River Decision Support System
• Acadia National Park Nutrient Load and Estuarine Response Decision Support System
• Habitat needs assessment for the Upper Mississippi River System
• Long Term Resource Monitoring Program spatial data query and visualization tool
• A decision support system for the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway
• Great Lakes Basin Lake Sturgeon GIS Database