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University of Denver

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Gis Analysis Of Placer Gold Mining Potential In The Yuba River Watershed, California, J. D. Chandler Apr 2013

Gis Analysis Of Placer Gold Mining Potential In The Yuba River Watershed, California, J. D. Chandler

Geography and the Environment: Graduate Student Capstones

Can a Geographic Information System (GIS) be used to analyze and locate precise geographic locations along rivers and creeks that have high potential for placer gold extraction in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California?


Access To Recreation In San Francisco, Ca, Robert Graham Jun 2012

Access To Recreation In San Francisco, Ca, Robert Graham

Geography and the Environment: Graduate Student Capstones

This research presents an assessment of the equity of access to public recreation facilities among communities of San Francisco, California using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), database programming, and open sources of data. Urban parks and the recreation facilities contained therein are valuable public resources that contribute to healthy and well-adjusted citizenry and have significant positive impacts on the shared urban experience. This project utilizes the network analysis and spatial processing capacities of GIS alongside web technologies and open data sources to delineate pedestrian and transit service areas around each of over 300 documented recreation facilities and community centers in the …