Dissertation: The Production of Volunteered Geographic Information Production: A Study of OpenStreetMap in the United States

My dissertation is now available online at The Digital Collections of Texas State University. Abstract: The arrival of the World Wide Web, smartphones, tablets and GPS-units has increased the use, availability, and amount of digital geospatial information present on the Internet. Users can view maps, follow routes, find addresses, or share their locations in applications including…

Classifying Twitter Users with the Activity-Context Geography Model

I’ll be presenting a paper cowritten with my advisor, Dr. Yongmei Lu, at the International Conference on Location-Based Social Media in Athens, GA on March 13, 2015. The paper is titled “Classifying Twiter Users with the Activity-Context-Geography Model.” Below is the abstract: This paper reports on an examination of Twitter contributor data using the Activity-Context-Geography…

Thesis: Innovation Diffusion Research in Geographic Information Science Research

My thesis is available at the Digital Collections of Texas State University. Abstract: Geographic Information Science (GIS) researchers analyze digital data to identify spatial patterns quantitatively. Following a similar approach, this thesis research reveals the diffusion dynamics of GIS research through analyzing the field’s publications. A total of 985 GIS journal articles published between 1997 and…