Liping Yang
GIScience / Data Science
Liping's Teaching
University of New Mexico | PennState
Courses Taught at University of New Mexico
Department of Geography & Environmental Studies
(See below for selected final project interactive web maps developed by Dr. Yang's GEOG 485L/585L former students.)
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Visually Exploring Environmental Variables (Kohala, HI) (web app,
demo video)
(by Katherine Peck)
A web-based visual analytics tool for visually exploring environmental variables in Leeward Kohala, HI.
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Water Quality at Unregulated Wells in the Navajo Nation (web app,
demo video)
(by Daniel Beene and Manideep Potluru)
An interactive web map for water quality at unregulated wells in the Navajo Nation, empowered by coordinated-view visualization through cross-filter.
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Worldwide Shark Attacks (5 A.D. to 2018) (web app,
demo video)
(by Sarigai Sarigai)
An interactive web map for visualizing worldwide shark attacks, empowered by coordinated-view visualization through cross-filter and animated choropleth maps (5 A.D. to 2018).
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Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Program Interactive Data Explorer: Depth to Groundwater (1997-2017) (web app,
demo video)
(by Rowan Converse and Blair Mirka)
An interactive web map for visually exploring the Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Program depth to groundwater (1997-2017), empowered by a multiple chart with brushing and zoom function that automatically updated and according to the selected site on the map component.
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Visualization of biological trait data from natural history collections (web app,
demo video)
(by Chauncey Gadek and Caleb Garrett)
An interactive web map for visualizing bird oxygen transport trait data across collection sites in South America, empowered by coordinated-view visualization through cross-filter.
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Worldwide Alcohol Consumption (1835-2019) (web app,
demo video)
(by Chris Girlamo)
An interactive web map for visualizing worldwide alcohol consumption (1835-2019), through a sequence of choropleth map, along with corresponding pie chart and histogram, enabled by a time slider -- note that the current version mainly works on Firefox (the time slider functionality), not working on Google Chrome web browser.
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U.S. Daily Water Usage (2000, 2005, 2010) (web app,
demo video)
(by Allan Mai and Leah Boley)
A web-based visual analytics tool for US daily water usage. Data source is from USGS.
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Large Data Set Visual Explorer: United States Airline Delay Analysis (web app ,
demo video)
(by Tyler Eshelman)
An interactive web app for United States airline delay analysis from 2009 to 2018, by an appealing dot map with time slider showing early flights, flight delays, and cancelled or diverted flights, and by one pie chart and line chart showing more details for an selected year.
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Interactive Map Explorer for World languages (web app,
demo video)
(by Tura Williams)
An interactive web app for world language empowered by cross-filter and map filter.
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US National Parks Web App (web app,
demo video)
(by Roald Kern)
An interactive web app for US national parks and visitor statistics.
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USA Crime Map (1975-2015) (web
app,
demo video)
(by Neelesh Angaluri)
A web-based visual analytics tool for US crime from 1975 to 2015. Data source is from FBI.
Courses Taught at PennState [top]
Penn State University, Department of Geography
Invited lecture: Tweet analysis about places using machine learning with Python (brief machine learning theory and hands-on tutorials).
(See below for selected final project web apps from the course.)
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Divvy Bike Share Application (web app,
demo video)
(by Alexander Jasper, Lucas Tranchita, and Kennon Artis)
An interactive web app for studying the usage of the Divvy bike share system that services Chicago, by generating dynamic heat maps cross-filtered by histograms, using the first quarter Divvy bike share data in 2017.
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Death Rates in the United States (web app,
demo video)
(by Miranda Waldman, Julia Higson, and Nick Kiraly)
An interactive web app for death rates in the United States (1999 -2015) by an animated choropleth map and small multiples for each of the age-adjusted death rates for the top 10 leading causes of death in the United States.
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Earthquakes from 1965 to 2016 (web app ,
demo video)
(by Zicheng Huang and Yuying Ren)
An interactive web app for visualizing earthquakes (magnitude 5+) from 1965 to 2016, by an appealing 3D rotatable globe, and two flat maps where one is cross-filter enabled.
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Illegal Dumpsite Prospector (web app,
poster)
(by Benjamin Carlsen)
A web-based visual analytics tool for assessing illegal dumpsites in three PA counties, taking a coordinated view approach that presents significant variables associated with dumpsites -- using a map supplemented by a table and analytics charts, which also serve as control elements to filtering the dumpsite dataset.
