College Football National Champions

With the introduction of a playoff in collegiate football FBS the team who wins the national championship is now legitimate... or are they? Ever since 1869 when the first version of football was played between Rutgers and Princeton there has been controversy around who the national champion is leading many to state that a national championship in collegiate football D-1A/FBS is "mythical". The new College Football Playoff allows four teams to compete for a national championship but there will no doubt still be controversy around who gets to participate (TCU and Baylor were snubbed of participation in the playoff while Ohio State got selected and ended up winning the championship).

I have compiled maps showing the various ways schools have been selected as national champions in football ranging from the first games in 1869 to 2014.

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Download Poll Era

Download Selections

All logos are copyrighted to their respective owners and are used strictly for research purposes
programs used: Illustrator, photoshop, ArcMap 10.2.2, Excel 
All maps are 11" x 17"

Digitizing Phoenix Park

This map goes over the process of digitizing from starting with aerial imagery to making it 3D.The area being digitized is Phoenix Park located in Eau Claire, WI. Phoenix Park used to be a brown site for toxic waste but it was converted to a public park and now hosts numerous concerts, weddings, and other outdoor activities.

Programs Used: ArcMap 10.2.2, Illustrator
Full Resolution: 32" x 18"
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GPS Receivers Comparison

The final project form an independent study I was a part of this fall semester (2014) at UWEC. Click here for a more readable version of the poster

Programs used: ArcMap 10.2.2, Illustrator, Photoshop 
Full resolution: 42" x 46"
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The Mighty Ducks

The roster of The Mighty Ducks includes 19 different players from across the US with a mjority coming from the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. This map shows the hometowns of each player and includes which film they were in.

Programs Used: ArcMap 10.2.2, Illustrator, Photoshop
Full resolution: 17" x 11"
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Chippewa Valley December 1st, 2014

This is a map of landsat 8 OLI imagery and surface temperature. The band combination for the imagery is 7,5,3 and the thermal band used is band 11. I chose band 11 because of the amount of contrast in temperature across the study area. I created a model to convert the band 11 data to degrees Fahrenheit. A copy of the model is available for download with the link below (along with a band 10 model).

Programs used: ArcMap 10.2.2, Illustrator, Photoshop

Full resolution: 24" x 18"
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Download models for thermal band conversions to Fahrenheit

Blugold Marching Band Drumline 2014

This is a roster map showing where members from the 2014 BMB drumline are from symbolized by instrument and total from each city. Numbers on the dots represent which city the dot is. Use the cities list below the map to figure this out.

Programs used: ArcMap 10.2.2, Photoshop, Excel, Illustrator
Full Resolution: 11"x17"
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Colts Drum and Bugle Corps 2014 tour route

The Colts drum and bugle corps is based out of Dubuque, IA and competes in the DCI circuit. With seven championships the Cavaliers are one of the premier drum corps in DCI. This map is just one layer from my 2014 Drum Corps International map. This map was requested by a friend who is a member of the Colts and will be marching her age out in 2015.

Disclaimer: I am in no way affiliated with Drum Corps International, DCI, the Colts drum and bugle corps, or any of theirs or DCI's partner organizations. This map was created with data which is publicly available at DCI.org. 

More info about the Colts can be found at colts.org

Programs used: ArcMap 10.2.2 Photoshop, Excel, Illustrator
Full Resolution: 11"x17"
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