UC GIS Week

Living Landscapes: Unhoused Dwelling in Los Angeles Park Space

Analysis conducted via Jupyter and publicly accessible on GitHub takes a new approach to documenting and analyzing tension between housed and unhoused neighbors in Los Angeles, by mapping "encampment reports" in the city from 2015-2020. With a special attention to park-based encampments, many of which have been enclosed and evicted since the initial study period, this research provides a template for further mapping studies through GIS or Jupyter/Python analysis, presented as an ArcGIS storymap.

Does Sacramento exhibit an Urban Oasis Effect?

The urban oasis effect, characterized by cooler temperatures in a city compared to surrounding areas, has been documented in the western United States. To determine whether Sacramento experiences this effect, we calculated land surface temperature for the city and surrounding grassland and agricultural land using MODIS. We compared temperature among these three land cover types to determine diurnal differences and the effect of seasonality.

Understanding Mobility on MCAS Miramar

The goal of our research was to understand life on the MCAS Miramar base as it relates to mobility and transportation. One component of the research involved understanding the locations and routes that Marines use while on base. Data were collected through Garmin watches, processed through scripts and machine learning code to clean and summarize information, then finally integrated onto ArcGIS online. This allows us to analyze and visualize the frequently used buildings and roads, mode of transport, and destinations by time of day and day of week.