GEOG 4/575 Final Report Guideline
Each project group is required to
submit a typed project paper by 3:30 pm
on Dec 7. The structure of the final paper will be similar to your
proposal. Total length, not including maps, tables, or figures, of the paper
should not exceed 8 pages (double-spaced).
The paper should include the
following information.
- Background: A short paragraph describing
the applications associated with the GIS database and the significance and
contribution of these applications to a broader context.
- Design objectives: Describe the
specific objectives that you accomplished in your project.
- Data layer specifications and
geographic extents: Describe your study area, the GIS data layers, and
the topological characteristics of these data layers.
- Methods and techniques: Describe
the method and specific GIS techniques you used to compile and manipulate
your data.
- Demonstration application: First,
describe the intended applications of your GIS database and how your
specific database design facilitates such applications. Then, present your
demonstration application using the database you created.
- Results: Describe the results of
your demonstration application. Results can be maps, findings, procedures
(or algorithms), or a combination of them.
- Limitations: State what could be
the limitations of your database and why.
- Conclusions
- Literature cited