{"id":2114,"date":"2026-08-11T22:10:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T22:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/gis-blog\/?p=2114"},"modified":"2026-08-11T22:10:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T22:10:24","slug":"spring-and-summer-semester-gis-student-showcases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/gis-blog\/blog\/2026\/08\/11\/spring-and-summer-semester-gis-student-showcases\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring and Summer Semester GIS Student Showcases"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Did you miss the Summer Semester ACC GIS Student Showcase?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/16cgQSYy7EKFeJ1FFh5oWoOQceTgjgPTo\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/16cgQSYy7EKFeJ1FFh5oWoOQceTgjgPTo\/view?usp%3Dsharing&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1786567963685000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1ApsrbJD_NinOCSgIkG5pm\">Watch the video<\/a>\u00a0and learn from ACC GIS Students about:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Texas Speleological Association Karst Project at Colorado Bend<\/li>\n<li>Austin Metro Air Quality and Income Analysis for 2024<\/li>\n<li>Visualizing and Quantifying Changes in Floodplain Connectivity on the Brazos River Between 2017 and 2025 Using Relative Elevation Models<\/li>\n<li>Bicycle Accessibility in Austin, Texas: A Network Analysis<\/li>\n<li>Analyzing Current Walkability Access to Public Transportation in the City of Austin<\/li>\n<li>and more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>We&#8217;re very proud of our students and the quality of their GIS Capstone Project presentations. I hope you enjoy them too!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>And you are also invited to watch the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.loom.com\/share\/d3fc075435d84623b0526fa9aed421da\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.loom.com\/share\/d3fc075435d84623b0526fa9aed421da&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1786567963684000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1cRmfCrzJ74HakLAfs6_LP\">Spring 2026 ACC GIS Capstone Presentations recording<\/a>\u00a0featuring:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Keynote by David Gimnich, City of Austin Transportation and Public Works<\/li>\n<li>Elizabeth Schwartz\u00a0<i>How Volcanism Shaped Katmai National Park<\/i>\u00a0in partnership with Alex Fries, Cartographer, National Park Service<\/li>\n<li>Adam Phillips\u00a0<i>Monitoring Infrastructure Change with LIDAR<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Preston Purdon\u00a0<i>Public Safety and Texas Pipelines: GIS Criteria for a Class Location Assessment<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Meagan Oropeza\u00a0<i>Courtesy, Service, and Protection: DPS Headquarters Park and Ride<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Leah Frizzell\u00a0<i>Texas State Veterans Cemeteries: A GIS-Based Site Selection Analysis<\/i>\u00a0in partnership with Dr. John Kelley, Director of the Texas State Veterans Cemeteries at Texas General Land Office<\/li>\n<li>Austin Vidich\u00a0<i>Mapping the Little Walnut Creek Greenbelt (University of Texas Masters of Urban Planning Thesis Presentation)<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Closing Remarks by Sally Holl, ACC GIS Professor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2115\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2115\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2115\" src=\"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/gis-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/08\/1000056539-1024x473.jpeg\" alt=\"ACC GIS students, faculty, and their families gather at the Map Gallery during the Spring 2026 ACC GIS Symposium on May 15, 2026, at ACC Highland Campus\" width=\"1024\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/gis-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/08\/1000056539-980x453.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/gis-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/08\/1000056539-480x222.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2115\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>ACC GIS students, faculty, and their families gather at the Map Gallery during the Spring 2026 ACC GIS Symposium on May 15, 2026, at ACC Highland Campus<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you miss the Summer Semester ACC GIS Student Showcase?\u00a0Watch the video\u00a0and learn from ACC GIS Students about: Texas Speleological Association Karst Project at Colorado Bend Austin Metro Air Quality and Income Analysis for 2024 Visualizing and Quantifying Changes in Floodplain Connectivity on the Brazos River Between 2017 and 2025 Using Relative Elevation Models Bicycle [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":{"\n\t\t\t\tfeatured_banner\t\t":null},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/gis-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/gis-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/gis-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/gis-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/gis-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2114"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/gis-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2116,"href":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/gis-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2114\/revisions\/2116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/gis-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/gis-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/gis-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}