General Resources
Here are a few web links related to geography, cities, economies, and other things that interest me.
Partner Businesses
The Dallas-Fort Worth region is fortunate to have an exceptionally deep and diverse business community that includes several firms that deliver geographic analysis of businesses and markets for a wide range of clients and application areas. The websites of these businesses give insight into the kinds of location-based services that geographers provide related to businesses and cities. All of the following businesses are current and/or past employers of UNT Geography students (internships) and alumni (full-time positions):
Outstanding Alumni
Several of our location intelligence alumni have been recognized for their achievements in the workplace.
- American Association of Geographers (our national geography association): www.aag.org
- Applied Geography Conferences: www.appgeogconf.org
- Business Geography Specialty Group of the AAG: businessgeography.info
- SWAAG (Southwest regional division of the AAG): www.sw-aag.org
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook for Geographers: www.bls.gov/ooh
- US Department of Labor, Geospatial Technology Competency Model: www.careeronestop.org
- The Atlantic CityLab (interesting urban/economic blog): www.citylab.com
- New Geography (another good urban/economic blog): www.newgeography.com
- Growthology (the Kauffman Foundation's entrepreneurship blog): www.kauffman.org
- Esri Location Advantage MOOC (business/geography): www.esri.com
- Global Network on Financial Geography: www.fingeo.net
- Interstate Guide (a ton of interstate highway geekery): www.interstate-guide.com
- Bostonography (interesting maps blog focused on Boston): bostonography.com
- Riderville (official website of the Saskatchewan Roughriders Football Club): www.riderville.com
- Flag Football Plays: www.murrayrice.com
- Our Daily Bread (a new thought about life every day): odb.org
Partner Businesses
The Dallas-Fort Worth region is fortunate to have an exceptionally deep and diverse business community that includes several firms that deliver geographic analysis of businesses and markets for a wide range of clients and application areas. The websites of these businesses give insight into the kinds of location-based services that geographers provide related to businesses and cities. All of the following businesses are current and/or past employers of UNT Geography students (internships) and alumni (full-time positions):
- Axiometrics, Dallas: www.axiometrics.com
- Buxton Company, Fort Worth: buxtonco.com
- Catalyst, Dallas: www.catalystcommercial.net
- ESRP, Dallas: esrp.com
- Intalytics, Irving: www.intalytics.com
- Invesco Real Estate, Dallas: www.invescorealestate.com
- MedCore Partners, Dallas: medcorepartners.com
- Mosaic, Irving: www.mosaic.com
Outstanding Alumni
Several of our location intelligence alumni have been recognized for their achievements in the workplace.
- One location intelligence graduate, Joshua Bova (MS, 2018), was featured in a summer 2019 North Texan profile of UNT Geography alumni who use GIS to solve real-world problems in their daily work.
- Three UNT location intelligence graduates were featured in the 125 UNT Alumni of Excellence list associated with UNT's 125th anniversary celebrations.
Analytical Software
There are a few primary software resources that I emphasize in my classroom teaching. Each of the below are excellent GIS/analytical packages that combine a solid core of analytical capabilities with good datasets. I recommend all of these packages highly:
- Caliper's Maptitude desktop GIS package
- The Alteryx advanced data analytics package
- Esri's Business Analyst Web App (BA Web) cloud GIS package
Video Resources
Finally, here are a couple of videos. The "Five Themes" video is pretty catchy (but no, I am not in it).
The Five Themes of Geography:
The UNT Rap Anthem ("They call us North Texas because we're always on top")
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