General Resources

Here are a few web links related to geography, cities, economies, and other things that interest me.

• 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 is a video collection, starting with the videos I created to introduce different topics on this website. The video collection here should grow over the coming months as I introduce more commentary on different aspects of my work. The video collection wraps up with a catchy video ("Five Themes of Geography") that I just think is great (but no, I am not in it).

Murray Rice - Overview and Welcome

Murray Rice - Research Program

Murray Rice GEOG 3100:

Murray Rice GEOG 4220/5220:

Murray Rice GEOG 4230/5230:

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The Five Themes of Geography:

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