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MSc - Dissertations of MSc Graduates

Examiners have regularly commented on the quality of research produced by graduates of the UNIGIS MSc Programme. MSc dissertations are listed by year of submission and research topic. Abstracts are available and the full text of selected dissertations are provided as zip files.

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AM/FM
Decision Support Systems
Development of GI Industry
Education and Training
Environmental Analysis
Geodata Issues
Implementing GIS and Organisational Issues
Metadata

Open GIS
Project Design and Analysis
Project Management
Remote Sensing
Spatial Analysis
Spatial Data Infrastructures
Visualisation
Web-enabled GIS

Also available are the abstracts for these MSc Dissertations:

AM/FM

Developing A GIS For Overhead Asset Maintenance In The Electricity Distribution Industry.	Tony Coatsworth
An Evaluation Of The Role Of GIS In The Management And Development Of Land And Property Assets, With Particular Reference To British Coal Property Division.	Steve Dolby
The Management Of Underground Asset Information In Large Water Companies.	Paul Ockwell

Decision Support Systems

New Developments in Dynamic Spatial Decision Support Systems: An Evaluation of Current Proposals	Martin Ellis
GIS and Crime Analysis Within the Metropolitan Police Service	Stuart Gill
Spatial Decision Support For The Planning of Large Transport Infrastructure Projects.	Margaret Jones
Spatial Modelling And Decision Support For New Linear Development	Liza Van Der Merwe
GIS as a tool for sustainable forest resources management	Josephine Wong Lua Ming

Development of GI Industry

The diffusion of GIS in municipalities within the Netherlands	Rene Colijn
The Changing Nature of Business and the Role of GIS. A Case Study of the Valuation Office (Ireland).	Derek O'Brien
Diffusion of Geographic Information Systems in Local Government in the Republic of Ireland.	John Sweeney

Education and Training

An Investigation Into The Factors affecting The Implementation Of A GIS In Secondary Schools.	Joanna Robinson
Just Getting By: A Pragmatic Approach to GIS Training]	Peter Shilson MSc with Distinction
GIS In Secondary Education In England And Wales: From Vision To Reality.	Christine Warr

Environmental Analysis

The Use Of GIS To Study The Relationship Of Archaeological Structures In Shetland To Their Geographical Surroundings.	Mike Canter
Approach Of A GIS Based System To Model The Plant And Animal Ecological Developments In Floodplain-Ecosystems By Changing The Hydrological Factors.	Detlef Gunther
Agricultural Land Use Evaluation at National Scale: A Case Study of Syria.	Bassem Katlan
The Development Of A Methodology For Marine Data Collections Integration Into GIS.	Kenna Kelly
Using GIS To Investigate Patterns Of Intraspecific Variation In Ephippiger Ephippiger (Orthoptera Tettigonidea).	David Kidd
Dimensions Of European Environmental GIS	Bart Kusse
Exploratory Data Analysis in Water Quality Monitoring Systems	Ruurd Maasdam
GIS-based Estimation of Forest Growth on the Basis of Forest Vegetation Maps and Topographical Parameters in a Spatially Continuous Manner.	Bernhard Maier MSc with Distinction
Development Of A GIS For The Monitoring Of The Environmental Performance Of Sewage Outfalls In Hong Kong.	Kin Ming Lee
GIS : A technology for the monitoring of disease in small developing island states	David McCollin
Understanding urban sprawl and its impacts, in a small city or on town scale	Charalambos Mattheou
The recording and assessment of the natural and anthropogenic causes of Oak dieback within the area of Watling Chase Community Forest using Geographic Information Systems	Andrew Patterson
Application Of GIS To Exploration And Evaluation Of Hydrocarbon And Geothermal Resources In Sedimentary Basins.	Gernot Paulus
Modelling Hydrological Change in Flevo Lacus Caused by a Roman Canal and Dam near Nijmegen (Noviomagus) in the First Century A.D.	Arend Ruizendaal
Mapping Spatial Variation Of The Inherent Crop Yield Potential Of Arable Agricultural Land Through The Integration Of GPS Based Yield Mapping Systems And GIS Analysis.	Julian Swindell

Geodata Issues

Spatial Data, The Key to "Joined-Up Government" for Local Authorities.	Mark Izzard MSc with Distinction
A Life saving Open Geodata Warehouse: An application of how an Open Geodata warehouse can benefit the work of the Dutch Public Order and Safety.	Jan Luijx
Geographic Information Systems and Data Quality in Local Authorities.	Andrew Millard MSc with Distinction in Dissertation

GPS

Guided Or Guiding: GPS Around Britain's Roads.	David Beswick MSc with Distinction in Dissertation
The Use Of Low Cost GPS Receivers In GIS.	Trevor Coleman
The Application of a Simple GIS, with GPS Input, as an Aid to Fieldwork.	Roger Scott

Implementing GIS and Organisational Issues

Corporate GIS: So Good we tried it Twice.	Andrew Chapman MSc with Distinction
A Strategic Planning Methodology for Introducing GIS into Large Organisations: A Case Study of the Renfrewshire GIS Project.	William Gallacher
Introducing GIS Into Powys.	Steve Gill
An Assessment of the Problems of Planning and Implementing GIS in a (Complex) Multi-partner Organisation.	Hans Hainje
Organisational Culture And Asset Data Maintenance.	Ivan Jones
An Evaluation Of A Strategic Planning GIS Implementation.	Susan Morris
Developing A Generic GIS Application For The Planning Function, Based On The Corporation Of London, Dept Of Planning.	Stuart O’Callaghan
Building the Right System: Using Aspects of SSADM to Develop a Geographic Information System within the Environment Agency.	Olutola Odedina
Matching Methodology Structure Adapting System Development Methodologies For Effective Implementation Of Corporate GIS.	Daniel O’Donaghue

Databases and Metadata

The Company Relevance Of GIS Metadata With Special Emphasis On The Design Of A Metadata System For GIS At The VSN Group.	Clemens Van Brunschot
A Geocoded Address Database for lreland.	Fred Finch
A Study on Metadata – Creating an Independent Company Metadata Set.	Machtelt Kusters

Open GIS

Open Boundaries In GIS: Open GIS And The SDO And SDE Implementation.	Godefridus Cattenstart MSc with Distinction
Spatially Enabling the Database.	Andrew Fenton
Towards Open GIS : The Database Component Evaluated.	Johan Hallgren
Constraints on the multiple use of European Datasets: Area Aid Application Data	Tom McHugh

Project Design and Analysis

Managing Enterprise GI Using Intranets.	Norman Bird
The Potential Role Of GIS In The Development Of A ‘Branchless’ Estate Agency Service.	Helen Durham
Structured Design Methodologies For GIS.	Marcia Keenan
The design of a national base map network system, based on Cadastral standards, for the Greek network companies	Loukas Laliotis
Drawing The Line Between SQL And GIS - Designing A Desk Top Information System For A Small Map Library	Peter Land
The Design Of GIS For Risk Analysis In Latin America.	Andrew Maskrey
Development of a Land Information System Prototype	Niamh O’Reilly
A Cost/Benefit Analysis For The Use Of GIS Within Dutch Water Boards.	Nico Piquer

Project Management

GIS Project Management.	Hans Bestebreurtje
Project Management for GIS : Towards a Method for Selecting Appropriate GIS Development Methodologies.	Mike Fisher
Data Conversion Management	Tanya Lechthaler
Scoping into BPR – A Model Assisting the Application of BPR in GIS.	Otmar Pilgerstorfer
The Management Of Risk In A Large Data Capture Project.	Bob Schofield

Remote Sensing

Towards Solutions to the Problem of Desertification : A Case Study in the Bishri Mountains, Syrian Steppe.	Moustapha Al-Aloul
An assessment of the mapping of the semi-arid woodlands in Zimbabwe with Landsat TM Data using a supervised maximum likelihood classification and an unsupervised Fuzzy C Means classification	Kolethi Gumbo
The use of Remote Sensing and GIS to Ascertain the Spatial/Temporal Change in Vegetation Composition on the Southern Coastline of the Yangtze Estuary, Peoples Republic of China.	Paul Hopgood

Spatial Analysis

Object Composing By A Catching Algorithm: A Problem Sketch of GIS Within The Netherlands Railways.	Joop Blom
The Effect Of Constituency Boundary Location On The Proportionality Under PR-STV. A Case Study From The Irish General Election Of 1992.	Muiris De Buitlier
The Care Algorithm: A Heuristic Method to Solve Capacitated Set Covering Location Problems on Large-Scale Networks	Wim de Rooij MSc with Distinction
An evaluation of the use of Digital Elevation Models to represent indeterminate boundaries.	John Higton
Spatio-Temporal Visualisation and Analysis	Marten Hogeweg MSc with Distinction
The Added Value of GIS in the Transportation Modelling System.

Spatial Data Infrastructures

Sharing Geo-Spatial Information: Human and Inter-Organisational Cooperation.	Andre Brits
A spatial data infrastructure model for developing countries.	Sean Johnson

Visualisation and Virtual Environments

Cartographic Rules for Visualisation of Time Related Geographical Data Sets.	Caroline Pennekamp
'GIS Tools’ for a Landscape Architect.	Theodor Vos
Urban Design A Virtual Reality? (Leicester City – A Case Study)	Karl Watson

Web-enabled GIS

Coming of Age: Investigating the conception of a census web-mapping service for the Maltese Islands.	Saviour Formosa
The Success of Integrated Technologies: Internet GIS and Environmental Information.	Tim Gibbs
Developing a business case for a local government web mapping tool	Mark L Hotz
UK Local Government: Can FOSS be considered a viable option for 'web-based GIS'?	John E Roberts
Electronic circulation and automatic importation of construction drawings into GIS	Gloria Wilson

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