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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
Technology Issues
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

An investigation of SDSS and spatial decision making under uncertainty in a local government setting	Richard Alexander
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
The strategic environmental assessment of minerals plans for County Kildare, Ireland. Using GIS as a decision support tool	Warren Peter Glanville
Spatial Decision Support For The Planning of Large Transport Infrastructure Projects.	Margaret Jones
Location policy for municipalities in The Netherlands	Jan Koers
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
Spatial patterns of population growth and habitat change in Ventura County under different local policy constraints	Christine Ryan
Deconstruction decision support systems within developing communities in British Columbia	Louanne Wong

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

GIS education from the necessary perspectives	Brian Berdusco
Using Geographical Information Systems to assess the impact of asset management planning on the educational attainment of children in Peterborough	Rebecca Domek
Importance of various learning activities in delivering GIS in an online course	Corrin Douglas
Investors in GIS people	Anne Hockey MSc with Distinction
The role of GIS in handling digital spatial data in UK map libraries	Nigel James
An Investigation Into The Factors affecting The Implementation Of A GIS In Secondary Schools.	Joanna Robinson
Application for GIS in the Aboriginal competency definitions	Eugene Sander
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
The use of geographical information systems by general further education colleges in England	Gerard Wilson

Environmental Analysis

An evaluation of the application of geographical information systems in the key stages of the environmental impact assessment process	Jane Atherton
The Use Of GIS To Study The Relationship Of Archaeological Structures In Shetland To Their Geographical Surroundings.	Mike Canter
The design of the geospatial groundwater data model for Bosnia and Herzegovina	Zana Ceranic
Improving the accuracy and data quality management of the spatial element of crime data within Tyne and Wear	Nicola Crosby
An analysis of multi-agency spatial data-exchange systems in the UK crime and disorder arena	Melanie Greenslade
Spatial data infrastructure or mid-Atlantic muddle? Factors affecting national spatial data infrastructure implementation in Bermuda	Mark Griffin
Impact of data quality on GIS: The Abu Dhabi case study	Abdesselam Guettatfi
Approach Of A GIS Based System To Model The Plant And Animal Ecological Developments In Floodplain-Ecosystems By Changing The Hydrological Factors.	Detlef Gunther
Some implications of data quality for GIS intervisibility analysis in environmental impact assessment: A case study of a wind farm in North Wales	Christine Jones
Mapping the name: Spatial data quality and the Welsh minority language	Steven Jones
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
Automatic GIS Data Quality Assessment for non-experts	Attila Kulscar
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
Importing and exporting GIS data: A digital data management strategy for a utility company	Diarmaid McCauliffe
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
Data quality in an Irish local authority address database: on the integration of GeoDirectory	Jason Murphy
A continuous quality improvement cycle for Geographic Information Systems within the Mapping Unit of the Malta environment and Planning Authority (MEPA)	Antonello RizzonNaudi
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
A geographic information systems approach to environmental forensics	Adam Radlowski
Application of Geographic Information Systems to investigate geochemical landscapes within the eastern alps (Austria)	Gerd Rantisch
Modelling Hydrological Change in Flevo Lacus Caused by a Roman Canal and Dam near Nijmegen (Noviomagus) in the First Century A.D.	Arend Ruizendaal
An assessment of the impact of high resolution satellite imagery on Ordnance Survey of Great Britain	Jeremy Stokes
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
Can the introduction and adoption of GI Metadata in a unitary authority increase business efficiency and reduce costs with special focus on Herefordshire council	Duncan Trumper
Designing an automated mapping system for the 2007 census test in England and Wales	Donna Viney

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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

Enterprise GIS in the Geosciences: implications for the mineral exploration industry	Peter Andexer
Improving UK Local Authority service request/response time by integrating GIS services into CRM system workflow	David Atkinson
The application of GIS in major urban planning projects in The Netherlands	Marjan Bevelander
Emergency health care services in British Columbia: A GIS investigative perspective	Jean Bishop
A land management information system for Lesotho: A multiview case study	Clive Boocock
Corporate GIS: So Good we tried it Twice.	Andrew Chapman MSc with Distinction
Impact of organisational culture on Geo-spatial sharing projects	Samuel Appoh Cobson-Cobbold
Improving the use and awareness of GIS in the department for communities and local government	Hayley Cosham
Groundwater Geographical Information Systems	Ezio Crestaz MSc with Distinction
The effective use of GIS in natural resource management at the local level	Richard Dobson
A conceptual business model for a regional multi-participant local government GIS	David Dubauskas
GIS and urban planning in Jamaica	Michael Evelyn
Implications of EU accession on environmental spatial data: A Malta case study	Ashley Farrugia
An investigation of research to determine the feasibility of an in-vehicle navigation network algorithm for sudden cardiac arrest emergency response	Ian Fitzgerald 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
Enterprise GIS implementation : Can it be successful?	Dianne Haley
Migrating pipeline taxation data to a geographic information system to gain efficiencies	Anthony Herman
Developing a business case for a local government web mapping tool	Mark Hotz
The added value of GIS in the transportation modelling system	Petrus Houben
Organisational Culture And Asset Data Maintenance.	Ivan Jones
Municipal GIS implementation planning and strategies evidence from North American case studies	Karen Lauritzen
Using GIS within a local government asset management contest	Carol Lines
Using GIS to improve contingency planning of non-combatant evacuation operations (NEO’s) A requirements analysis	Simon Matthew
GIS : A technology for the monitoring of disease in small developing island states	David McCollin
An Evaluation Of A Strategic Planning GIS Implementation.	Susan Morris
Challenges of implementing GIS in a gas utility	Brendan O'Shaughnessy
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
Spatial Analysis for utilities management	Walter Rieder
The use of P-GIS in environmental assessments and the minerals planning regime in England : A commercial perspective	David Roberts
Planning permission enquiry system – good idea but will it work?	Lee Robinson
Establishing an optimal GIS environment for emergency preparedness for use by local government agencies	Carl Stewart
A GIS methodology for the appraisal of the environmental impacts of transport schemes	Derrick Thirlwell

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
Identifying performance indicators for assessing performance in GIS project implementations: specific reference to government municipal authority	Balaji Krishnamurthy
Data Conversion Management	Tanya Lechthaler
Scoping into BPR – A Model Assisting the Application of BPR in GIS.	Otmar Pilgerstorfer
Improving GIS project management by the use of project management models and structured development methodologies	James Russell
The Management Of Risk In A Large Data Capture Project.	Bob Schofield

Remote Sensing and GIS

Towards Solutions to the Problem of Desertification : A Case Study in the Bishri Mountains, Syrian Steppe.	Moustapha Al-Aloul
Improvement of terrestrial forest inventories in the tropics through stratification by using high-resolution satellite images. A case study from Roraima, Brazil	Thomas Baldauf
Using remote sensing for vegetation inventory and change detection in the rangelands of the Muskwa-Kechika management area, British Columbia, Canada	Marion Boulstridge
Using remote sensing and GIS to define suitable sites for wildlife monitoring on community rangelands by community scouts	Lucy Chege-Waruingi
Assessment of atmospheric inversion effects on mineral mapping accuracy using archived hyperspectral imagery	Eliot Cline
Investigating the development of 3D-GIS technologies for spatial planning : A Malta study	Stephen Conchin
Remote sensing and urban tree management	Jane Crowther
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
Using qualitative analysis to introduce GPS technology to BC Hydro’s electrical distribution network	Daniel Houghton
The use of GPS in Hydrographic surveying and creation of digital terrain models on the River Shannon	Michael McKiernan
The use of remote sensing and GIS to identify the fastest walking route in mountainous terrain	Mark Seddon
Remote sensing technologies and earthquake forecasting, Charleston seismic region, South Carolina, USA	Ronald Staggs

Spatial Analysis

The potential of GIS for heritage management in the Maltese islands	Rene Attard
Object Composing By A Catching Algorithm: A Problem Sketch of GIS Within The Netherlands Railways	Joop Blom
Using GIS to analyse the historic environment: A study of historic landscape characterisation	Jonathan Brett
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 application of GIS as a tool for flood estimation within Northern Ireland	Malcolm Calvert MSc with Distinction
An evaluation of modelling municipal utility networks comparing disparate and integrated 3-dimensional data environments	Adam Chadwick
The Geographic distribution of environmental factors influencing human skin colouration	George Chaplin MSc with Distinction (AGI Student of the Year)
Geographical information system (GIS) applications for assessing terrestrial biodiversity in Nunavut, Canada	Wayne Condon
A GIS based method to produce monthly groundwater recharge maps of the UK Aquifer regions	Helen Davies
The use of least cost pathways for the routing of new railways	Peter Duncan
Evaluating Prism Road Transport Data for high resolution noise mapping	Peter Fallon
Spatial auto-correlation techniques: implementation issues in GIS software vs. RDBMS	Klaus Gaebler MSc with Distinction
Re-engineering property tax systems in developing nations using GIS technology: The Nigerian case study	Wayne Gearey Jr
Criminal spatial analysis: A case study of law enforcement organisations	Annika Gerlitz
Analysis of seismic activity and potential seismic hazards of the Fontana trend in Southern California	Margaret Gooding
Using emergency management system in GIS technology for mitigation of desert locust spread in Africa	Ayman Hamzeh
Modelling the quality, quantity and accessibility of urban greenspaces	David Harrison
GIS based modelling of regional groundwater recharge in Hesse, Germany	Mario Hergesell 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	Petrus Houben
An analysis of wellhead capture zone delineation methods for village wellfields	Darrell Innes
An investigation into predicting sites for Oak regeneration in areas of ancient woodland with specific reference to acidophilous Oak woods with Quercus Robur on sandy soils	Anne Johnson
Developing a road traffic collision risk assessment method for Shropshire	Andrew Johnson
Problems in mapping genealogical data for the purposes of geographical analysis	Jeremy Jones
The potential use of Geographic Information System in computer assisted mass appraisal: the digital elevation model	Ian Lamont
Geographic Information System and visual impact assessment in urban environment	Silas Liu
Analysis of the use of GIS by EDF projects in the North West of England in relation to regional development activities	Stephanie Maguire
Rail transit systems and land value using GIS to model the immediate effects of Tren Urbano project on residential value	Raul Matos
GIS in relating water accessibility and Guinea Work disease prevalence in Mvolo County, Southern Sudan	Joshua Maviti
Qualitative data extraction for mapping locations (a case study for buried steam lines)	David Maxwell
Development of a value-based approach to GIS mineral potential mapping: A case study of gold deposits in Northern Nevada	Alan Morris
Using GIS to Model the Diurnal Variation of Urban Population Distribution	Christopher Needham MSc with Distinction
Predictability of bovine anthrax incidents in the province of Alberta, Canada	Robert Parkinson
GIS based habitat evaluation and modelling for selected diurnal Lepidoptera Coenoses	Josef Pennerstorfer
Estimating forest fuel hazard: A case study in Victoria Australia	Jean-Marc Porigneaux
The Care Algorithm: A Heuristic Method to Solve Capacitated Set Covering Location Problems on Large-Scale Networks	Wim de Rooij MSc with Distinction
Lineament pattern extraction for mineral potential mapping in Guyana	Donald Singh
Tracking intelligent pigs	Nicholas Spiteri
Extending the application of GIS in the United Nations peacekeeping operations	Epaphrodite Utabajimana
Applying GIS to promote ecologically sustainable development for urban watercourses	Adam Walsh
A fuzzy set approach for modelling and visualising Aquifer spatial distribution: A case study of the Grand Forks Aquifer, British Columbia, Canada	Qinhua Zhang

Spatial Data Infrastructures

A conceptual multi-jurisdictional GIS model in support of emergency/disaster management	Richard Andrews
GIS and the ‘N’-initiatives	Fiona Baldwin
Towards a spatial data infrastructure for Nigeria – challenges and road map towards a successful implementation	Chukwuma Bisike-Ojiako
Sharing Geo-Spatial Information: Human and Inter-Organisational Cooperation.	Andre Brits
Developing a GIS data framework for the Macau S.A.R. Government	Vincente Luis Gracias
A spatial data infrastructure model for developing countries.	Sean Johnson
A spatial and statistical analysis of population trends in the Republic of Ireland using National Census data (1996-2002) for education purposes	Stephen Kelly
Implementing local spatial information infrastructures: Are municipalities INSPIREd?	Wilbert Kurvers
Defining best practice for the development of a definitive National Address Database	Verna Mills
The effectives of a spatial data infrastructure for environmental management in Zimbabwe	Mark Norbury
Local Government and the National Land and Property Gazetteer	Graham Whitefield
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Technology Issues

Test driving GML: A case study in using GML (geography markup language) to represent spatial environmental information in the Maltese context	Carol Agius
Digital elevation data and viewsheds: A critical evaluation of visibility analysis with two GIS applications when used upon two commercially Available UK digital terrain models	John Arthur
The implications of using extensible mark-up language (XML) within spatial databases	Alison Collier
The applications and interactions of components of vehicle telematics systems	Peter Diggins
A modal logic for representing and reasoning about vague, context dependent geographical concepts	Martyn Futter
Realities of interoperability: A case study of Microsoft SQL server and GeoMedia Webmap as an interoperable GIS solution	Claire Gilligan
Data warehousing and spatial data	Anders Hvas
The case for spatial ETL: benefits derived from its use as a component ion spatial analysis	Mark Ireland
The role and use of landmarks (points of interests) in location based services (LBS) applications	Dimitrios Niarchos
An evaluation of temporal Geographic Information Systems	Paula Robinson
Impact of technological advances in mobile computing and telecommunication on GIS services	Rajesh Sharma
The impact of spatial distortion on landscape pattern analysis	Gwendolyn Verstraete MSc with Distinction

Visualisation and Virtual Environments

Towards improving the paper map: adding 3D Visualisation capabilities to GIS using a case study approach in visualising 3D data with VRML	Gordon France
Reconciling both cartographic and geoinformation processing requirements in a single spatial data system for the Austrian KM50 map series	Stephan Gruber
An implicit approach to 3D Geo-representation of Geological Orebody Boundaries	Richard Knight
Using a GIS and the immersive environment to visualise the spatio temporal changes of two hydrological variables	Marie Ann Mills
The evolution of symbols and icons in geographic information systems – a cartographic perspective	Ann Olivier
Cartographic Rules for Visualisation of Time Related Geographical Data Sets.	Caroline Pennekamp
Vertical GIS and Visualisation	Jeff Thurston
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
Web enabled Geographic Information Systems	Brent Gannon
The Success of Integrated Technologies: Internet GIS and Environmental Information.	Tim Gibbs
Web mapping by municipalities in The Netherlands	Herman Tjesse de Haan
Developing a business case for a local government web mapping tool	Mark L Hotz
The use of web GIS to improve public participation within local government	Andrew Mahon
UK Local Government: Can FOSS be considered a viable option for 'web-based GIS'?	John E Roberts
Smart client mapping: Small area statistical web-mapping without a map server. A case study of the Office for National Statistics (UK), using scalable vector graphics and related W3CV XML technologies	Alan Smith
Electronic circulation and automatic importation of construction drawings into GIS	Gloria Wilson

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