Concept Maps to "map" ways of relating ideas.

Motivated by my work with IHMC

• Cartographic Projections
• AI
• Drones
• Web GIS

Flowcharts for workflow

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• Cartographic Projections
• AI
• Drones
• Web GIS

Designing user interfaces (UI) and user experiences (UX) for cartography applications

Bivariate mapping

• Strode, G., Morgan, J. D., Mesev, V., Thornton, B., Raua, E., Shortes, S., Johnson, N. (2020). Operationalizing Trumbo's Four Principles for Bivariate Map Color Selection. Cartographic Perspectives. DOI: 10.14714/CP94.1538
• Strode, G., Mesev, V., Bleisch, S., Ziewitz, K., Reed, F., & Morgan, J. D. (2020). Exploratory Bivariate and Multivariate Geovisualizations of a Social Vulnerability Index. Cartographic Perspectives.

Web GIS

• Adkison, A.; Morgan, J. D.; Snider, D; and Schwartz, M. (2021) Design and Development of a Web Mapping Prototype for Participatory Water Quality Mapping Open Water Journal: Vol. 7 : Iss. 1
• Morgan, J. D., Eddy, B. & Coffey, J. W. (2020). Activating student engagement with concept mapping: A Web GIS case study. Journal of Higer Education in Geography
• Morgan, J. D. (2016). A User-centered Design for the Addition of Interactive Masking Capability within an existing Web GIS. Transactions in GIS, 20: 807-816. doi:10.1111/tgis.12197

History of Cartography

• Web map I developed for a cartography class I was teaching: Click on the events tab on the left to browse via map through historical events.

In the context of cartography, mobility-related challenges in crime mapping arise from the complexities of accurately representing dynamic spatial and temporal patterns of crime.

Miscellaneous crime mapping related publications:

• Wells, J., Morgan, J. D., Crow, M. S., & Buker, N. H. (2025). A multi-faceted approach to analyzing historical police logs: a research note. Policing and Society, 35(5), 712-721.
• Morgan, J.D., Bradbury, M., and Hart, T. (2022). GIS&T in Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement. The Geographic Information Science & Technology Body of Knowledge (1st Quarter 2022 Edition), John P. Wilson (ed.). DOI: 10.22224/gistbok/2022.1.4(link is external)

My dissertation work which tested Thorsten Hägerstrand's time geography and its applicability to crime mapping

• Steinberg, P. & Morgan, J. D. (2009). NSF Award Abstract # 0927850 Doctoral Dissertation Research: A Visual Time Geographic Approach to Crime Mapping. FSU Dissertation
• Morgan, J. D. (2010). A Visual Time Geographic Approach to Crime Event Profiling. FSU Dissertation
• Morgan, J. D. (2009). A Visual Time Geographic Approach to Crime Event Profiling. Crime Mapping: A Journal of Research and Practice Volume 1 Issue 2

• Morgan J.D., Steinberg P.E. (2013). Testing the Usability of Time-Geographic Maps for Crime Mapping. In: Leitner M. (eds) Crime Modeling and Mapping Using Geospatial Technologies. Geotechnologies and the Environment, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht
• Morgan, J. D. (2010). Testing the Usability of Time-Geographic Maps. Zurich, Switzerland. Extended Abstracts Volume, GIScience 2010, Zurich.

Using satellite imagery mapping to detect illegal activities:

Martin, V., Venable, K. B., & Morgan, D. (2025). Mapping Illegal Logging Using GeoAI. In New Research in Crime Modeling and Mapping Using Geospatial Technologies. Springer Nature

Perceptions of Safety in Parks

• Evans, S. Z., Snyder, J. A. Abderhalden, F. P., Evans, J. & Morgan, J. D. (2021). Collective efficacy and disorder in city parks. The Pursuit, 4(2): 11-40.
• Evans, J., Evans, S. Z., Morgan, J. D., Snyder, J. A. & Abderhalden, F. P. (2018). Evaluating the quality of mid-sized city parks: a replication and extension of the Public Space Index Journal of Urban Design, DOI: 10.1080/13574809.2017.1411185
• Morgan, J. D., Snyder, J. A, Evans, S. Z., Evans, J. & Greller, R. (2017). Mapping Perceptions of Safety in Parks. The Florida Geographer. Volume 49

By combining spatial data with analytical tools, GIS provides comprehensive insights that help in making informed decisions for hazard management and land use planning.

Hurricane impacts and land use

• Morgan, J. D., Douthat, T., & Lin, L. H. (2023). On the geographic balance of risk and amenity: changes in evacuation zones and their ripples in housing prices in Pinellas County, FL. Papers in Applied Geography, 9(1), 49-69.
• In-progress: Transboundary Viewshed Changes Post-Hurricane. Florida Seat Grant 2024

Using satellite imagery to explore hazards and landscape

• Core, M. L., Fisher, E., Morgan, J. D., Ramachandran, B., & Vakiti, S. (2022). Lights-Out After Hurricane Michael: A Spatially Informed Bayesian Network Analysis of Power Outages. Southeastern Geographer, 62(2), 128-146.
• Martin, V., Venable, K. B., & Morgan, D. (2024). Development and Application of a Sentinel-2 Satellite Imagery Dataset for Deep-Learning Driven Forest Wildfire Detection. Proceedings of SciPy 2024.

Low oblique analysis of views across varying configurations of property:

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others. ~Jonathan Swift

2020 Honors project using balloon aerial photography.

Morgan, J.D. & Evans, J. (2022). Participatory Mapping of Territoriality Across Florida's Beaches 1st ed. 2022 Edition. Springer

Presentation at North American Cartographic Information Society (2020):

John D. Morgan, Ph.D., GISP

I am an associate professor in the MS GIS Admin program at the University of West Florida.

My work in academia spans geographic information systems (GIS), urban planning, environmental studies, crime mapping, and cartographic visualization, with particular emphasis on participatory mapping and spatial analysis applications.

Growing up in tourist town economy motivated me to forge my own path, leading me to serve in the military (reserves)—an experience that instilled discipline, a strong work ethic, and helped fund my Bachelor’s in Economics (with a Computer Science minor) at UCF. I began my career as a computer applications programmer during the dot-com boom and later earned an M.S. in Management Information Systems. While managing IT operations for Florida State University's International Programs, I pursued and completed a Ph.D. in Geography with an eye towards eventually moving into academia. Following my doctoral studies, I joined the National Environmental Modeling and Analysis Center (NEMAC) at UNC Asheville as a Senior Research Scientist and Applied Software Designer, where I developed full-stack Web GIS solutions for clients such as the USDA Forest Service.

I continue to maintain my Geographic Information Systems Professional (GISP) credentials. Also, I am proud to have published three chapters in the UCGIS Geographic Information Science & Technology Body of Knowledge (BoK), such as the topics of spatial joins and crime mapping.