Geography and GIS

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Dr. Shunfu Hu

Ph.D. University of Georgia, 1998

Professor - Geographic Information Systems (GIS), multimedia, remote sensing, hydrology, meteorology, cartography, physical geography

Alumni Hall 1408

618-650-2281

Email: [email protected]

Personal website

Selected Publications

Hu, S. and H. Kolker. 2023. Visualizing the Spatiotemporal Patterns of the Heart Disease Death Rates of Illinois, USA, 2008-2020: an interactive and animated cartographic approach, Papers of Applied Geography, https://doi.org/10.1080/23754931.2023.2179892

Krainz, T. and S. Hu. 2022. Spatiotemporal Shifts in Tornadic Activity of 1958-2017 in the Central United States, Papers of Applied Geography https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23754931.2022.2083979

Hu, S. and P. Shrestha. 2020. Examine the Impact of Land Use and Land Cover Changes on Peak Discharges of a Watershed in the Midwestern United States Using the HEC-HMS Model, Papers of Applied Geography , DOI:10.1080/23754931.2020.1732447

Locke, S. L, G. Bracey, T. Foster, S. Fraine, S. Hu, K. Lacombe, and C. Wilson. 2018. Connecting formal and informal learning to enhance elementary teacher preparation in geosciences. Terræ Didatica, 14((3):283-289. URL: http://www.ige.unicamp.br/terraedidatica/.

Onuoha, H., S. Hu and F. Odemerho. 2018. Analysis of Urban Growth in Edwardsville/Glen Carbon, Illinois Using Remote Sensing, Population Change Data, and Landscape Expansion Index, Papers in Applied Geography, DOI:10.1080/23754931.2017.1394905

Hu, S., B. Karna and K. Hildebrandt. 2018. Web-based Multimedia Mapping for Spatial Analysis and Visualization in Digital Humanities: a Case Study of Language Documentation in Nepal, Journal of Geovisualization and Spatial Analysis, 2:3, DOI: 10.1007/s41651-017-0012-4.

Onuoha, H., S. Hu and F. Odemerho, 2018. Analysis of Urban Growth in Edwardsville/Glen Carbon, Illinois Using Remote Sensing, Population Change Data, and Landscape Expansion Index, Papers in Applied Geography (in press).

Hu, S., B. Karna and K. Hildebrandt, 2017. Web-based Multimedia Mapping for Spatial Analysis and Visualization in Digital Humanities: a Case Study of Language Documentation in Nepal, Journal of Geovisualization and Spatial Analysis (in press),DOI: 10.1007/s41651-017-0012-4.

Hildebrandt, K. A. and S. Hu. 2017. Areal analysis of language attitudes and practices: A case study from Nepal. In Hildebrandt, Kristine A., Carmen Jany, and Wilson Silva. (Eds) Documenting Variation in Endangered Languages. Language Documentation & Conservation Special Publication no. 13. [PP 152-179] Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press.

Du, J., D. Zheng, Y. Xu, S. Hu, C. Xu, 2016. Evaluating Functions of Reservoirs′ Storage Capacities and Locations on Daily Peak Attenuation for Ganjiang River Basin Using Xinanjiang Model, Chinese Geographical Science, 26(6): 789–802. doi: 10.1007/s11769-016-0838-6.

Jalayer, M., S. Hu, H. Zhou, and R. Turochy. 2015. Evaluation of Geo-tagged Photo/Video Logging Method to Collect Geospatial Highway Inventory Data for Supporting Highway Safety

Manual Implementation, Papers in Applied Geography , 1(1): 50 - 58.

Jalayer, M., J. Gong, H. Zhou, S. Hu, and M. Grinter. 2014. A Comprehensive Assessment of Highway Inventory Data Collection Methods, Journal of Transportation Research Forum, 53(2): 73-92.

Hildebrandt, K and S. Hu. 2013. Multimedia Mapping on the Internet and Language Documentation: New Directions in Interdisciplinarity, Polymath: An Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences Journal, 3 (3): 51 - 61.

Zhou, H., M. Jalayer, J. Gong, S. Hu, and M. Grinter. 2013. Investigation of Methods and Approaches for Collecting and Recording Highway Inventory Data. Illinois Center for Transportation Series No. 13-022, 134p.

Hu, S. and T. Dai. 2013. Online Map Application Development Using Google Maps API, SQL Database and ASP.NET, International Journal of Information Communication Technology Research, vol.3, issue 2.

Hu, S. 2012. Online Mapping for Fire Service First Responders Using Google Maps API, Papers of the Applied Geography Conference, 35: 54 - 63.

Hu, S. 2012. Multimedia Mapping on the Internet Using Commercial APIs, Online Maps with APIs and Mapservices (M. P. Peterson, ed.), Springer, pp. 61-71.