Hi there 👋, my name is Yanan Wu

Spatial Minds, Data Discoveries - an explorer who merges the worlds of data and geography.

• 👩‍🏫 I am an Assistant Professor (AP) in the Geography Department at The University of Central Arkansas

• 🎓 PhD in the Department of Geospatial Information Sciences @ The University of Texas at Dallas.

• 💻 My research interests include Geographic Information Science (GIS), spatial modeling, and spatial data science.

• 💡 More information can be found on my LinkedIn | CV | Resume | Google Scholar and blog post on Medium

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Skills

Teaching

• 2025   SSJ 376 Spatial Database DVLP in PRAC - Clark University
• 2025   GEOG 386 Sptial Topics: Python Programming - Clark University
• 2025   GEOG 247 Intermediate Quantitative Methods in GEOG - Clark University
• 2024   SSJ 30262 Web Mapping & Open Source GIS - Clark University
• 2024   SSJ 302 Python Programming & SSJ 30274 Computer PROG for GIS - Clark University
• 2022   Principles of Geospatial Information Sciences - University of Texas at Dallas
• 2021   Methods of Quantitative Analysis in the Social and Policy Science - University of Texas at Dallas

Latest Blog Post on Medium

Publish and update web map on ArcGIS Online Using ArcGIS API for Python

Simple and Straightforward Classification with Extreme Gradient Boosting — XGboost

Gradient Boost — Classification

How to Divide Linestring(sf) into Equal Segments with R

Interactive map in Jupyter Notebook

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Get in touch

I'm always open and looking for any opportunity, feel free to reach me out via:

• Email: YanaWu@clarku.edu
  
• Linkedin: in/giswu
  
• Twitter: YananWGIS
  
• Medium: @ywu120766