Yanfen Le

Assistant Professor

Department of Geology/Geography
Northwest Missouri State University
Maryville, MO 64468

Office: 1323 Garret-Srtong
Email: le@nwmissouri.edu
URL: http://catpages.nwmissouri.edu/m/le

Phone: (660) 562-1525
Fax: (660) 562-1055


Education

Research

Teaching

Publications

Presentation

Awards

Affiliations


 

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Geography, University of Georgia, 2005
M.S., Wuhan Technical University of Surveying & Mapping, China, 1996
B.S., Wuhan Technical University of Surveying & Mapping, China, 1993

RESEARCH INTERESTS

GIScience, especially Spatio-Temporal Representation; Cartographic Visualization; Spatial Database; Remote Sensing

TEACHING

  • Introduction to Geography (32-101)
  • Cartography (32-362)
  • Principles of GIS (32-545)
  • Advanced GIS (32-565)
  • Trends in GIS (32-660)
  • Issues in Cartographic Design (32-662)

PUBLICATION

  • Le, Y. and Usery, E. L. A feature-based temporal model and its implementation in object-relational databases. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. (In review)
  • Le, Y. and Usery, E. L., (2009). Adding time to GIS. In Manual of Geographic Information Systems, edited by M. Madden. ASPRS Publisher (Accepted).
  • Le, Y. 2007. Uncertainty in temporal geographic information, Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Geographic Information System (IWGIS’07), 14-15 September 2007, Beijing, China.
  • Le, Y., 2005. A prototype temporal GIS for multiple spatio-temporal representations. Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 32(4), 315-329.
  • Le, Y. and Chen, J., 1997. Organizing spatio-temporal data of land subdivision with temporal land parcels, Journal of Wuhan Technical University of Surveying & Mapping, 22 (3), 222- 228. Wuhan, China.
  • Chen, J. and Le, Y., 1996. Defining and representing temporal objects for describing the spatio-temporal process of land subdivision, International Archives of ISPRS , XXXI-B2, pp.48-56, Vienna .
  • Chen, J. and Le, Y., 1995. Describing land subdivision process with extended space-time composite model, Proceedings of LIESMARS’4, Wuhan Technical University of Surveying & Mapping, China.

PRESENTATION

  • Le, Y., 2008. Implementing the General Representation of Geo-atom in a Feature-based Temporal Framework, will present at the GIScience 2008 Conference, 22-26 September 2008, Park City, UT.
  • Le, Y., 2008. Mapping invasive weeds from roadside vegetation using NAIP data, presented at ASPRS 2008 Annual Conference, 28 April – 2 May 2008, Portland, OR.
  • Le, Y., 2008. A hybrid featured-based temporal framework for phenomena with both object- and field-characteristics, presented at AAG 2008 Annual Meeting, 15-19 April 2008, Boston, MA.
  • Le, Y., 2007. Uncertainty in temporal geographic information, presented at the 7th International Workshop on Geographic Information System, 14-15 September 2007, Beijing, China.
  • Le, Y., 2007. Discrete time in base geographic data: representation, implementation, and visualization, presented at AAG 2007 for Nystrom Paper Competition, San Francisco, CA April 2007.
  • Le, Y. and Hodler, T. W., 2006. Uncertainty in spatio-temporal change extracted from existing data, presented at AAG 2006, Chicago, IL March 2006.
  • Le, Y., 2005. A prototype temporal GIS for multiple spatio-temporal representations, presented at Auto-Carto 2005, Las Vegas, NV March 2005.
  • Le, Y., 2004. A feature-based temporal representation and its implementation with object-relational schema for base geographic data in object-based form, presented at UCGIS Assembly, Adelphi, MD October 2004.
  • Le, Y., 2004. Multiple representations of time for base geographic data, presented at AAG 2004 annual conference for GIS Specialty Group student paper competition, Philadelphia, PA March 2004.
  • Le, Y., 2003. Shanghai in real travel time space based on public transportation 2002, presented at SEDAAG 2003, Charlotte, NC November 2003.

GRANTS AND AWARDS

  • 2008, "Detection of Invasive Weeds in Missouri Roadside Vegetation Using Remote Sensing Technology", PI, (Co-PI: Dr. George Kegode), Northwest Missouri State University Faculty Research Grant, $7,344.
  • 2007, Finalist of J. Warren Nystrom Award. Association of American Geographers.
  • 2007-2008, "A Hybrid Feature-Based Temporal Framework for Fields and Objects", PI, (Co-PI: Dr. Wenlong Zheng), Northwest Missouri State University Faculty Research Grant, $3,183.
  • 2006-2007, "Uncertainty in Spatio-Temporal Change Extracted from Existing Data", PI, Northwest Missouri State University Faculty Research Grant, $3,188.
  • 2005, Finalist of Cartography and Geospatial Digital Technologies Student Illustrated Paper Competition. Association of American Geographers.
  • 2005, UGA Graduate School Travel Award.
  • 2004, UGA Graduate School’s Future Leaders Program.
  • 2004, UGA Geography Department Travel Support.
  • 2004, Finalist of GIS Specialty Group student paper competition. Association of American Geographers.
  • 2004, UGA Graduate School Travel Award.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • Member of Association of American Geographers
  • Member of American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing
  • Member of Cartography and Geographic Information Society
  • Reviewer of International Journal of Geographical Information Science (2006)
  • Reviewer of Journal of Cartography and Geographic Information Science (2005)

 

 

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