Geography Portfolio

Trader Joe's Site Selection Introduction: In Hennepin and Ramsey counties, Trader Joe's Grocery store are very successful. So successful that they are looking to expand and put in an additional store in a ideal area. The confines of this study are the two counties, which encompass the Minneapolis and St. Paul metropolitan areas. Using the customer data of Trader Joe's, the following processes reflect my results and site selection. Using variables related to Trader Joe's key target market, I narrowed down what areas would be best for selection. Methods: First, I used Business Analyst to run a Market Penetration Report. By running this with my customer data, I was able to see where the existing Trader Joe's locations were already doing well. The report helped to show me where the Trader Joe's stores were doing the best, and the top two stores were the Bloomington and Maple Grove Stores.       Figure 1 - Market Penetration Map Next, to locate my idea...

GIS 1: Lab 4 Michael Lewis Goals and Background: Through various lectures in class, and additional outside reading material, we learned how to effectively query data to find selected attributes. By learning the basic forms of single queries, we then progressed to forming multiple attribute queries, stringing long operations to find a select data set. Using data provided by ArcMap and additional Instructor provided data, we were able to narrow down very specific data that match select characteristics. The goal of the lab was to effectively and efficiently find the data that matched certain qualities. After those qualities were found, maps were produced to display our findings. Methods: Using the data provided by ArcMap and the Instructor, I was able to analyze it using the select by attributes tool and select by location tool. Using the Boolean operators, I put together complex queries matching the set criteria. After my selections were verified and made, I exported the data t...

330 Roosevelt Avenue Presented by  Jack Mielke  Michael Lewis Andrew Jeffers The House https://www.zillow.com         Our house is located at 330 Roosevelt Avenue in Eau Claire. On Zillow, it is priced at $209,900. The house has four bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, has an area of 3,718 square feet, and has an attached two car garage.  It is a one story house with a basement.  The house is conveniently located on a corner lot and also has a deck that goes outside to the backyard.  The amount of property taxes to be paid each year for the house is about $4,666.     Similar Houses         Table 1 shows our house compared to other houses in the area that are for sale.  With the exception of the two outliers on Oakwood and Marston, 330 Roosevelt has the most square feet of any house and the cheapest price per square foot.  Having four bedrooms is also near the top of all of thes...