William Hamilton


Professional Details

Title Professor
Department Geography and Sustainability
Office Meier Hall 326C
Phone 978.542.6228
Email william.hamilton@salemstate.edu
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Recent and Upcoming Courses

FYGE 100 First Year Seminar (geography)
GPH 100P Weather and Climate
GPH 140 Introduction to Maps and Geographical Information Systems
GPH 285P Oceanography
GPH 385 Meteorology

Professional Biography

Holds BA, MS, Ed.M and Ph.D degrees.  Over 35 years teaching experience spanning elementary to post doctoral education.  Held high level positions in and currently consults with Fortune 100 companies in GEOINT applications.  While at SSC developed seventeen new courses, acquired funding and created the Digital Geography Laboratory, created the Masters in Geo-Information Science, and the Ph.D. in Geo-Information Science.  Widely published in books, proceedings, journals, and software applications and has earned several awards for GEOINT curricula development and integration.  Current research endeavors are time-space modeling and systems development for anti-terrorism bio and chemical warfare initiatives and applied spatial modeling in economic geography.

Professional Interests

Spatial Mathematics, Quantitative Geography, Cartography, Applied Data Analysis, Geographic Information Science, Digital Image Processing (Hyperspectral, Lidar, Radar) and Close Range Photogrammetry