Jacob Schmidt
Biography
Jacob is pursuing a master’s degree in geography at UNC Charlotte with an emphasis in location analysis. His research interests include site analysis for development, education impacts on professional sports and education performance. He worked for a software firm Azavea in Philadelphia where he helped to create a tool focused on crowdsource mapping the urban forest called OpenTreeMap. He helped to start a home development company in Minneapolis called Envinsulate where he developed tools to target neighborhoods that met company criteria. He was a research assistant at the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute until early 2016.
Education
B.A. in geography at Brigham Young University
Articles
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plancharlotte.orgDec 14, 2015
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ui.uncc.eduDec 14, 2015
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ui.uncc.eduOct 22, 2015
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plancharlotte.orgSep 29, 2015
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ui.uncc.eduSep 29, 2015
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ui.uncc.eduJun 19, 2014