Michael E. Hodgson

Graduate Program Director
Professor
Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1987

Department of Geography
Callcott, Room 326
Columbia, SC 29208
Phone: (803) 777-8976   Fax: (803) 777-4972
email: hodgsonm@sc.edu

Areas of Interest
Geographic Information Systems
Remote Sensing
Hazards
Monitoring Geographic Change

Recent Publications

Kar, B., and M.E. Hodgson, 2012. "Relationship between Observational Scale and Modeled Potential Residential Loss from a Storm Surge," GIScience and Remote Sensing, in press.

Kar, B., and M.E. Hodgson, 2012. "Housing Unit Distribution in Coastal Counties: A Comparison of Areal Interpolation Techniques," Cartography and Geographical Information Science, in press.

James, L. A., M.E. Hodgson, S. Ghoshal, M.M. Latiolais, 2012. "Geomorphic Change Detection Using Historic Maps and DEM Differencing: The Temporal Dimension of Geospatial Analysis," Geomorphology, 137(1): 181-198.

Hodgson, M.E. and B.A. Davis, Y. Cheng, J. Miller, 2010. "Modeling Remote Sensing Satellite Collection Opportunity Likelihood for Hurricane Disaster Response," Cartography and Geographical Information Science. 37(1): 7-15.

Chow, T.E. and M.E. Hodgson, 2009. "Effects of Lidar Post-Spacing and DEM Resolution to Mean Slope Estimation," International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 23(10): 1277-1295.

Hodgson, M.E., B.A. Davis, and J. Kotelenska, 2009. "Remote sensing and GIS data/information in the emergency response/recovery phase: pre and post-Katrina approaches," Geotechnical Contributions to Urban Hazard and Disaster Analysis, P.S. Showalter and Y.Lu, editors; (Springer-Verlag), DOI 10 10.1007/978-90-481-2238-7, pp. 327-354.

Im, J., and M.E. Hodgson, 2009. "Characteristics of Search Spaces for Identifying Optimum Thresholds in Change Detection Studies," GIScience and Remote Sensing, 26(3):249-272.

Chow, T.E., and M.E. Hodgson, 2009.
"Effects of Lidar Post-Spacing and DEM Resolution to Mean Slope Estimation," International Journal of Geographic Information Science, 23(10):1277-1295.

Jensen, J.R., and M.E. Hodgson, M. G-Q Quijano, J. Im., 2009. "A Remote Sensing and GIS-assisted Spatial Decision Support System for Hazardous Waste Site Monitoring," Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 75(2): 169-177.

Quijano, M. G-Q, J.R. Jensen, M.E. Hodgson, B. C. Hadley, J.B. Gladden, 2008. "Significance of Altitude and Posting-density on LIDAR-derived Elevation Accuracy on Hazardous Waste Sites," Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 74(9): 1137-1146.

Im, J., J.R. Jensen, and M.E. Hodgson, 2008. "Object-based Land Cover Classification Using High Posting Density LIDAR Data," GIScience and Remote Sensing , 45(2): 209-228.

Hodgson, M.E.Hodgson, M.E., and B. Kar, 2008. "Modeling the Potential Swath Coverage of Nadir and Off-Nadir Pointing Remote Sensing Satellite-Sensor Systems," Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 35(3): 147-156.

Kar, B., and M.E. Hodgson, 2008. "A GIS-Based Model to Determine Site Suitability of Emergency Evacuation Shelters," Transactions in GIS, 12(2): 227-248.

Im, J., J.R. Jensen, and M.E. Hodgson, 2008. "Optimizing the Binary Discriminant Function in Change Detection Applications," Remote Sensing of Environment, 112:2761-2776.

Raber, G.T., J.R. Jensen, M.E. Hodgson, J.A. Tullis, B.A. Davis, J. Berglund. 2007. "Impact of Lidar Nominal Post-spacing on DEM Accuracy and Flood Zone Delineation," Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 73(7):793-804.

Im, J., J. Rhee, J.R. Jensen, M.E. Hodgson. 2007. "An Automated Binary Change Detection Model Using a Calibration Approach," Remote Sensing of Environment, 106: 89-105.

Chow, T.E, K.F. Gaines, M.E. Hodgson, M.E. Wilson. 2005. "Habitat and Exposure Modelling for Ecological Risk Assessment: A Case Study for the Raccoon on the Savannah River Site," Ecological Modelling, 189: 151-167.

Hodgson, M.E., J.R. Jensen, G. Raber, J. Tullis, B. Davis, K. Schuckman, G. Thompson. 2005. "An Evaluation of LIDAR-Derived Elevation and Terrain Slope in Leaf-off Conditions," Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 71(1): 817-823.

Hodgson, M.E., X. Li, and Y. Cheng. 2004. An Parameterization Model for Transportation Feature Extraction," Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 70(12): 1399-1404.

Jensen, J.R., M.E. Hodgson, J.A. Tullis and G.T. Raber. 2004. "Remote Sensing of Impervious Surfaces and Building Infrastructure", Using Geospatial Technologies in Urban Environments (R.R. Jensen, J. Gatrell and D.D. McLane, editors), New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, Inc., pp. 5-21.

Li, X. and M.E. Hodgson. 2004. "Data model and operations for vector fields, Geographic Information Sciences and Remote Sensing, 41(1): 1-24.

J.R. Jensen and M.E. Hodgson. 2004. "Remote Sensing of Selected Biophysical and Urban/Suburban Phenomena", Geography and Technology, edited by S. Brunn, S. Cutter, and J. Harrington (Kluwer: Netherlands), pp. 109-154.

Hodgson, M.E. and P. Bresnahan, 2004. "Accuracy of airborne lidar derived elevation: empirical assessment and error budget", Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 70(3): 331-339.

Hodgson, M.E., J.R. Jensen, J. Tullis, K. Riordan, R. Archer. 2003. "Synergistic Use of LIDAR and Color Aerial Photography for Mapping Urban Parcel Imperviousness", Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 69(9): 973-980.

Hodgson, M.E., J.R. Jensen, L. Schmidt, S. Schill, and B. Davis. 2003. "An Evaluation of LIDAR- and IFSAR-derived Digital Elevation Models in Leaf-on Conditions with USGS Level 1 and Level 2 DEMs", Remote Sensing of Environment, 84(2): 295-308.

D.S.K. Thomas, S. L. Cutter, M.E. Hodgson, M. Gutekunst, S. Jones. 2003. "Use of Spatial Data and Geographic Technologies in Response to the September 11th Terrorist Attack on the World Trade Center," in Beyond September 11th: An Account of Post-Disaster Research, Publication #39, Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center, Boulder, CO, pp. 147-162.

Hodgson, M.E., and S.L. Cutter. 2002. "Mapping and the Spatial Analysis of Hazardscapes" in Cutter, S.L. (Ed.), American Hazardscapes: The Regionalization of Hazards and Disasters, Washington D.C., Joseph Henry Press, pp 37-60.

Lloyd, R., M.E. Hodgson, and A. Stokes. 2002. "Visual Categorization with Aerial Photographs," Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 92(2): 241-266.

Lloyd, R. and M.E. Hodgson. 2002. "Visual Search For Land Use Objects in Aerial Photographs," Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 29(1): 3-15.

Cutter, S.L., M.E. Hodgson, and K. Dow. 2001. "Subsidized Inequities: The Spatial Patterning of Environmental Risks and Federally Assisted Housing," Urban Geography, 22(1): 29-53.

Ramsey, E.W., M.E. Hodgson, Sapkota, S.K., Laine, S.C., Nelson, G.A., and D.K. Chappell. 2001. "Forest Impact Estimated With NOAA AVHRR And Landsat TM Data Related To A Predicted Hurricane Windfield Distribution", International Journal of Remote Sensing, 77(3): 279-292.

Cowen, D.J., J.R. Jensen, C. Hendrix, M.E. Hodgson, and S.R. Schill. 2000. "A GIS-Assisted Rail construction Econometric Model that Incorporates LIDAR Data," Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing. 66(11):1323-1328.

Teaching
GIS-Based Modeling
Geographic Information System (GIS) Databases and Their Use
Photogrammetry and Lidargrammetry
Introduction to GIS
Seminar in GIS
Advanced Seminar in GIS

Graduate Students
Shufan Liu, Ph.D. candidate
Ian Kramer, Ph.D. candidate
Chris Gillam, Ph.D. candidate
Ben Sigrist, Master's Candidate
Crystal Dorn, Master's candidate
Alex Hay, Master's candidate