App Challenge 2019, GISquad

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The App Challenge project that Michele discusses below can be viewed from her team’s profile on the ECCE GitHub website: https://esricanada-ce.github.io/appchallenge/2019/teams/mac/GISquad/ This year I participated in the ECCE App Challenge for the third time. My team included Matthew Brown, lead designer, Tasos Dardas, lead developer, and myself, lead researcher.  Our App, Sustainera, is a web […]

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Flood Depth Mapping in Calgary, Alberta

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I am currently in the second year of my M.Sc. degree at McMaster University, working with my supervisor, Dr. Darren Scott. Right now, I am in the middle of processing my data and have some preliminary results to share. Extreme weather events, such as floods, can cause severe consequences to the road network, such as […]

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ECCE App Challenge 2018 – Marauders mApp

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This year I participated in the ECCE App Challenge with my group members, Tasos Dardas and Matt Brown. The assigned topic of the app was anything of our choice, so we decided to focus on decentralized, renewable energy. Our app, Energy Revolution, demonstrates the feasibility of decentralized energy systems (DESs) by creating matrices showing the […]

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GIS Day at McMaster

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McMaster University held their annual celebration for GIS Day on November 17, organized by Patrick DeLuca. The day consisted of lightning talks focusing on research from both the natural and social sciences. The talks showcased how interdisciplinary GIS is as there were presenters from the McMaster Institute of Transportation and Logistics, School of Geography and Earth Sciences, […]

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