Collecting and Calculating Land Data – Preparing for Analysis of Remote Sensing Microscale Urban Heat

Posted 2 years ago

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A few months ago, I wrote a blog post introducing my MSc Thesis. Since then, I finished my summer fieldwork which consisted of cycling over 560 kilometres of cycling and road infrastructure measuring air temperature every 1-second in Mississauga, Ontario. I also had the opportunity to present my preliminary thoughts on this project at the […]

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Utilizing GIS in other disciplines: Implementing photos in webmap pop-ups

Posted 4 years ago

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As an undergraduate student at the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM), I am double majoring in Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Communication, Culture, Information, and Technology (CCIT). I am currently taking a CCIT course that involves inclusive design and social responsibility. For one of the assignments, we had to walk around our neighbourhood and take […]

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Analyzing Toronto Crime Data using Kernel Density

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Recently, the Toronto Police Service released its 2019 data of major crime indicators. These indicators include assaults, auto thefts, break and enters, homicides, robberies, and thefts over. In this blog, I will analyze the major crime indicators for Toronto in 2019 using kernel density. Kernel Density Kernel Density is a spatial analyst tool that calculates […]

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COVID-19 Web Mapping Application: step-by-step

Posted 5 years ago

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Hello, My name is Scarlett, and I am a third-year undergraduate student at the University of Toronto Mississauga, studying Geographical Information Systems (GIS). After the World Health Organization announced COVID-19 a pandemic, on March 19, 2020, I viewed an Esri Canada webinar presented by Chris North and Mike Gregotski called “Responding to the COVID-19 Crisis […]

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