Temperature and vegetation variation within a rapidly growing town
Posted 4 weeks ago
As a first-year MSc student at the University of Toronto Mississauga, I wrote a paper for a planning course where I integrated remote sensing data with planning documents to understand environmental change in the rapidly growing Town of Milton, Ontario. In this blog post, I will summarize the paper including my methods and findings. However, […]
Urban Landcover Mapping: Using Deep Learning to Extract Impervious Surfaces
Posted 1 month ago
The first of multiple blog posts in which Esri Deep Learning technology is utilized for urban landcover mapping and impervious surface coverage.
A Spatial Literature Review of the Human Impacts on Betula utilis and Betula papyrifera
Posted 1 month ago
Independent Research In my second year at UTM, I did a spatial literature review of the human impacts on two birch species, Betula utilis and Betula papyrifera. More specifically, I analyzed the existing scholarly literature focusing on the effects of climate and environmental changes (2017 to 2022) and the human use (1982 to 2022) of […]
Using Optical Imagery and Fuzzy Logic to Map Wildfires in British Columbia
Posted 2 months ago
Exacerbated by human-induced climate change, wildfires have become increasingly severe and devastating in recent years. In British Columbia over the past decade, wildfires have consistently cost hundreds of millions in damages and pose serious health threats to the population as the smoke lingers over populous areas throughout the province. For our British Columbia Institute of […]
A challenge worth tackling: Looking back at this year’s ECCE App Challenge Experience
Posted 2 months ago
Being open to new challenges is something to embrace. Despite the learning curve that may come with a new challenge, the opportunity to apply what you know and adapt to the circumstance is an excellent learning opportunity. This is one of the many aspects that drew my team members and I to this year’s Esri […]
Fantasy Maps in ArcGIS Pro using Digital Elevation Models
Posted 2 months ago
Feeling creative? Here’s a quick tutorial on turning DEM’s into vibrant fantasy maps!
Pavement Marking Inventory using GIS and Computer Vision – Part I
Posted 2 months ago
In this series of blog posts we will explore and detail the ways in which we combine the powers of GIS and computer vision to automate extraction of pavement markings from aerial orthophotos using ArcGIS Image Analyst.
Meet the teams of the ECCE App Challenge 2022
Posted 2 months ago
The annual ECCE App Challenge has recently completed its 8th iteration. Each year this competition provides us with the opportunity to see many new and interesting apps created and presented by teams joining from ECCE schools across the country. The 2022 App Challenge has continued this tradition, giving a total of 25 teams of students […]
Delineating Urban Lake Watersheds using Arc Hydro
Posted 2 months ago
Many natural and anthropogenic processes occurring within a lake’s watershed directly affect lake water quality (Soranno et al., 2015). As such, delineating the bounds of a lake’s watershed is often the first step towards identifying factors driving changes in water quality over time. This critical step can be achieved with the help of Arc Hydro, […]
Watershed Analysis Over the Don Valley River: The Potential Pathways of Aqueous Pollutants
Posted 3 months ago
Water is a crucial catalyst in propelling an inexhaustible list of anthropogenic activities such as agricultural practices, daily household commodities, and industrial/mining pursuits. Despite being limited to such a finite supply of freshwater resources, future generations will find themselves in a troubling situation as this fundamental resource is being exploited to an irreparable extent by […]
