Natural Asset Management Plan (NAMP) of Georgian Bay Mnidoo Gamii Biosphere: Data Gap Analysis
Posted 2 months ago
By Alex Furukawa in the McMaster Blog
This work is part of an ongoing project conducted in collaboration with the Georgian Bay Mnidoo Gamii Biosphere (GBB) alongside Dr. Brandon Van Huizen and Dr. Chantel Markle of University of Waterloo and my supervisor Dr. Mike Waddington. Background The Georgian Bay Mnidoo Gamii Biosphere (GBB) spans 175 km of the eastern coast and freshwater archipelago of […]
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My GIS Internship Experience
Posted 3 months ago
By Sam Fanaki in the McMaster Blog
Colliers is a Canadian commercial real estate (CRE) firm, headquartered in Toronto. The firm provides services to tenants and landlords ranging from brokerage, property management, urban planning, engineering, and beyond. As fulfillment of the requirements for my co-op program, I first worked at Colliers in a data entry role in Winter 2023, after which […]
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My experience at the 31st International Geoinformatics Conference
Posted 4 months ago
By Lan Qing Zhao in the SFU Blog
From August 14-16th, 2024 I had the privilege of attending the 31st International Geoinformatics Conference in the vibrant City of Toronto, Canada. As someone who is deeply passionate about geography, GIS, and technology, this event was not just a professional engagement but a journey of learning, networking, and inspiration. This was my first time attending […]
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Quantifying Nationwide Greenspace Accessibility with CANUE
Posted 4 months ago
By Sarah Chen in the UofT Blog
Introduction Over the past year, I worked with student collaborator Emily Moffat and supervisor Joey Syer from the Canadian Urban Environmental Health Research Consortium (CANUE) to produce a national greenspace provision layer as part of the University of Toronto’s geography professional experience placement course. Greenspaces refer to varied land designations such as parks, nature reserves, […]
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Measuring Public Transit Accessibility to Cantonese-Speaking Family Physicians in Greater Vancouver
Posted 4 months ago
By Eunice Chu in the Western Blog
Introduction Healthcare accessibility is a fundamental right for every population group, and it plays an important role in the health of the population (World health Organization, 2017). The recent covid-19 pandemic has demonstrated the need for spatially balanced and accessible healthcare services, as well as having equitable access for all population groups. Family physicians play […]
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Attending the 2024 Esri User Conference and Education Summit
Posted 4 months ago
By Alysha van Duynhoven in the SFU Blog
From July 13th to 19th, I had the tremendous honour and privilege to attend the 2024 Esri User Conference and Education Summit in San Diego, California, as Esri Canada’s Young Scholar Award recipient. In the depths of several research projects and with an upcoming teaching assistantship role lined up for the Fall term, the conference […]
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“Seeing” Peatland Stress from Space: Relationships between Sentinel satellite data and peat moisture. Part 1
Posted 5 months ago
By Alex Furukawa in the McMaster Blog
This is the first in a multi-part series detailing the process of linking in-situ peatland water table data to satellite data. While monitoring the water table, or moisture status of a peatland is by no means a complicated task that is usually accomplished simply with a groundwater well, they beg the question of ‘ungauged basins’ […]
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University of Waterloo GIS Day 2023 Recap
Posted 6 months ago
By Ben Woodward in the UW Blog
By: Weronika Fydrych November 15th marked 2023’s GIS Day, the international celebration of everything geospatial! To participate, the University of Waterloo’s ECCE group, along with the Waterloo Association of Geography Students, the Univeristy of Waterloo Geospatial Centre, and Environment Technology and Instructional Support (ETIS) worked together to organize the University of Waterloo’s first in-person GIS […]
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Evaluation of influential variables on Calgary’s dwelling price (Spatial Autoregressive Model)
Posted 6 months ago
By Marjan Jahanbani in the UCalgary Blog
demands as well as the communities’ needs. This project aims to describe the relationship of some influential socio-economic variables on the median value of dwellings in Calgary based on the community census data (2016).
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The Upscaling of Winter Wheat Aboveground Nitrogen Content Estimation Using Geostatistical Analysis
Posted 7 months ago
By Mohammad Rokhafrouz in the Western Blog
Introduction Nitrogen is the most essential and demanded nutrient for plants [1]. It is also one of the most costly to supply, making commercial fertilizers a major expense in agriculture [2]. Nitrogen deficiency reduces crop growth and yields [3], while overapplication may have unwanted environmental impacts and cost of production [4]. Therefore, managing nitrogen fertilizers […]
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