Using ArcGIS CityEngine for GeoDesign on McMaster Campus: Part 1
Posted 1 month ago
Esri’s ArcGIS CityEngine is an advanced three-dimensional (3D) modelling software for creating realistic, interactive, and immersive urban environments (Fabricius, 2020). CityEngine allows users to build entire 3D cities effectively in one step, design urban environments, master 3D content creation, and bring a community vision to life (Fabricius, 2020). If we take a look at case […]
Custom Tools in ArcGIS Pro – An Alternative to the Multiple Ring Buffer Tool
Posted 1 month ago
Various skills and tasks in terms of coding and the use of ArcGIS Pro can be enhanced through a GIS Programming course taught by Dr. Darren Scott. An assignment that caught my attention and would like to share in this article is about the use of custom tools in ArcGIS. Custom tools can be used […]
Using Survey123 and Portal for ArcGIS to manage a large team related to COVID-19 economic recovery research
Posted 2 months ago
Learn how the Human Environments Analysis Lab (HEAL) at Western University has implemented a large research project on COVID-19 economic recovery using Survey123 and ArcGIS Enterprise.
How food secure/insecure are Hamilton’s neighbourhoods? Using Python and ArcGIS’s Network Analyst Module to map Hamiltonians’ access to healthy food
Posted 2 months ago
My name is Daniel Van Veghel, and I am a fourth year Arts & Science student at Mac. I am working to complete my Minor in GIS, and this semester I am taking “GIS Programming” through Mac’s School of Earth, Environment and Society. The course aims to show how Python can be a useful tool […]
Where GIS meets the field
Posted 2 months ago
GIS requires data, and this often means going out to the field. Learn about Emma Sherwood's co-op and research assistant experiences in the field, collecting data for four different projects across Canada.
Manually Geocoding – Preparing for Analysis of Green Space Accessibility in Ontario Elementary Schools and Student Performance
Posted 2 months ago
Learn how UTM student Scarlett Rakowska performed manual quality control to augment address geocoding output to get accuracy needed for subsequent analysis.
Visualizing Geolocated Methane Concentration Measurements in ArcGIS Pro
Posted 2 months ago
How to use ArcGIS Pro for concentration mapping of methane concentrations measured with a portable device, helping to detect methane leaks from oil and gas production facilities.
Are Dominant Routes the Safest Routes in a Bike Share System? An Investigation of Hamilton Bike Share using Weighted Level of Traffic Stress
Posted 2 months ago
An analysis of the safety of dominant biking routes, using a level of traffic stress classification of Hamilton's cycling network.
Is the world’s largest freshwater archipelago losing islands? How water levels impact coastal marshes
Posted 3 months ago
An archipelago is a collection of islands. Canada is home to 2 of the biggest, a saltwater and a freshwater archipelago. The saltwater archipelago is in the northern part of Canada (> 35 K islands) that no one during geography class was able to fully draw. It is the world’s second largest saltwater archipelago. The […]
About Me…
Posted 3 months ago
Hi there! My name is Claire, I am a fourth-year undergraduate student at the University of Waterloo’s School of Planning. I am thrilled to be one of UW’s student associates with Esri Canada GIS Centres of Excellence, and look forward to sharing my interests, studies, and research on the ECCE Blog, as well as participating in […]
