Doors Open Ottawa 2025
Posted 7 months ago
Walking and Shuttle Map This summer I have has the privilege of working as a GIS Assistant for the City of Ottawa, assisting their GeoSolutions team with cartographic creation as well as assisting the various engineering and forestry departments in using Esri technology. My first project has been to create a digitized walking and shuttle […]
Establishing a Smarter Future: Developing a Mobile GIS App for Sustainable Home Relocation
Posted 7 months ago
By Si Yeon Kim · May 2025 In a region like Metro Vancouver, where urban development pressures often lead to the demolition of single-family homes, sustainability is more than just a buzzword. It is a pressing challenge that requires innovative solutions. As part of our BCIT GIS practicum project, my team partnered with Renewal Development, […]
The Canadian Atlas of Palliative Care: BC Edition
Posted 9 months ago
All information presented hereafter should be considered the opinion of Skyler Grasley the individual in an unofficial capacity, and should not be taken to represent the position of the McMaster University Department of Family Medicine, Pallium Canada, or any other Partner Projects or Institutions. On March 25th 2025, the Canadian Atlas of Palliative Care: BC […]
Scoring Calgary’s Access to Essential Services through Automated ArcGIS Analysis in Python
Posted 10 months ago
My name is Harrison Drew, and this is my first ECCE blog post! Today I am sharing the geospatial project I had completed in the Fall 2024 term at the University of Calgary which established a serviceability scoring system for the City of Calgary using geospatial data. This system utilizes automated, standalone ArcPy libraries which […]
A Little Bit About Me!
Posted 10 months ago
Hello everyone! My name is Audreana, and I am currently a GIS graduate student and the Centre of Geographic Sciences (COGS). Just last April I graduated from McMaster University with an Honours Bachelor of Science in Environmental Sciences as well as a concurrent certificate in GIS. Starting my undergraduate degree during the pandemic, I did […]
About me
Posted 11 months ago
Hello everyone in the ECCE community! My name is Oliver Siebertz, and I am a student at the University of Toronto, where I am pursuing a degree in urban studies with a strong focus on transportation infrastructure and GIS. I have shaped my bachelors degree to focus on how transportation systems function across the city […]
Introduction
Posted 11 months ago
Hello everyone! My name is James and I am a 4th year student at Western University. Currently, I am working towards an Honours BSc in Geographic Information Science. As a child, I was very interested in maps. One year, my parents gifted me an atlas, and I would examine the maps almost every night. At […]
Innovation Under Pressure: Tackling Banff’s Urban Mobility Challenges
Posted 11 months ago
My Experience at the 7th Annual National Geomatics Competition I had the privilege of attending the 7th annual Canadian National Geomatics Competition (NGC) from February 5th to 9th as a representative of BCIT’s GIS Advanced Diploma cohort and the BCIT Geomatics Club. The NGC is a student-led consulting engineering competition that challenges geomatics students to […]
Computing Catchment Areas for Bus Stops using GTFS Static Data
Posted 12 months ago
In this tutorial, I’ll demonstrate how to compute catchment areas, or network buffers, around transit stops in Hamilton, Ontario, using the ArcPy Network Analyst module and Hamilton Street Railway (HSR) General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) static data from Open Hamilton. Step 1: Import Required Packages Let’s begin by importing the necessary packages. The urllib and […]
About Me!
Posted 12 months ago
Hello fellow ECCE student associates! Happy New Year! My name is Tiana, and I am a masters student at Simon Fraser University. I started my graduate studies in September of 2024, where I am pursuing a Masters of Science in Geography. Prior to this, I completed my Bachelor of Environment degree also at SFU, with […]
