Using Optical Imagery and Fuzzy Logic to Map Wildfires in British Columbia
Posted 3 years 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 3 years 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 3 years 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 3 years 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 3 years 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 3 years 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 years 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 […]
Batch Processing ACSII Files using Model Builder and Georeferencing Tools
Posted 3 years ago
Introduction For the past few months I had the pleasure to be working with my supervisor to construct a series of 2D thermal composites using ArcMap from a set of 3D images taken by a forward-looking infrared (FLIR) thermal camera in the field. The difficulty of the project comes from the fact that our images […]
The Deeper Picture on Ghost Gear
Posted 3 years ago
Abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) is considered one of the most important marine debris issues that continues to threaten ocean sustainability. Globally, researchers are collectively working towards finding solutions to mitigate the impacts and reduce the presence of ALDFG in our oceans. Often, fishers don’t want to lose their gear, as it […]
Exploring the Solar Rooftop Potential of Wortley Village/Old South in London, Ontario using ArcGIS Pro and LiDAR-derived DSM
Posted 3 years ago
Over the weekend in my exploration of ArcGIS Notebooks, I came across this very interesting ArcGIS Pro Lesson by Esri Senior Product Engineer Delphine Khanna. Although it was not related to my initial plan of learning how to use ArcGIS Notebooks, the project happened to use ArcGIS Pro which I had installed a few days […]
