How food secure/insecure are Hamilton’s neighbourhoods? Using Python and ArcGIS’s Network Analyst Module to map Hamiltonians’ access to healthy food
Posted 4 years 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 4 years 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 4 years 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 4 years 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 4 years 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 4 years 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 4 years 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 […]
Cooling Locations for the Senior Population in Toronto
Posted 4 years ago
Over the past few years, the city of Toronto has introduced various cooling locations for people to refresh themselves during the summer. See how the spatial distribution of these locations matches with the distribution of some of the people who need it most.
Ideas for Displaying Categorical and Time-Based Data
Posted 4 years ago
Deciding the best way to visualize your data is one of the most important steps in making sure that message is clear and understood by the reader. But when you are working with many different variables, it can be challenging to display them all together on one map to show the connections between different categorical […]
Creating Your Own GIS Guidebook!
Posted 4 years ago
Last summer I worked as an Urban Planning Summer Student at my local municipality. My responsibilities included lots of development reviews and GIS work. I often found that I had to help my coworkers with basic GIS / ArcMap functions such as searching for an address or changing symbology. Instead of waiting to ask the […]
