GIS Summary of SNAP 2019 (Part 2): Landscape Archaeology Analysis with ModelBuilder and Python
Posted 5 years ago
Introduction Over the past few months I have been investigating a new methodology of finding settlement patterns using GIS. The current method of settlement patterns often involves deep research and field studies. In this report I wish to add a new element to settlement pattern analysis. This method can also add more information to landscape […]
Interesting Student Projects in GIS
Posted 5 years ago
During this past term, I was the TA for an introductory GIS course at York University. For most students, this course is their first contact with ArcGIS products, and the course culminates in an application-oriented final project. This year, the theme for the project was “Social Awareness and/or Crowd-Sourcing.” I was impressed with the students’ […]
Beginnings of my ECCE Student Associateship, Graduate Studies and Animal GPS Tracking Research
Posted 5 years ago
As a new ECCE Student Associate and beginning graduate student at Western University, I am looking forward to continued refinement of my geographical information science (GISci) knowledge and skills in the upcoming two or so years. My master’s research will be on the movement behaviour of feral swine, including pack (sounder) assignment, territoriality, and habitat/movement […]
Speed up your Python Scripts using Ubuntu and GNU Parallel
Posted 5 years ago
Introduction NOTE: This blog post is not an overview of Linux-based environments, it assumes a base knowledge and that Python is set up. I’m sure one of the main reasons most of us have gotten into Python is to automate long tedious workflows that must be repeated for multiple sets of data. The beauty of […]
Clipping a Large DEM to a Large Shapefile and Getting Raster at Specific Elevations/Depths
Posted 5 years ago
When given the task of clipping a large DEM of Georgian Bay to a large shapefile of wetlands running along eastern and northern Georgian Bay at five different lake levels between specific depths, it led to more crashes than I expected. I found similar problems online and I want to show how I overcame it. […]
Creating a Touchtable Application: An Exploration of Features
Posted 5 years ago
I titled this blog post An Exploration of Features because it is exactly that: exploratory. From the outset of this project – which was to completely redesign a once very successful urban planning application for a touchtable, the overall sense among my labmates and I was that it was an exploration: we were about to […]
Using the GeoNB Data Catalogue and VBScript to obtain habitat-level site characteristics for cavity-nesting duck nest sites
Posted 5 years ago
I am currently working on my Master’s of Science in Forestry at the University of New Brunswick, looking at nesting habitat use and availability for cavity-nesting ducks in the Saint John River floodplain. Field work for this project involves going out into the floodplain and locating both the natural cavities that cavity-nesting ducks have evolved to use as […]
Using across-method triangulation to supplement location information
Posted 5 years ago
There is growing attraction for social and behavioral scientists to apply geographic information systems (GIS) theory and methods. The term “geocoding” is now commonplace amongst population health researchers and draws attention to connecting attributes of people to the characteristics of place. Partly due to the increasing availability and access to locational information, researchers are now […]
Teaching with Story Maps
Posted 5 years ago
This year I’m trying to be a bit more creative in the classroom and reduce my reliance on PowerPoint. So, when asked to give a guest lecture a couple of weeks ago, I decided to give story maps a try as a teaching tool. Story maps are a useful tool for communicating and engaging an […]
Data Wrangling with Python and R, Part 2: LiDAR Validation with Differential GPS
Posted 5 years ago
One major part of my field season this past summer in the Yukon involved validating both of our LiDAR datasets with a differential GPS unit (dGPS for short). Independently quantifying survey accuracy is an essential part of any project involving LiDAR. Without knowing the LiDAR return accuracy in terms of elevation compared to the “true” […]
