Data Wrangling with Python and R, Part 1: “Fun” with LiDAR Buffers
Posted 5 years ago
One realization that keeps hitting me throughout my MSc is how many little things need to be dealt with in order to do even basic analysis using real-world data. My supervisor once told me that about 70% of the work that gets done in our lab is what he calls “data wrangling”, which I would […]
Mapping Cultural Character
Posted 5 years ago
As a second year Masters of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) student at the University of Calgary, I have applied Esri software to a wide variety of topics and problems, often to areas not traditionally thought of as applicable to GIS. This past summer, I had the opportunity to see how GIS and sociology can come […]
Big Data and the Power of ArcGIS Pro
Posted 5 years ago
As a MSc student at the University of Victoria, the research I am conducting feeds my passions: GIS, remote sensing, and machine learning/data mining. My research involves analyzing automatic identification systems (AIS) vector data. AIS is an automated and autonomous system that allows the transmission of vessel position data and vessel identification information via VHF […]
The Esri Toronto User Conference: Day 2’s ArcGIS StoryMaps
Posted 5 years ago
When I attended the second day of the Esri User’s Conference on October 9, I was excited for the day full of workshops and breakout sessions. While every session I walked away from had something that was useful, the session that I enjoyed and learned from the most was a walk-through of the updated ArcGIS […]
About Me
Posted 5 years ago
Hi I’m Kendra and this is my second time as an ECCE student associate at SFU. My academic interests primarily revolve around GIScience, Environmental Science (the applied biology side of things), and how these two intersect to find solutions to spatially-based environmental problems. My current research focuses on how meaningful analyses can be carried out […]
Clipping a big DEM to a small shapefile and using Con to get specific depths
Posted 5 years ago
For my undergrad independent project, I am creating an atlas of coastal Eastern Georgian Bay with the Pat Chow-Fraser Lab at McMaster University. The atlas covers wetland information such as fish and vegetation community, water quality indices, wetland area and volume, and more. I primarily work on calculating wetland area and volume at five different […]
The McQuesten Urban Farm: A Look at Food Accessibility Using Service Areas and Origin-Destination Cost Matrices
Posted 5 years ago
My final year of undergrad at McMaster University was spent studying a local landmark case in urban agriculture in Hamilton (ON)—the McQuesten Urban Farm. It was built to address the food security concerns of an east-end neighbourhood in the city and is operated by a combination of paid farmers and local volunteers. Ultimately, the goal […]
Discovering Data for the ActivScore: The Challenges of using Municipally, Provincially, and Federally Managed Data
Posted 5 years ago
I’m currently in the midst of my undergraduate honours thesis and have been awoken to the joys of finding accurate and complete datasets. I am working to create a physical activity score for the province of Nova Scotia based on built and natural environment features. Nova Scotia is particularly challenging for this sort of analysis […]
GIS Summary of SNAP 2019 (Part 1): Null landscape Settlement Patterns using ArcGIS Pro and R
Posted 5 years ago
Over the summer, I spent six weeks on the island of Naxos, the largest island belonging to the Cycladic sister islands. From the end of May to the beginning of July I acted as the GIS specialist in a team combining undergrads and grad students from Canada, Greece, and the UK, making up a large […]
A Spatial Tale of Time
Posted 5 years ago
Several months into being an ECCE associate comes amidst synchrony with being several months into a Masters thesis. In my particular case, utilization of Esri software has increased geometrically. From tandem use of ArcGIS Pro 2.x and ArcCatalog 10.x (still feel more comfortable with the dedicated app for spatial-file management), to Portal integrations, to Story […]
