A bit about me, and how I ended up here
Posted 6 years ago
Hello Internet! My name is Ryan Parker, and I’m a first-year masters student at Carleton University. I am doing a master of science in geography with a specialization in data science being supervised by Murray Richardson. When I’m not slaving away behind a computer you’ll normally find me skateboarding, snowboarding, rock climbing or some other […]
About Me
Posted 6 years ago
Hello Everyone! My name is Alex Oestreicher. I am currently in my fourth year of my Geomatics major at Carleton University (Ottawa, ON). My background is largely in Geology, but after I discovered GIS in my 2nd year, I knew I had found my true calling. I was referred to the ECCE program by my […]
Using Mobile GIS Applications to Collect Data in New Mexico, USA
Posted 6 years ago
This year I spent most of the summer in Utah and New Mexico, USA, collecting data for my undergraduate thesis, attending conferences related to petroleum geology, and helping process the data of Master’s and PhD students part of Dr.Bhattacharya’s Quantitative Sedimentology Laboratories. My work included recording GPS coordinates of ground control points (GCPs) used for image […]
Integrating GIS and Field Work in Wolf Creek, Yukon Territory
Posted 6 years ago
I’ve spent the past summer working as a research assistant for my M.Sc supervisor Dr. Sean Carey, before officially starting grad school in September. Through helping out the other grad students in our lab, I’ve learned tons of valuable hydrology-specific GIS skills (which I could write about in a future blog post), but I want […]
Going Beyond the Horizons of ArcGIS Desktop
Posted 6 years ago
Any of you visiting the Centre of Excellence or visiting Esri’s main site is likely a user of ArcGIS products, especially ArcGIS Desktop and to certain extent ArcGIS Online. What the academic courses taught you are the GIS concepts, how to think like a GIScientist, and how to use the tools, mainly ArcGIS Desktop. But […]
The Importance of Scale (A brief introduction)
Posted 6 years ago
When we look at life from the viewpoint of an ant, and then compare it to that of a soaring bald eagle, we come to the realization that they are quite markedly different from one another. What may seem like a mountain for an ant to climb is just a rock settling in between the […]
Education and Research, Esri Canada @ the Esri UC, 2018
Posted 6 years ago
Just over a week ago, many of us from Esri Canada’s Education and Research group were present again at the world’s largest GIS conference in San Diego. The conference this year hosted over 17,900 attendees (including over 600 students), 198 paper sessions, 480 workshops, 237 demos, and 124 special interest groups (this year’s full stats […]
mapit.space @ Esri User Conference 2018
Posted 6 years ago
This is another guest post from Alysha van Duynhoven, who appeared recently in our blog describing her team’s experience in the App Challenge at SFU. As winners of the challenge her team (including Chris Yee and ECCE associate Anthony Lee) won a trip to the Esri User Conference in San Diego earlier this month. The […]
ECCE App Challenge 2018 – My Experience + Tips for Success
Posted 7 years ago
A few months have passed since the 2018 ECCE App Challenge was underway. Having now completed two App Challenges, I want to share my experience to tell you about what it’s like and also share some useful tips I learned along the way. For those who don’t know, the ECCE App Challenge is a week-long […]
ECCE App Challenge 2018 – goElectric by mapit.space
Posted 7 years ago
This is a guest post from Alysha van Duynhoven, a member of this year’s winning App Challenge team mapit.space, giving us insight into their overall strategy and experience. You can see more detail about her team, including Anthony Lee and Chris Yee, along with a video demonstration and a live demo of their application from […]
