A Western University Undergrad GIS Project
Posted 7 years ago
Hello everyone, Western University recently was added as an ESRI Canada Centre of Excellence. We are very excited to be a part of this elite group of GIS schools in Canada. As a new associate, I thought I would share one of my projects that I completed with Western’s other new associate, Peter Coxford. As […]
Scripting multi-criteria decision analysis
Posted 7 years ago
Background My first foray into GIS above the introductory level was a raster-based course instructed by Patrick Deluca here at McMaster University. Among the work assigned for the course was a final project focused around multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA), a process described by Voogd as to ‘investigate a number of choice possibilities in the light […]
Land Flooding Tool for ArcMap generated using Python
Posted 7 years ago
This year I enrolled into GEOG 4GS3: GIS Programming offered at McMaster University. The course offers advanced treatment of GIS focusing on the creation of scripts to enhance productivity by automating time-consuming and repetitive tasks. Some of the learning outcomes include understanding the fundamental components of the Python language, developing Python scripts, working with the […]
Working on Geometric Networks
Posted 7 years ago
This spotlight article was contributed by Jen Ranni, a student at COGS. She is getting started on a case study that will examine to building network datasets for the City of Cambridge water distribution systems using ArcGIS. We’re looking forward to hearing more about the results of her work when the project is completed. Hey, […]
Streambank Erosion
Posted 7 years ago
Over the past few months, I have been working with my advisor (Dr. Derek Robinson) on using new and emerging technologies for modelling streambank erosion. Due to the immediate hydrologic connectivity of eroded bank sediments to a stream network, the effects of streambank erosion can have significant impacts on surface water quality. The controls on […]
#1world1orbit
Posted 7 years ago
Have you ever wondered what Earth looks like from the International Space Station? Back in October some amazing folks at the International Space Station captured and shared their view as they orbited Earth. The images were captured 400km above the earth on October 23rd, 2017, from 8:25am to 10:05am ET. NASA then asked those of […]
Mapping Risk to Public Health from Radon
Posted 7 years ago
Radon is the 2nd leading cause of lung cancer after smoking in Canada, and attributed to 16% of lung cancer deaths. Nova Scotia has developed and released a map outlining the risk of radon exposure based on environmental factors (https://novascotia.ca/dhw/environmental/radon.asp). These factors were equally weighted to produce the outcome of radon risk and relied on […]
Webscraping in GIS
Posted 7 years ago
Data in the Digital Age Data is the foundation of insightful information for research and organizations, and thus drives their successes. The critical role that data plays in our society has led to a race to collect and mine data. Over the course of the 20th century, incredible methods such as the introduction of Neilson […]
SolVES 3.0: A Software to Map Social Values in Marine Spatial Planning
Posted 7 years ago
Marine spatial planning (MSP) is now recognized internationally as an important part of marine and coastal management. MSP offers a tool for policymakers to demarcate specific areas of distinct stakeholder values when managing shared-use spaces. This process places public participation, communication, and collaboration at the centre of ocean governance (Nutters & Pinto da Silva, 2012). […]
Automating Suitability Mapping with ArcPy
Posted 7 years ago
For my undergraduate thesis last year, I created maps representing susceptibility to calanchi erosion in the Basilicata region of Italy using 3 different Multicriteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) decision rule techniques. All of these procedures involve several repetitive steps that could have been automated by a Python-based tool, but I didn’t have any experience with programming […]
