Using GIS to Model Transportation Problems – A case study of Hamilton, Ontario’s Highways
Posted 7 years ago
As I hinted at in my last post, I want to now take the opportunity to share some of the research that I conducted for my undergraduate thesis. My topic stemmed from an idea about the controversy I grew up around in my home town of Hamilton, Ontario surrounding the two local highways – the […]
Carleton to SFU: Connecting through education
Posted 7 years ago
I am delighted to be someone who previously wore the ECCE label proudly as a Carleton undergraduate student, and am just as excited to be carrying that honor onwards to Simon Fraser University as a master’s student. My background is a little abstract in comparison to the majority of the students that are a part […]
Accessibility on Campus
Posted 7 years ago
Hi Everyone, My name is Josh Karon and I am a fourth-year student in Geomatics at York University. I am currently working on an engineering capstone project with the goal of assessing York’s Keel campus with respect to people with accessibility needs. Many of the buildings on campus are, let’s just say, from another generation […]
GIS Day at McMaster
Posted 7 years ago
McMaster University held their annual celebration for GIS Day on November 17, organized by Patrick DeLuca. The day consisted of lightning talks focusing on research from both the natural and social sciences. The talks showcased how interdisciplinary GIS is as there were presenters from the McMaster Institute of Transportation and Logistics, School of Geography and Earth Sciences, […]
Monitoring of seasonal changes in snow cover area in the Apex river watershed using ground camera and in situ observations.
Posted 7 years ago
Monitoring of snow cover area in the Apex river watershed in Nunavut, Canada at different temporal and spatial scales is important to better understand and predict freshwater resource supply in that area. My previous post describes retrieval of changes in the snow-cover for a large area using MODIS 8-day composite snow cover products with a spatial resolution […]
GIS in Education and Research and ESRI Canada User Conference: My Experience
Posted 7 years ago
A few weeks ago, I got the chance to attend the GIS in Education and Research Conference hosted at the University of Toronto. The day started off with a plenary session in the Hart House. Alex Miller, President and founder of Esri Canada, began the conference with a short talk on GIS: the science of […]
Contrasting Conferences: GIS in Education and Research and ESRI User Conference Toronto
Posted 7 years ago
As a new addition to the ECCE group of student associates at McMaster University I was rife with anticipation to attend two compelling events hosted by Esri Canada – the GIS in Education and Research Conference (held at Hart House, University of Toronto) and the Toronto User Conference (held at the Toronto Congress Centre). Being […]
Natural Language Processing: The Frontier to Qualitative GIS
Posted 7 years ago
When people talk about GIS, there are several factors that come up to mind instantly, such as creating beautiful maps, spatial analyses, and quantitative data. But what about qualitative GIS? Does that come up in your mind? At this time of writing (2017), there is a good chance that the answer is no; however, I […]
GIS in Education and Research Conference – an Undergrad’s Perspective
Posted 7 years ago
A few weeks ago on October 11th I was fortunate enough to attend the Esri Canada Education and Research Conference with several of my McMaster GIS colleagues at the beautiful University of Toronto campus. The plenary and opening session featured Dr. Cynthia Brewer of Penn State, creator of the famous ColorBrewer app. The ColorBrewer presentation […]
Access to Parks and Cellphone Technology
Posted 7 years ago
As the temperature begins to warm up I am happy to continue a project that relies on nice weather and lush parks! Working under Dr. Daniel Rainham in his Spatial Information for Health Knowledge lab, we have the opportunity to partner with both Waterloo University, and Wilfrid Laurier University to explore some exciting smartphone based […]
