Capturing Balloon Airphotos with Waterloo Collegiate Institute (WCI) Geotech Magnet Program

Posted 8 years ago

By in the UW Blog

The following post is also published by Dr. Peter Johnson on the Geospatial Participation research website. We are fortunate here in Waterloo Region to have access to a unique high school-level program focused on geospatial technologies. The Waterloo Region District School Board offers a Geotechnology magnet program at Waterloo Collegiate Institute (WCI) high school. This program […]

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Mapping Packet Routes

Posted 8 years ago

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Hello, I’m Zac, a student at University of Victoria majoring in Geomatics (a joint Computer Science and Geography program). Today I’ll be writing about one of the first programs I wrote years ago. Have you ever been curious about the path your packets take geographically, between your computer and the sites you visit? The unix […]

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The Advanced Diploma in Geographic Sciences program at the Centre of Geographic Science

Posted 8 years ago

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Following university I enrolled in the Advanced Diploma in Geographic Sciences program at the Centre of Geographic Science (COGS). This intensive, one-year, post-graduate level program is designed to provide students with a sophisticated set of tools to work in the field of geographic sciences. During the first term, I learned to use various geomatic tools and […]

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Sean Leipe – ECCE Student Associate at McMaster

Posted 8 years ago

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I’ve just completed my 4th year at McMaster University, majoring in Earth and Environmental Sciences with a minor in GIS. Though I enjoy the core earth sciences I’ve been much more focused on the GIS side since enrolling in an introductory course back in 2nd year, and have taken every available GIS course since! This […]

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Meet the winners of the ECCE App Challenge 2017

Posted 8 years ago

By in the YorkU Blog

This year, we had a great competition for the App Challenge, with 17 teams from ECCE schools across Canada submitting their own custom apps based on the theme for the challenge: sustainable transportation. Each team created their app using Esri techonology and open data, along with documentation that included a team mission statement, an overview […]

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George Garrow – ECCE Student Associate at the Centre of Geographic Sciences

Posted 8 years ago

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I am currently finishing my final weeks at the Centre of Geographic Sciences (COGS) in Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia where I am completing the Advanced Diploma in Geographic Sciences. Prior to attending COGS, I completed an undergraduate degree at the University of Toronto with a Specialist in Human Geography and double minor in Asian Geographies and […]

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Leveraging GIS in an Ecological Field

Posted 8 years ago

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My name is Bethany Scott and I am an ECCE student associate for the Centre of Geographic Sciences (COGS). I am an Advanced GIS student with a background in biology with a B.Sc. from Dalhousie University where I concentrated in ecology and genetics. During this time I also completed an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) certificate […]

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Using ArcMap for different mapping techniques

Posted 8 years ago

By in the Carleton Blog

Here I would like to discuss creation of maps in ArcMap using different mapping techniques. In particular I was able to easily create the following maps as a part of an assignment for GEOM3007 course: dot density map (shown in Figure 1), proportional symbol map (shown in Figure 2), and  choropleth map (shown in Figure […]

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