Exciting Course Work in Geography 4GT3
Posted 8 years ago
As an ECCE, McMaster University offers a long list of great GIS courses. This year I am enrolled in the Special Topics in GIS course. I have been looking forward to taking this course since second year mostly because of the exciting content that it covers related to topics such as mobile and web GIS, […]
Interactive web app: Beer-Me
Posted 8 years ago
I’m currently enrolled in a fourth year course at McMaster called “Special Topics in GIS”. A recent class assignment we had was to create a mobile web application using the Web AppBuilder with ArcGIS Online. Together with my group member, Michael Kirchin, we created an app called Beer-Me, which allows users to find the nearest […]
GIS Software Algorithms: Same Analysis and Different Results
Posted 8 years ago
It is customary for spatial analysts to assume the implementation of various GIS software algorithms would produce the same results. If this was the case, then any errors or inaccuracies would only be a function of the input data sets and user errors. During one of my remote sensing lectures from a previous semester, my […]
My Experience at the Esri Canada User Conference – Toronto
Posted 8 years ago
Yesterday I attended the Esri Canada User Conference held at The Toronto Congress Centre. The first event was the plenary session where attendees sat and listened to demonstrations of various functionalities within Esri software. These demonstrations were very interesting – one of them showed how to make an app that users could report coyote sightings, […]
#ESRIUCCanada 2016 Toronto
Posted 8 years ago
Attending #ESRIUCCanada 2016 Toronto event was an amazing experience to know the new innovations in technology from Esri and the great research and industry accomplishments from organizations from all walks of life. The show was great and I must say that Esri is improving and evolving a lot with time. Each year you see added […]
Higher Education at the 2016 Esri Canada Toronto UC
Posted 8 years ago
The Esri Canada Toronto User Conference yesterday was a great success. Out of a total of 1100 people registered, over 200 were from the education community. We had over two dozen presenters in four concurrent sessions over the course of the afternoon dedicated to the higher education and research track. We saw presentations covering an […]
Introduction – Anthony Lee
Posted 8 years ago
Hi Everyone, My name is Anthony Lee and I am a 3rd year student at Simon Fraser University. I am a Geography major but I am also doing certificate programs in GIS and Environmental Literacy. For the next 8 months, I will be away from campus for a co-op practicum. I will be working for […]
Introduction – Patricia Dhup
Posted 8 years ago
Hi Everyone! My name is Patricia Dhup I am a 3rd year geomatics engineering student at York University and the President of the Geomatics Club @ YorkU. Over the summer I worked as a co-op student at PowerStream in the GIS department using ArcMaps to locate all the electrical equipment and specific service layouts. The […]
Introduction – Matt Brown
Posted 8 years ago
Hello everyone, My name is Matt Brown. I am a fourth year student at McMaster University. I am majoring in environmental science, and I am also pursuing a minor degree in GIS. Right now, I am working on an undergraduate thesis that examines the robustness of transportation networks in Hamilton, Ontario. I am also learning […]
Fall Update
Posted 8 years ago
Despite school being over, the summer presented another opportunity for me to develop my GIS career and get a taste of how GIS is used outside the classroom. I worked alongside a skilled team of GIS professionals at the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs as a GIS analyst for their environmental management […]
