The Deeper Picture on Ghost Gear
Posted 3 years ago
Abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) is considered one of the most important marine debris issues that continues to threaten ocean sustainability. Globally, researchers are collectively working towards finding solutions to mitigate the impacts and reduce the presence of ALDFG in our oceans. Often, fishers don’t want to lose their gear, as it […]
Exploring the Solar Rooftop Potential of Wortley Village/Old South in London, Ontario using ArcGIS Pro and LiDAR-derived DSM
Posted 3 years ago
Over the weekend in my exploration of ArcGIS Notebooks, I came across this very interesting ArcGIS Pro Lesson by Esri Senior Product Engineer Delphine Khanna. Although it was not related to my initial plan of learning how to use ArcGIS Notebooks, the project happened to use ArcGIS Pro which I had installed a few days […]
Using ArcGIS Field Maps to Collect Data on Sidewalk Obstacles in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Posted 3 years ago
As a Master of Geographic Information Systems (MGIS) Student and a research assistant for Dr. Victoria Fast at the University of Calgary, I had the opportunity to assist in setting up and leading a module for undergraduate students that would require them to recognize barriers in the built environment that would affect the accessibility of […]
Uncovering the Power of Remote Sensing in Micrometeorological Studies
Posted 3 years ago
In my third-year micrometeorology class with Dr.Voogt, we were assigned a course project to work in small groups throughout the term, and each group had to conduct a research project for related to microclimate or micrometeorology. The course covered a wide range of topics such as solar radiation budget, soil microclimates, surface temperatures, etc. For […]
Enhancing an Urban Development Proposal using ArcGIS Pro and Online.
Posted 3 years ago
Over the past summer, I had the opportunity to take part in a field course offered by the School of Earth, Environment & Society here at McMaster. This course was an exploration of urban environments and the processes at play within the city of Toronto. We spent three days exploring different neighborhoods and projects within […]
Analyzing the Best Tourism Spots
Posted 3 years ago
This blog post is about part of my GIS assignment from last term. The objective of this part was to teach us how to use viewshed analysis and least cost path analysis to find the best tourism spot (out of three candidate spots) based on how much of the city/urban-areas are visible from that particular […]
Quality Assessment of the OpenStreetMap Road Network in Calgary, Alberta Using ArcGIS Pro Python Notebook
Posted 3 years ago
By rapidly growing the volunteered geographic information (VGI) platforms in recent years, accurate and up-to-date geospatial data are being provided more and more every day. Moreover, these open sources data are easily and freely accessible to the users. This creates a challenge for the various governmental mapping organizations which have well-established mandates to map the […]
Using an ArcGIS Pro Python Noteboook to display results of a GWR model
Posted 3 years ago
The Built-in Python notebooks feature in ArcGIS Pro is very useful for creating an automated and reproducible workflow for complex analysis. Personally though, my best use of the ArcPy library in ArcGIS Pro has been for a fairly simple purpose – to create multiple maps iterating over a categorical variable’s values. I often find myself […]
Analyzing the Distribution of Houses and Condominiums of Vancouver Airbnb
Posted 3 years ago
This blog post is about my first spatial data science assignment. The purpose of this assignment was to map out the location the Vancouver Airbnb and analyze the various trends of the properties, specifically the House and Condominiums. I was given a non-spatial csv file that contained the ID, Property Type (House or Condominium), Room Type, Bedroom Numbers, Price, and Review Scores of 5,618 properties. The very first thing I […]
Analyzing the Change in Toronto Crime Data from COVID-19
Posted 3 years ago
About a year ago, I wrote a blog post analyzing Toronto Crime Data using Kernel Density from the 2019 data of major crime indicators. After the COVID-19 restrictions were put in place in March 2020 for the city of Toronto, I was curious to see the changes in crime in Toronto from 2019 to 2020. […]
