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Do Separated Bike Lanes Increase Bike Share Traffic? Using ArcGIS Pro and ArcPy to determine Hamilton Bike Share’s Ridership Changes

Posted 1 month ago

By Daniel Van Veghel in the McMaster Blog

Hi everyone! It’s been a while since my last post, but I’ve been busy working on a component of my MSc thesis at McMaster’s TransLAB (Transportation Research Lab). The research is investigating the impacts of separated cycling infrastructure on Hamilton Bike Share ridership, along the affected road links. Active Transportation, and particularly cycling, are becoming […]

Enhancing an Urban Development Proposal using ArcGIS Pro and Online.

Posted 10 months ago

By Syed Hammad Uddin in the McMaster Blog

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 […]

Mineralogical Analysis using Remote Sensing, Machine Learning, and ArcGIS Pro

Posted 12 months ago

By Jonathan Spence in the McMaster Blog

Due to the global pandemic, scientists worldwide have had to find remote alternatives to their usual in-person research. This is no different for geologists, many of whom have not been able to access the field sites they would usually visit to collect data. Thus, many earth scientists have turned to remote sensing as an alternative […]

Winning this year’s ECCE app challenge on reducing the unequal exposure to air pollution in Canada

Posted 1 year ago

By Sherry Chen in the McMaster Blog

The ECCE annual app challenge started in 2015 and continued earlier this year (2021). This year was my second time participating. Like last year, we spent the entire week working virtually, which helped reduce commute time but was instead spent waiting for the other person’s screen to unfreeze. I am proud of our team for […]

A Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Summer Student in the Department of Facility Services at McMaster University

Posted 1 year ago

By Madina Sulaymonova in the McMaster Blog

This summer I had the great pleasure of being a part of a great team and taking on an amazing opportunity offered by Facility Services at McMaster University as a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Summer Student for a 4-month work term. This opportunity was brought to my attention by my professor Patrick DeLuca who taught […]

Assessing Carer-Worker Potential Path Areas with Python and ArcGIS Pro

Posted 1 year ago

By Daniel Van Veghel in the McMaster Blog

I’m so excited to be commencing my graduate studies back at McMaster, working in the School of Earth, Environment & Society’s Transportation Research Lab (TransLAB) — where I have the opportunity to pursue interesting research projects about transportation and travel behaviour problems, with GIS. In my last term of undergrad and through this past summer, […]

Team McRaster: Looking Back on the 2021 ECCE App Challenge

Posted 1 year ago

By Angelina Abi Daoud in the McMaster Blog

This is a collective look back on the 2021 ECCE App Challenge, co-authored by all three members of our team. In this competition, we produced an app that presents a Neighbourhood Equity Index for the City of Toronto, and ultimately tied as first runners-up. The app we created is called Equapolis.

A behind-the-scenes look at one participant’s ECCE App Challenge week.

Posted 2 years ago

By Emma Sherwood in the McMaster Blog

Emma Sherwood, a first-time App Challenge participant, discusses her experience and contributions, and how her team worked together to create their winning ArcGIS Hub and video.

Creating websites using ArcGIS Hub: Atlas of Coastal Wetlands in Georgian Bay

Posted 2 years ago

By Sherry Chen in the McMaster Blog

ArcGIS Hub was used to create our interactive Atlas of Coastal Wetlands in Georgian Bay. For an ecology lab without any programmers or web design specialists, we published an interactive atlas (that is mostly under construction) to present and share qualitative, quantitative, and geographic data collected, published papers, photos and videos of sampling sites, and […]

Using ArcGIS CityEngine for GeoDesign on McMaster Campus: Part 2

Posted 2 years ago

By Junli Hu in the McMaster Blog

This article continues from the initial two steps outlined in Part 1, where an initial 3D environment for the McMaster University campus was constructed using digital elevation data, aerial imagery, and 3D models for campus buildings available for download from the SketchUp 3D Warehouse website. In this second part, the remaining steps are outlined, describing […]