Special Topics in GIS
Posted 8 years ago
As first semester wraps up, Ii have time to reflect on all the the exciting GIS projects I have had the opportunity to work on this term. Through my 4GT3: Special Topics in GIS Course, I had the opportunity to explore analytical techniques and GIS applications that fall outside the domains of standard course projects. […]
Story Map – Exploring Crime in Canada’s Most Populous City
Posted 8 years ago
Hello again everyone! I hope everyone’s November hasn’t been too stressful. In this post, I’d like to discuss a recent story map I made. In my current GIS course, our final assignment was due a week ago. Our instructor decided to make our final project something that could have tangible rewards beyond the classroom. Each […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Impressions from the 2016 Esri Developer Summit: Karl Chastko
Posted 9 years ago
Karl Chastko is a 4th year undergraduate student and ECCE Student Associate from the School of Geography and Earth Sciences at McMaster University. You can follow Karl on Twitter @KarlChastko. This year, I have been fortunate enough to attend three Esri conferences: the Toronto User Conference, the GIS in Education and Research Conference, and finally, […]
Impressions from the 2016 Esri Developer Summit: Spencer Elford
Posted 9 years ago
Spencer Elford is a 4th year undergraduate student from the School of Geography and Earth Sciences at McMaster University. You can follow Spencer on Twitter @SpencerElford. Fresh off my recent ECCE App Challenge participation, I was fortunate enough to attend the Esri Developer Summit in Palm Springs, California with my friend and fellow McMaster ECCE […]
Highlights from the GIS in Education and Research Conference
Posted 9 years ago
Karl Chastko is a 4th year undergraduate student and ECCE Student Associate from the School of Geography and Earth Sciences at McMaster University. You can follow Karl on Twitter @KarlChastko. The GIS in Education and Research Conference held this past November at Hart House at the University of Toronto was a great chance to see […]
