Esri MOOC Review: “Cartography.” – A Great Free Resource
Posted 6 years ago
Education nowadays is extremely expensive. The average Canadian tuition cost for the 2017-18 school year was $6,571 – a 3.1% increase from the previous year (Statistics Canada, 2017). E-Learning platforms like Udemy, SkillShare, and Teachable are on the rise as more cost-effective ways of learning new skills or subjects. My university education has been extremely […]
Flood Depth Mapping in Calgary, Alberta
Posted 6 years ago
I am currently in the second year of my M.Sc. degree at McMaster University, working with my supervisor, Dr. Darren Scott. Right now, I am in the middle of processing my data and have some preliminary results to share. Extreme weather events, such as floods, can cause severe consequences to the road network, such as […]
“Nuggets” from the ESRI User Conference Toronto!
Posted 6 years ago
This post is inspired by the attendee I overheard at this year’s Toronto User Conference saying “It’s the little nuggets you pick up at conferences that really make them worth it.” So here are the “nuggets” I picked up at the UC, hopefully there’s something golden here for you! Visual Studio Code is a free […]
Using Mobile GIS Applications to Collect Data in New Mexico, USA
Posted 6 years ago
This year I spent most of the summer in Utah and New Mexico, USA, collecting data for my undergraduate thesis, attending conferences related to petroleum geology, and helping process the data of Master’s and PhD students part of Dr.Bhattacharya’s Quantitative Sedimentology Laboratories. My work included recording GPS coordinates of ground control points (GCPs) used for image […]
Integrating GIS and Field Work in Wolf Creek, Yukon Territory
Posted 6 years ago
I’ve spent the past summer working as a research assistant for my M.Sc supervisor Dr. Sean Carey, before officially starting grad school in September. Through helping out the other grad students in our lab, I’ve learned tons of valuable hydrology-specific GIS skills (which I could write about in a future blog post), but I want […]
Going Beyond the Horizons of ArcGIS Desktop
Posted 6 years ago
Any of you visiting the Centre of Excellence or visiting Esri’s main site is likely a user of ArcGIS products, especially ArcGIS Desktop and to certain extent ArcGIS Online. What the academic courses taught you are the GIS concepts, how to think like a GIScientist, and how to use the tools, mainly ArcGIS Desktop. But […]
ECCE App Challenge 2018 – My Experience + Tips for Success
Posted 6 years ago
A few months have passed since the 2018 ECCE App Challenge was underway. Having now completed two App Challenges, I want to share my experience to tell you about what it’s like and also share some useful tips I learned along the way. For those who don’t know, the ECCE App Challenge is a week-long […]
Spatial statistical analysis of African conflicts
Posted 7 years ago
Spatial statistical analysis of African conflicts What trends can we uncover given the traits of actors, such as nations, and information on a phenomenon of interest, such as violent conflict? What methods can be used to establish relationships between a study phenomenon and variables that can potentially be used to explain such trends? Are the […]
ECCE App Challenge – DayCare Finder
Posted 7 years ago
The ECCE App Challenge is a coding competition held by Esri Canada to help promote innovation and creativity within the Centres of Excellence. Apps powered by GIS technology and open data are created to help address a problem related to a specific theme which changes every year. Being my first year participating in the challenge, […]
ECCE App Challenge 2018 – Helping Hands Toronto
Posted 7 years ago
The Esri Canada App Challenge is a week-long hackathon-type coding competition with the goal of creating a web application to solve problems based on a specific theme, built on Esri technology and using open data. It involves creating an operational app, submitting its source code, creating supporting documentation, and a video sales pitch. This was […]
