About Me!
Posted 4 months ago
Hello fellow ECCE student associates! Happy New Year! My name is Tiana, and I am a masters student at Simon Fraser University. I started my graduate studies in September of 2024, where I am pursuing a Masters of Science in Geography. Prior to this, I completed my Bachelor of Environment degree also at SFU, with […]
My experience at the 31st International Geoinformatics Conference
Posted 8 months ago
From August 14-16th, 2024 I had the privilege of attending the 31st International Geoinformatics Conference in the vibrant City of Toronto, Canada. As someone who is deeply passionate about geography, GIS, and technology, this event was not just a professional engagement but a journey of learning, networking, and inspiration. This was my first time attending […]
Attending the 2024 Esri User Conference and Education Summit
Posted 9 months ago
From July 13th to 19th, I had the tremendous honour and privilege to attend the 2024 Esri User Conference and Education Summit in San Diego, California, as Esri Canada’s Young Scholar Award recipient. In the depths of several research projects and with an upcoming teaching assistantship role lined up for the Fall term, the conference […]
SIMULATING GLOBAL DEFORESTATION USING A NOVEL SPHERICAL GEOGRAPHIC AUTOMATA MODELLING APPROACH
Posted 2 years ago
Every summer, occurrences of wildfire across Canada causes not just environmental problems but also has serious health implications. This, coupled with widespread deforestation across the globe including region such as the Amazon Forest and Congo basin motivated me to participate in the 2023 Esri Canada GIS Scholarship for SFU competition. As an extension of my […]
Introduction to Discrete Global Grid System
Posted 2 years ago
Discrete Global Grid System (DGGS) have been proposed as a new geospatial technology and Earth reference system which utilizes a spherical tessellation of space to represent the Earth’s surface and is global in scope. The DGGS framework offers a discrete way for spatial referencing, using cells as the smallest unit of its base rather than […]
Flood risk analysis of Chilliwack, B.C., Canada
Posted 3 years ago
In November 2021, a large flooding event happened alongside the Fraser River in lower-mainland B.C. and lasted for several weeks. The city of Chilliwack was among the most devasted cities. That being the inspiration, I designed an MCE research framework to assess flood risks in Chilliwack in B.C. and categorizes areas of the city into […]
ArcGIS Urban For Visually-Oriented Collaborative Planning
Posted 4 years ago
The analytical power of GIS has benefitted just about every industry. The nature of the GIS discipline also lends itself particularly well to urban planning. In response, and about eight years after the debut of CityEngine, Esri released ArcGIS Urban which is a web-based urban planning application. Whereas CityEngine is primarily a 3D mass urban […]
Building Digital Worlds in CityEngine
Posted 4 years ago
It took several days and a whole host of ArcGIS software applications before my entry for the recent Esri Canada 2021 Young Scholar Award contest eventually came together. One of the main highlights common to every Esri-based competition I’ve encountered thus far has been the opportunity to learn new things, and the excitement that comes […]
Unprecedented
Posted 4 years ago
If there was one word to describe the last year and three months, or more depending on when you are reading this, it would be “unprecedented”...
Connections between marine conservation and GIS
Posted 5 years ago
It’s fascinating to see the diverse world of ecology, conservation and marine sciences becoming enveloped in every expanding niche of spatial research. I am now more often seeing and reading the exciting new avenues that conservation and GIS are taking for species, ecosystems and countries alike. Conservation is a constant uphill battle and knowing where […]
