Using ArcGIS Field Maps to Collect Data on Sidewalk Obstacles in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Posted 4 months ago
By Yui Tanagi in the UCalgary Blog
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 […]
Read More
Quality Assessment of the OpenStreetMap Road Network in Calgary, Alberta Using ArcGIS Pro Python Notebook
Posted 4 months ago
By Reza Safarzadeh Ramhormozi in the UCalgary Blog
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 […]
Read More
Creating an Animated Map of Oil and Gas Drilling Activity in Alberta, Canada with ArcGIS Pro
Posted 5 months ago
By Coleman Vollrath in the UCalgary Blog
Creating an animated map of oil and gas drilling activity in Alberta, Canada with ArcGIS Pro
Read More
Reflecting on the 2021 ECCE App Challenge
Posted 1 year ago
By Coleman Vollrath in the UCalgary Blog
Reflecting on the 2021 ECCE App Challenge as a first-timer where we mapped the problem that Indigenous Canadians continue to face accessing clean water.
Read More
Reducing Inequalities In Canada – 2021 ECCE App Challenge
Posted 1 year ago
By Chelsea Fitzpatrick in the UCalgary Blog
The ECCE App Challenge for 2021 focused on the United Nations Sustainability Goal 10, Reducing Inequality. My name is Chelsea Fitzpatrick (MGIS candidate) and I am one of the ECCE student associates for the Geography Department at the University of Calgary....
Read More
A ‘Mind Map’ of GIScience Basics
Posted 1 year ago
By Erin Li in the UCalgary Blog
This ‘mind map’ was originally created for my PhD candidacy exam preparation, to help me organize, understand, and memorize knowledge and concepts regarding GIScience. The ‘mind map’ includes four main parts: architecture design, database management systems, geospatial data, and data manipulation. Additionally, I briefly went over the basic concepts and technologies of photogrammetry and digital […]
Read More
Identifying Dense Oil and Gas Producing Regions for Methane Emissions Verification Screenings in Alberta, Canada Using ArcGIS Pro
Posted 1 year ago
By Coleman Vollrath in the UCalgary Blog
Identifying dense oil and gas producing regions in Alberta for methane emissions verification screenings with kernel density analysis
Read More
Visualizing Geolocated Methane Concentration Measurements in ArcGIS Pro
Posted 2 years ago
By Coleman Vollrath in the UCalgary Blog
How to use ArcGIS Pro for concentration mapping of methane concentrations measured with a portable device, helping to detect methane leaks from oil and gas production facilities.
Read More
Citizen Science and Survey123
Posted 2 years ago
By Zachary Lamoureux in the UCalgary Blog
Last year, I had the privilege of attending the Spatial Knowledge and Information (SKI) conference in Banff with my research team (Figure 1). It was my first time presenting at an academic conference, and overall a splendid experience. We went cross-country skiing and sight-seeing in the mornings and listened to some interesting presentations founded in […]
Read More
Modeling Line Features on DGGS Grids in the R-ArcGIS Environment
Posted 2 years ago
By Erin Li in the UCalgary Blog
A Glance at DGGS As a candidate for a new Earth reference standard, Discrete Global Grid System (DGGS) was confirmed by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) as “a spatial reference system that uses a hierarchical tessellation of cells to partition and address the globe” in 2017. DGGS has been recognized as the most potential foundation […]
Read More