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Using Analytic Hierarchy Process to Determine Optimal Locations for Fire Observation Towers in Iran’s Shafarood Forest

Posted 2 months ago

SummaryForests have been seriously affected by fire; therefore, it is necessary to detect fire from the observation towers. Currently, the number of observation towers and the effectiveness of their distribution is unknown. The aim of the current research is to determine the current and potential areas that can be seen from the observation towers. Another […]

Ortho Mapping Historical Aerial Photos

Posted 3 months ago

By Dechen Wangmo in the UNB Blog

I have been working on ortho mapping historical aerial photographs as part of my work study programme. The aerial photograph was shot in 1995 and shows the city of Fredericton. An orthophoto is an aerial photograph or satellite image that has undergone geometric correction to make the scale uniform and follows a specific map projection. […]

Computational method of ArcGIS Ordinary Kriging tool

Posted 4 months ago

By Ngoc Phan in the UNB Blog

ArcGIS provided outstanding and friendly interpolation tools to common users. I unitized Kriging tool in ArcGIS to interpolate the data points a long time ago. However, understanding its method is a different story. My previous background is in Applied Geology, particularly Groundwater modeling. I, therefore, had a chance to learn the meaning of the ArcGIS […]

The Equalizers App Challenge journey – from the view of a first timer

Posted 2 years ago

By Nana Agyei Owusu Afriyie in the UNB Blog

When my professor emailed me about being an Esri Canada Centres of Excellence Associate, I was initially very excited about the opportunity. However, upon hearing about the App Challenge, though I always think of myself as capable of anything, I honestly thought maybe he rated me a bit too highly and I wasn’t up to […]

Farmland Assessment Value and Potato Crop Suitability in Carleton County, New Brunswick

Posted 2 years ago

By Kamille Lemieux in the UNB Blog

In New Brunswick, farmlands (> 5 ha) are classified as non-residential and are assessed at market value. In contrast, freehold timberlands are assessed at one hundred dollars per hectare, while farm woodlots are assessed at one dollar per hectare [1,2]. This blog addresses the extent to which the assessed market value of farmlands reflects soil […]

Workflow and Tools Used to Derive a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) of the “Potato Belt” Area in New Brunswick

Posted 2 years ago

By Kamille Lemieux in the UNB Blog

I am a first-year student working towards a Master’s degree in Forestry at the University of New Brunswick (Fredericton campus). My research project is on LiDAR-based potato crop suitability mapping in the “Potato Belt” area in New Brunswick. The aim of this research is to improve New Brunswick’s food security strategy, especially in terms of expanding farming activities across forested […]

Discovering The Usage of ArcMap for Nautical Chart Data

Posted 3 years ago

By Alex Scott in the UNB Blog

So far with my time studying Geomatics at the University of New Brunswick I’ve seen just how versatile ArcGIS can be. During the winter term I was taking an ocean mapping course that broke down the fundamentals of positioning and recording regions of the seafloor. One topic of interest that was assigned to us was […]

Using the GeoNB Data Catalogue and VBScript to obtain habitat-level site characteristics for cavity-nesting duck nest sites

Posted 3 years ago

By Heidi Harding in the UNB Blog

I am currently working on my Master’s of Science in Forestry at the University of New Brunswick, looking at nesting habitat use and availability for cavity-nesting ducks in the Saint John River floodplain. Field work for this project involves going out into the floodplain and locating both the natural cavities that cavity-nesting ducks have evolved to use as […]

Identifying the critical source areas of nitrate load in an agricultural watershed in PEI using the SWAT model

Posted 3 years ago

By Kang Liang in the UNB Blog

Background Nitrate pollution caused by intensive agricultural activities has drawn increasing intention around the world over the past few decades (Liu et al., 2016; Milovanovic, 2007; Ongley et al., 2010; Sith et al., 2019; Van Meter et al., 2017). Nitrate pollution is threatening the health of receiving water bodies leading to hypoxia or eutrophication of […]

My Top Five Takeaways from the Halifax User Conference

Posted 4 years ago

By Heidi Harding in the UNB Blog

When I heard that ECCE student associates could attend the local Esri Canada User Conference (UC), I jumped at the opportunity. After all, my interest in applying GIS to topics in wildlife ecology and management is what drew me back to school to pursue a graduate degree. I can’t help but find GIS technologies exciting. […]