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Speed Up Geo-Feature Engineering With ArcPy – Using Land Use Regression as Example

Posted 3 weeks ago

Land Use Regression (LUR) is a widely used approach for modeling environmental exposure, such as air pollution or noise, by linking observations at specific locations to surrounding built and natural environment characteristics. In practice, LUR models rely on spatial predictors that summarize what is near a location (e.g., road density, land use composition, vegetation) and […]

Hi ECCE! I’m Devin 👋

Posted 3 weeks ago

By Devin Wu in the UofT Blog

Hello everyone—my name is Devin, and I’m a second-year PhD student at the University of Toronto. I’m excited to introduce myself to the ECCE community and share a bit about what I’m working on, what brought me into GIS, and the kinds of questions I’m hoping to explore with you all. My academic path didn’t […]

A 15-Minute City: An Accessibility Analysis of Toronto Healthcare Institutions

Posted 4 weeks ago

By Juliette Adams Fong in the UofT Blog

Over this past semester I had the pleasure of working on an analysis consisting of Toronto’s coverage of healthcare facilities based on the 15-Minute City model. The 15-Minute City is the concept where residents of the city are able to access essential services and amenities such as work, shopping, and leisure within a 15-minute walk […]

About Me – Faiza Saeed

Posted 4 weeks ago

By Faiza Saeed in the UofT Blog

Hello, everyone! My journey with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) did not begin in a university lab or lecture hall. Instead, it started through volunteering—digitizing roads, buildings, and infrastructure for disaster response projects with platforms like Zooniverse and the Red Cross. I also contributed to citizen science initiatives that mapped environmental patterns, ranging from land-cover changes […]

A Little About Me

Posted 1 month ago

By Anjali in the UofT Blog

Hi everyone! My name is Anjali Khan, and I am a fourth-year Geospatial Data Science (GIS) major and Computer Science specialist at the University of Toronto’s Mississauga campus. I never planned on being in GIS, I actually took my first course as a backup option, but somewhere between learning basic cartography to exploring spatiotemporal databases, […]

Creating Planetary Timelapses and Vegetation Index Profiles with Satellite Imagery Using Esri Landsat Explorer: A Tweedsmuir Complex Fire Example

Posted 1 month ago

By Frances Leung in the UofT Blog

Introduction Image Capture for Research Landsat – Spaceborne Satellite Imagery Background on Conventional Methods to Retrieve Landsat Imagery USGS EarthExplorer Landsat Imagery Made Available on the Cloud in 2020 Esri Landsat Explorer: A New Web-based Explorer that Democratizes Scientific Analysis Using Satellite Imagery for Everyone Creating a Timelapse of the Tweedsmuir Wildfire Using Landsat imagery […]

About me – Duncan Wan

Posted 2 months ago

By Duncan Wan in the UofT Blog

Hi Everyone! My name is Duncan, and I’m currently an undergraduate student at the University of Toronto. I’m pursuing a double major in Economics and Statistics, with coursework and interests that sit at the intersection of data analysis, spatial thinking, and public policy. I’m excited to be part of the ECCE Student Associates program this […]

About Me – Keya Patel

Posted 2 months ago

By Keya Patel in the UofT Blog

Hello! My name is Keya Patel, and I’m a fourth year student at the University of Toronto Mississauga majoring in Geospatial Data Science (GIS) and Geography. I’ve always been fascinated by the way places shape people’s lives, but it wasn’t until I took my first GIS course that I realized how powerful geospatial tools are […]

Planting my dot on the map: An introduction from Frances

Posted 2 months ago

By Frances Leung in the UofT Blog

My name is Frances Leung. I am excited to be joining the Esri Canada GIS Centres of Excellence to share my experience and insights on a variety of topics related to geospatial science. Through this platform, I aim to curate a series of articles dedicated to exchanging ideas, inspiring others, and sparking meaningful conversations about […]

A Little Bit About Me!

Posted 2 months ago

By Donique Whylly in the UofT Blog

Hi Everyone! My name is Donique Whylly, and I’m in my fourth year at the University of Toronto, double-majoring in Economics and Environmental Geography. I’m also doing Certificates in Sustainability and Business Fundamentals. I moved to Toronto from The Bahamas in 2022 to pursue my undergraduate degree at UofT, and this journey has taught me […]