Building a Better Disaster Response App: Reflections on the 2022 ECCE App Challenge
Posted 11 months ago
By: Ben Woodward and Justin Lo Summary Ben: Earlier this year, I participated in the ECCE app challenge as a member of team G(oose)IS. This team consisted of Justin Lo (another University of Waterloo ECCE student associate), Jason Sousa (who has now graduated), and me. In this blog post, Justin and I will give an […]
University of Waterloo ECCE Group
Posted 11 months ago
Hello everyone, I am proud to announce the University of Waterloo ECCE group from this year. My name is Weronika Fydrych (she/her) and I’m happy to be a part of the University of Waterloo’s ECCE student association. I am currently finishing up my final year in the School of Planning with a specialization in GIS. […]
Developing a Map-based Web Tool using ArcGIS for my Masters Thesis
Posted 2 years ago
Background As part of my master’s thesis research project, titled, “Infill Planner: A geo-questionnaire to gather public input on infill developments”, I developed a map-based tool/app as a data collection method for the research. I would like to share a broad overview of how this was done. I named the tool that I developed Infill […]
About Me…
Posted 3 years ago
Hi there! My name is Claire, I am a fourth-year undergraduate student at the University of Waterloo’s School of Planning. I am thrilled to be one of UW’s student associates with Esri Canada GIS Centres of Excellence, and look forward to sharing my interests, studies, and research on the ECCE Blog, as well as participating in […]
Creating the UPHILL Application in the ECCE App Challenge 2020
Posted 3 years ago
Hi all, During these uncertain times of COVID-19, GIS users all over the world have created dashboards using Esri technology to have real-time feeds of current spread of the virus. Before this pandemic started, I had the opportunity to participate in the ECCE App Challenge during Reading Week in mid-February at the University of Waterloo. […]
Is mapping really the ultimate equalizer?
Posted 3 years ago
When I was seven (7) years old, one of my favorite leisure activities was drawing the political map of my country, Ghana in West Africa, showing all then ten (10) administrative regions. I was very proud of my drawings (on hindsight, I should have had them framed). This map was a basic map which visually […]
Doctoral Research: Mapping Erosion and Deposition in an Agricultural Landscape
Posted 4 years ago
I would like to share with everybody a small excerpt from my doctoral research that will be presented at the 4th Biannual Conference on GIS in Education and Research at the University of Toronto on March 4th and 5th, 2020 entitled “Mapping Erosion and Deposition in an Agricultural Landscape with UAV SfM-MVS”. The presentation builds […]
Presenting at CAGOnt and GIS Day for the first time in 2019
Posted 4 years ago
Hello everyone! This is Manpreet from UW and I would like to discuss two experiences I have had in fall 2019 presenting in conference settings for the first time. The first one was CAGOnt 2019, which is known as the Canadian Association of Geographers – Ontario Division. This is an academic conference for Geography grad […]
My Experiences at Esri User Conferences in 2019
Posted 4 years ago
Hi all! This is Manpreet from UW! This past year I had the great opportunity to have been able to attend the Esri International User Conference in San Diego from July 8-12. I received this opportunity along with some fellow grad students at UW from winning the annual ECCE App Challenge held in 2019. We […]
Growth of the ECCE App Challenge!
Posted 4 years ago
What is the ECCE App Challenge? The ECCE App Challenge is a coding competition held by Esri Canada. It is designed to help promote GIS innovation and creativity within the Centres of Excellence that are located across Canadian universities and institutions. Growth in the Number of Teams Although the challenge first started in 2015 with just […]
