Meet the winners of the ECCE App Challenge 2019
Posted 4 years ago
By Michael Leahy in the UW Blog
This year we held the fifth annual ECCE App Challenge, which has proven to be another great success. We had another a record turnout, with 24 teams participating from all 11 ECCE schools across Canada. The teams participating in the challenge this year were all tasked to create an app that addresses issues related to […]
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ECCE App Challenge 2019 – How We Made an AR App in 5 Days
Posted 4 years ago
By Jaydeep Mistry in the UW Blog
The App Challenge project that Jaydeep discusses below can be viewed from his team’s profile on the ECCE GitHub website: https://esricanada-ce.github.io/appchallenge/2019/teams/uw/SpectaculAR/ ECCE App Challenge 2019 – How We Made an AR App in 5 days This post is co-written by my teammate Manpreet Chahal. Since 2015, the Esri Canada Centres of Excellence (ECCE) has been hosting […]
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My Experience at the Esri User Conference in Toronto
Posted 4 years ago
By Manpreet Chahal in the UW Blog
Hi everyone! It is Manpreet from UW again and this time, I would like to discuss what I was able to take away from the Esri Canada User Conference that was held in Toronto, Ontario on October 10 and 11 in 2018. I was able to only attend on the first day of the conference […]
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Learning via Conducting a Lecture and Workshop on Story Maps
Posted 4 years ago
By Manpreet Chahal in the UW Blog
Hi everyone! Once again, it is Manpreet from UW. This time, I would like to discuss my experience of giving a lecture on Esri story maps and conducting a workshop with undergraduate students in one of my graduate courses this term. This was the first time I was giving a full lecture to undergraduate students, […]
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About Me
Posted 4 years ago
By Manpreet Chahal in the UW Blog
Hi everyone! My name is Manpreet Singh Chahal, and I am a first-year master’s student at the University of Waterloo. I am doing a Master of Science in the Geography and Environmental Management program specializing in Geomatics. I am working with Dr. Robert Feick and currently, my research entails using Public Participation Geographic Information Systems […]
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Streambank Erosion
Posted 5 years ago
By Benjamin Meinen in the UW Blog
Over the past few months, I have been working with my advisor (Dr. Derek Robinson) on using new and emerging technologies for modelling streambank erosion. Due to the immediate hydrologic connectivity of eroded bank sediments to a stream network, the effects of streambank erosion can have significant impacts on surface water quality. The controls on […]
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Quantifying Agricultural Erosion
Posted 6 years ago
By Benjamin Meinen in the UW Blog
This spotlight article is from Benjamin Meinen, one of the ECCE student associates at UW. He is a graduate of the Honours Geography and Environmental management undergraduate program at UW, and will be continuing his studies as a Masters student in Geography. Below he describes some of his work on a recent project for modelling […]
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Capturing Balloon Airphotos with Waterloo Collegiate Institute (WCI) Geotech Magnet Program
Posted 6 years ago
By pjohnson in the UW Blog
The following post is also published by Dr. Peter Johnson on the Geospatial Participation research website. We are fortunate here in Waterloo Region to have access to a unique high school-level program focused on geospatial technologies. The Waterloo Region District School Board offers a Geotechnology magnet program at Waterloo Collegiate Institute (WCI) high school. This program […]
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Citizen reporting through geo-located social media: A study website developed using Esri products
Posted 6 years ago
By Ashley Zhang in the UW Blog
As part of my thesis research, I am working on a project that examines how geo-located social media (geosocial media) can be used as a tool for citizens and local governments to communicate infrastructure-related issues and what data quality challenges many citizens and local governments face when using geosocial media. I surveyed citizens about how […]
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Impressions from the Esri User Conference: Ashley Zhang
Posted 8 years ago
By Ashley Zhang in the UW Blog
Earlier this year, the Esri Canada Centre of Excellence (ECCE) App Challenge was won by UW Team SDS for their transit and routing app PredictION. The team’s prize included a trip to San Diego for the Esri International User Conference. Ashley Zhang, who was a member of UW Team SDS, details some of the more […]
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