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Visualizing Climate Model Data using Simple Query Tools from ArcGIS Pro and Web-Based Geovisualization Features

Posted 3 months ago

In my recent summer project as a NSERC-USRA student under the supervision of Dr. James Voogt, I was able to gain access to several datasets from Environment Canada that were not yet publicly avalilable, such as the “GEM-SURF (Global Environmental Multiscale Surface)” data. Our project focuses on using both the air temperature and surface temperature […]

Using ArcGIS to Explore Suitable Housing Areas for Students in London

Posted 3 months ago

By Karlos Lao in the Western Blog

In my previous project in the third year GIS course with Dr. Jed Long, I completed a housing map using ArcMap, ArcGIS Online, and Story Map that aims to locate all the most accessible housing areas for Western students to live off-campus. Since the basic version of ArcGIS Online doesn’t provide access to the Spatial […]

Doing Spatial Analysis with ArcGIS Online: A Reflection on Esri’s Going Places with Spatial Analysis MOOC

Posted 7 months ago

By Karlos Lao in the Western Blog

In the past two months with the majority of my school works being completed, I was able to dedicate myself to one of Esri’s ongoing MOOCs (Massive Open Online Course), and attend their weekly exercises and webinars that talk about the different tools and concepts for conducting spatial analysis using ArcGIS Online. This six-weeks course […]

Batch Processing ACSII Files using Model Builder and Georeferencing Tools

Posted 11 months ago

By Karlos Lao in the Western Blog

Introduction For the past few months I had the pleasure to be working with my supervisor to construct a series of 2D thermal composites using ArcMap from a set of 3D images taken by a forward-looking infrared (FLIR) thermal camera in the field. The difficulty of the project comes from the fact that our images […]

Exploring the Solar Rooftop Potential of Wortley Village/Old South in London, Ontario using ArcGIS Pro and LiDAR-derived DSM

Posted 12 months ago

By Karlos Lao in the Western Blog

Over the weekend in my exploration of ArcGIS Notebooks, I came across this very interesting ArcGIS Pro Lesson by Esri Senior Product Engineer Delphine Khanna. Although it was not related to my initial plan of learning how to use ArcGIS Notebooks, the project happened to use ArcGIS Pro which I had installed a few days […]

Uncovering the Power of Remote Sensing in Micrometeorological Studies

Posted 1 year ago

By Karlos Lao in the Western Blog

In my third-year micrometeorology class with Dr.Voogt, we were assigned a course project to work in small groups throughout the term, and each group had to conduct a research project for related to microclimate or micrometeorology. The course covered a wide range of topics such as solar radiation budget, soil microclimates, surface temperatures, etc. For […]

Using an ArcGIS Pro Python Noteboook to display results of a GWR model

Posted 1 year ago

By Ben Klar in the Western Blog

The Built-in Python notebooks feature in ArcGIS Pro is very useful for creating an automated and reproducible workflow for complex analysis. Personally though, my best use of the ArcPy library in ArcGIS Pro has been for a fairly simple purpose – to create multiple maps iterating over a categorical variable’s values. I often find myself […]

Using ArcGIS Pro and Python Notebooks to Look at The Interaction of Deer and Hunters in Oklahoma, USA

Posted 1 year ago

By Caitlyn North in the Western Blog

Over the past summer I had the pleasure of working with Dr. Long here at Western University as a part of the Undergraduate Summer Research Internships program. I learned a tremendous amount about GIS software, particularly ArcGIS pro. I used this time to explore tools and features that I had not previously been taught in […]

Mobility Patterns During COVID-19 with ArcGIS Insights

Posted 2 years ago

By Ben Klar in the Western Blog

I’m sure we’re all well aware of the many impacts that COVID-19 has had on our typical lives. Working from home, attending school from home, and limits on social gatherings have significantly reduced our mobility. The Geospatial Lab at Western University has been working on a project to look at how mobility has changed over […]

Presenting at GIS Day 2020

Posted 2 years ago

By Jack McIlraith in the Western Blog

Like all other events, whether professional, academic or even social, GIS day events at Western went online this year. The organizers of GIS day at Western, Western Libraries, put together four days of free online lightning talks, workshops, demonstrations and networking sessions. Due to the online format, students and professionals from across and even outside […]