GIS-based Models for Forest Insect Infestation Eradication
Posted 7 years ago
This spotlight article is from Taylor Anderson, currently in her second year as an ECCE student associate at SFU. Recently, she participated as a member of the SFU team in the ECCE App Challenge 2017 to produce a custom solution using citizen-sourced data to help identify places areas in need of sustainable transportation infrastructure. In […]
Useful Tools for Making Maps with ArcGIS
Posted 7 years ago
As a student associate with the ECCE at SFU, I was allowed to take two free ESRI Canada instructor-led courses. One of these courses was Designing Maps with ArcGIS. I personally think that I have a pretty solid foundation but ArcGIS but I enrolled in this class with the hope that it would teach me […]
SFU ECCE @ the Vancouver UC
Posted 7 years ago
On November 2, the Esri Canada User Conference was held in Vancouver, BC. During the plenary Dr. Brent Hall, Director of Education and Research at Esri Canada, presented an overview of the progress that we have made over recent years in supporting the adoption and use of GIS technology in education institutions across Canada (e.g., […]
Attending the Esri Canada User Conference – Vancouver
Posted 7 years ago
I recently attended the Esri Canada User Conference in Vancouver which was held at the Vancouver Convention Centre. The conference was filled with a variety of technical presentations from Esri as well as several presentations from local users. During the morning presentations, several different software and ArcGIS extensions were presented. The two that peaked my […]
GIS Software Algorithms: Same Analysis and Different Results
Posted 8 years ago
It is customary for spatial analysts to assume the implementation of various GIS software algorithms would produce the same results. If this was the case, then any errors or inaccuracies would only be a function of the input data sets and user errors. During one of my remote sensing lectures from a previous semester, my […]
Introduction – Anthony Lee
Posted 8 years ago
Hi Everyone, My name is Anthony Lee and I am a 3rd year student at Simon Fraser University. I am a Geography major but I am also doing certificate programs in GIS and Environmental Literacy. For the next 8 months, I will be away from campus for a co-op practicum. I will be working for […]
Impressions from the 2016 Esri Developer Summit: Olympia Koziatek
Posted 8 years ago
Olympia Koziatek is a Master’s candidate from the Department of Geography at Simon Fraser University who attended the Esri Developer Summit this year as part of the ECCE Student Associate program. I could not have asked for a better time and opportunity to break from my teaching and researching commitments (as well as the continuous […]
Impressions from the 2016 Esri Developer Summit: Taylor Anderson
Posted 8 years ago
Taylor Anderson is a PhD candidate from the Department of Geography at Simon Fraser University who attended the Esri Developer Summit this year as part of the ECCE Student Associate program. As we landed in Palm Springs for the 2016 Esri Developer Summit, airline workers chased huge tumbleweeds across the tarmac, mountains crowded the skyline, […]
Impressions from the 2015 Esri Developer Summit: Derrick Ho
Posted 9 years ago
Derrick Ho is a PhD candidate from the Department of Geography at Simon Fraser University who was selected by his school’s Centre of Excellence to attend the Esri Developer Summit in Palm Springs, CA. Derrick wrote this brief article about his what he took away from the Developer Summit. The Esri Developer Summit proved to […]
Impressions from the 2015 Esri Developer Summit: Christopher Ilori
Posted 9 years ago
Christopher Ilori is a PhD candidate from the Department of Geography at Simon Fraser University who was selected by his school’s Centre of Excellence to attend the Esri Developer Summit in Palm Springs, CA. Christopher wrote this brief article about his experience at the Developer Summit. I have a master’s degree in Natural Resources – […]
