I had the amazing opportunity recently to attend the , California. The Esri 鈥楿C鈥 as it鈥檚 known is an annual event that showcases what鈥檚 new and hot in the Esri GIS world, and provides a chance for over 16,000 GIS and map nerds to get together, learn from each other, and generally celebrate everything geospatial.
We are fortunate here in 蓝莓视频 Region to have access to a unique high school-level program focused on geospatial technologies. The offers a at high school.
The partnership is a great opportunity for academics to work directly with those organizations pushing the leading edge of our field. Last fall, University of 蓝莓视频 student held a co-op placement working at Montreal-based non-profit (and Geothink partner) .
I鈥檝e recently been successful with obtaining five years of funding from the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation鈥檚 Early Researcher Award (ERA). This generous funding will allow me to measure the value and impact of open data initiatives, assessing how open data is accessed, used, and exploited.
This is a guest post by graduate student Qing (Lucy) Liu about her team鈥檚 experience at the Esri Canada App Challenge:
is a coding completion held by Esri Canada. Started in February 27, 2015, teams of participants were given one week to develop an innovative app using open data and Esri software. The apps to be developed should be on some aspect of government services in Canada, for any of the following themes:
This post is by PhD student on her recent experience attending the .
As part of Geography 187: Problem Solving in Geomatics, I鈥檝e started using as a tool for students to gain experience collecting in-situ field data. Fulcrum is both a mobile app (for iOS and Android) and a data management/survey design backend.
I'm currently leading a research project that looks to compare two first-year Geomatics courses (GEOG 181 and the new GEOG 187).
I鈥檝e recently been awarded funding from the and the . I鈥檇 like to thank both of these government funding agencies for their support of a new research and training initiative that I call the 鈥楪eospatial Mobility Lab鈥. This effort is also co-sponsored through direct contributions of equipment and services from and .
From June 4th to June 18th, 2014, a team from the Partnership for Canada-Caribbean Community Climate Change Adaptation (ParCA) travelled to Shelburne County and the Region of Queens Municipality in Nova Scotia. The team was primarily composed of 4 Master鈥檚 candidates from the University of 蓝莓视频: Shandel Brown, Saveena Patara, Maliha Majeed and Andrea Minano. Other associates from ParCA were able to attend for parts of the trip, including Dr. Carolyn Brown (University of Prince Edward Island) and Dr. Ahmed Khan (St. Mary鈥檚 University).