GIS Days

The Department of Geography and Environment in partnership with the Map and Data Centre, invites you to join GIS Days from November 15 - 19. This free, online event is open to all levels of GIS knowledge. Students, staff, faculty, and the general public are welcome to attend.

Visit the Map & Data Centre - GIS Day main page for presentation topics, webinar links, and schedules.

Tune-in to lightning talk presentations (42), demonstrations (11), and tutorials (4) throughout the week!

Please join us for an in Person GIS Day Event, organized by Western Esri Canada Centre of Excellence (ECCE) in GIS

Wednesday, Nov 17 from 9:30-4:30 at SSC 1302
Please contact Kathy Tang (ktang28@uwo.ca) for details and reserve your seat!

Here is the summary of what is on the schedule for Nov 17:

9:30 am - Lightning Talk Sessions:

  • The Loyalist Migration Project - Jacob Vanderhoeven
  • Munsee-Delaware map - Claudia Jones · Herzberg50 - Ben Harris
  • Sites of the 'Second Wave': Mapping London women's history - Sophie Thompson and Sydney Cabral-Poleck, Undergraduate Students, Huron University College
  • Weather extremes in England's Little Ice Age, 1500-1700 - Madeline Bassnett and Daryl Wakunick, Associate Professor and PhD/Research Assistant, Department of English and Writing Studies, Western University
  • Using GIS to re-imagine historical Niagara - Jessica Linzel, Historical Researcher, Brock University
  • Getting a ley of the land: Fostering urban legibility through ley line mapping - Colton Sherman, English PhD Candidate & ASP Peer Coach, Western University

12:30 pm LUNCH and ECCE networking

2:00 pm - Lightning Talk Sessions:

  • Quantifying aquatic macrophytes with satellite, drone, and rake data – Robert Bailey, Professor, Ontario Tech University
  • Urban tree canopy assessment using geospatial technologies: A case study of the town of Lincoln, Ontario - Baharak Razaghirad, Master of Sustainability Student, Brock University
  • Evaluating Effect of Tree Canopy Cover on Human Thermal Comfort – Arthur Dolinar, Undergraduate Student, Department of Geography and the Environment, Western University
  • Google Earth Engine: A case study in forest cover and landscape metric calculation - Miranda Postma, NSERC Research Assistant, Geospatial Lab, Department of Geography and the Environment, Western University

3:30 pm - Plenary session: What to Expect When You're Mapping - John Nelson, Map Person, Esri

 

*We gratefully acknowledge the support provided by the Social Science Student Council Student Donation Fund*