GIS Day 2011

Lightning talks

  • Tanya Christidis: Using GIS to determine health effects of living near a wind turbine
  • Anna Kramer: Mapping affordability and accessibility
  • Ryan Ahola: Investigating the X-band radar response from snow covered terrain in Churchill, Manitoba
  • Que Ren (Lucy): Terrain analysis and soil inference using GIS
  • Josh MacKenzie and Ben Teichman: 3D campus in UDK
  • Mona Khaleghy: Spatial analysis of earthquake fatalities in the Middle East
  • Andrei Balulescu and Peter Chu Su: The creation of a digital elevation model (DEM) using pixel-correlation
  • Yuanming Shu: Marine oil spill monitoring by satellite-borne synthetic aperture radar (SAR)
  • Michael Luubert and Erica Frey: UW Navigator - campus wayfinding web application
  • Qian Che: Snow depth/cover
  • Robert Walter-Joseph: Network analysis
  • Zahra Abedi: Investigating the role of consumer amenities in the location of IT firms
  • Kyrylo Rewa: Region of Waterloo cycling study
  • Dongrong Li: Using remote sensing and GIS technologies for soil carbon management
  • Niina Luus and Mike Lackner: Classifying snow cover area at a low Arctic site using ArcGIS, ENVI and IDL
  • Homa Kheyrollah Pour and Claude Duguay: Remote sensing observations of lake surface temperature in regional climate modeling and weather forecasting
  • Kevin Kang: Arctic reports card
  • Roberto Tapia: Conducting satellite data classification using Support Vector Machines (SVM) and fuzzy methods for crop inventory
  • Grace Cai: An automated cost surface generator
  • Matt Newman: Modeling wetland vegetation
  • James McCarthy: Mobile campus map demonstration
  • Eva Dodsworth: Introducing the Scholars Geoportal

Map gallery exhibits

  • Ian Dunlop: 20 years of Dun-Map Inc. - the successful run of a UWaterloo co-op start-up
  • Alex Brenning: Integrating GIS and statistical software for spatial analysis and prediction
  • Roberto Tapia: Monitoring program in Ottawa for Sirex noctilio
  • Jacqueline Ho: Comparisons of environmental impacts between salt water swimming pools and road salt in the City of Mississauga
  • James Lockyer: An examination of the resources and tools provided through ArcGIS Online
  • Melanie Langlois: Evaluating public transit success: A comparative study of route 301 and 305, Calgary, Alberta
  • Soliman, A.; Duguay, C. R.; Hachem, S.; Saunders, W.; Luus, K. A.: Pan-Arctic land surface temperature from moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) and Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR): Product development and comparison with multi-source data
  • K.A. Luus and R.E.J. Kelly: Pan-Arctic trends (1982-2006) in temperature and bioclimatological indicators
  • Andrei Balulescu and Peter Chu Su: Investigating pixel correlation for the development of high accuracy digital elevation models
  • Laura Brown and Claude Duguay: Examining sub-grid cell variability of modelled lake ice phenology using gridded climate data
  • Matt Newman: Mapping wetland vegetation
  • Morgan Lamprey, Nafis Karim and Cam Wheelan: Identifying food deserts in Kitchener and Waterloo, Ontario
  • Brian Lyn and Eliot Wand: Analyzing crime incidence clustering using Ripley's K, ArcGIS and R
  • Michael Tjendra, Yiou Gao, and Junyi Wang: Watershed delineation in ArcGIS - Grand River Watershed
  • Di Wu, Yefan Wei and Chen Chen: Reservoir site selection in Shivapuri, Nepal by ArcGIS
  • Nicolas A. Svacina and Claude Duguay: Analyzing RADARSAT-1 imagery to determine variability and trends in ice cover on shallow lakes near Churchill, Manitoba
  • Shuhratchon Ochilov, Nicolas A. Svacina, Claude R. Duguay, and David A.: Towards an automated lake ice monitoring system for SAR imagery
  • University Map Library: Speak with staff from the University Map Library about Geospatial Data Services that they provide
  • MAD: Learn more about MAD's services
A professor presenting to a group of students during the poster session.
A bird's-eye view of the poster session.
Students during the poster session.
Dean giving his event welcome speech.
Students presenting in the lightning talk session.