GIS Day - November 16, 2016

GIS Day was a great success again this year! Attendees were treated to:

Opening talk featuring the Geospatial Club:

• Network Optimization to Reduce Police Emergency Response Times

Research lightening talks:

• Drones and GIS
• Pixels to Parcels: an investigation of land cover to land use classification
• Monitoring rainwater harvesting systems in India Using Satellite Remote Sensing Observations
• Use of GIS in monetization of ecosystem service

Geog/ Plan 481 - Group presentations:

• Mapping in the Malay
• Assessing the Usefulness and Accuracy of Twitter Obtained Data in Analysing Spatial Trends
• Assessing the Availability and Accessibility of Healthy Food Options in Cambridge, Ontario
• Temporal Analysis of Crime in the KW Area Using GIS and Spatial Statistics

Two lucky students each won a door prize of a $50.00 Amazon.com gift card, courtesy of Geographic Information Systems.

Hope to see everyone again next year!