“Understand the theoretical underpinnings of Geographic Information Science (GIScience) as a discipline in support of geographic analysis.
Have practical working knowledge of a GIS software package, using a variety of open datasets in multiple contexts for geographic analysis (natural hazards, social geography issues of housing affordability, environmental impact assessments).” -Course Description
Explored different topics and data analysis to work on for our final GIS project. Our group brainstormed research topics and coordinate data downloads to have an organized mapping system- manageable for a three-person team.
My Personal Statement in line with the skills and knowledge I acquired in my introductory Geographic Information Science (GIS) course.
Assessing the environmental implications of the newly proposed Garibaldi Ski Resort in Squamish
Further practiced my skills on editing data classification and mapping aesthetically.
Navigated through Canadian Census Analyser site (CHASS) and downloaded cost of housing data for Vancouver and Montreal, then moving them into the file Geodatabase.
What are the rules of Statistics Canada on data suppression in terms of Census Tract (CT) and Dissemination Area (DA)?
I acquainted myself with the data classification attributes. I also learned how to create a file geodatabase in ArcCatalog.
The technical aspect: This lab acquainted me to analyzing the difference between raster and vector data, and when to appropriately use these datasets when creating a map from scratch, i.e. downloading data from an open data source. I further familiarized myself with properly projecting coordinate systems, and how to troubleshoot different coordinate systems among varying layers of a dataframe