We're hearing plenty of discussion & announcements around "Complete Streets". Here's a guide to the scope, with suggestions about how a Municipality might go about establishing a Complete Streets policy. Complete Streets are all about: Quality of Life; Safety; Environmental Sensitivity, Multi-modal Transportation options; Public Health; & Economic Development. Geography, geography, geography!
Oct
20
Oct
18
On Monday October 17, 2016 Geospatial Niagara had the opportunity to make a presentation to the Town of Pelham Council regarding the treeOcode Niagara project. We wanted to take the opportunity to promote the project as well as to encourage the municipality to become members of... read more →
Oct
16
Geospatial Niagara is thrilled to introduce a new game offering its readers the opportunity to explore and discover cities and places through the analysis of urban morphology. A city skyline is often shaped by its most iconic buildings and infrastructures; from the religious temple or the water tower of the smallest hamlet,... read more →
Oct
06
Neal Pilger of Niagara based Profile Geomatics was featured as part of a story in the St. Catharines Standard about the future of farming. The article spotlighted the use of drones as well as remote controlled rovers that can collect data about the state of... read more →
Oct
02
QGIS is a great open-source GIS software package that has come a long way. At the time of this writing, I have only been using QGIS for about 4 months. Before that, I primarily used ArcGIS, and after experiencing both, I can honestly say that QGIS is a more than... read more →
Sep
21
The Geospatial Niagara Newsletter will officially launch on Wednesday October 5th, 2016! Being strongly rooted in community engagement, this newsletter will be an invaluable tool for reaching students, citizens, and organizations across the Niagara Region and beyond. It will share knowledge that will be most useful in carrying out the... read more →
Sep
21
On Friday, September 9, 2016 Geospatial Niagara took part in the annual presentation/discussion at the Brock University Geography & Tourism Department Honours Internship course. Approximately 33 students attended the seminar where we provided insight with respect to Geospatial Niagara and the various projects that we currently have on the go.... read more →
Aug
09
Geospatial Niagara is proud and tremendously excited to announce that as of June 22, 2016 we have become an Institutional Affiliate of Brock University's Environmental Sustainability Research Centre. From the ESRC website... "The Environmental Sustainability Research Centre (ESRC) pursues innovative and transdisciplinary research about the environment, sustainability, and social-ecological resilience.... read more →
Apr
29
Hello everyone! It's that time of year again... The schedule has been released for the Final Thesis presentations of the 2015/16 Niagara College GIS-Geospatial Management Program. Presentations are scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, June 7 and 8, 2016 in the Yerich Auditorium at the Niagara College - Glendale Campus. These presentations... read more →
Mar
06
The treeOcode Niagara project has received a boost in the number of trees in the inventory thanks to a project by three Niagara College students and their Environmental Management and Assessment program internship project. Roshana Johnson, Ojebode Ayodeji Daniel and Jackson Tran have... read more →