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SKI-Canada 2019
Spatial Knowledge and Information - Canada

Proceedings of the Conference on Spatial Knowledge and Information - Canada

Banff, Alberta, Canada, February 22-23, 2019.

Edited by

Victoria Fast *
Grant McKenzie
Renee Sieber

* University of Calgary, Department of Geography, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
** McGill University, Department of Geography, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Table of Contents

Session 1: Web GIS

Using WebGIS as a Tool for Agricultural Development with African Indigenous Vegetables 1
Colin Minielly, Derek Peak, Weiping Zeng, Shuo Yuan, Scott Bell
Using GIS and Web GIS to Visualize the Canadian Arctic Food System 2
YanJuan Li, David Natcher, Jingting Lei, Weiping Zeng, Yanping Li, Lifang Lei, Xiaolei Yu, Marcia Craig, Scott Bell
A Web GIS Platform for Environmental Livelihood Value Assessment in Northeastern British Columbia 3
Felix Tang, Honghao Yu, David Natcher, Weiping Zeng, Thang Phung, Xiaolei Yu, Yanjuan Li, Fangfei Lu, Abigael Rice, Ana-Maria Bodgan, Jason Disano, Scott Bell
A GIS-based Model of Ecosystem Services for the Northeast Swale in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 4
Rong Shen, Honghao Yu, Bram Noble, Weiping Zeng, Sarina Gersher, Thang Phung, Cherie Westbrook, Kenneth Belcher, Farzana Nijhum, Abigail Weger, Robert Alary, Sarah Rutley, Scott Bell
Web Maps for Global Data Visualization: Does Mercator Matter? 5
Sam Lumley, Renee Sieber

Session 2: Hazardous Interactions

A Novel Method to Analyze Trends of Extreme Precipitation Distribution- A Case Study over the Arctic Regions of Canada 6
Chiranjib Chaudhuri, Colin Robertson
OLS and GWR LUR Models of Wildfire Smoke Using Remote Sensing and Spatiotemporal Data in Alberta 7
Mojgan Mirzaei, Stefania Bertazzon, Isabelle Couloigner
A Functional Data Analysis Approach for Characterizing Spatial-temporal Patterns of Landscape Disturbance and Recovery from Remotely Sensed Data 8
Mathieu L. Bourbonnais, Trisalyn A. Nelson, Gordon B. Stenhouse, Michael A. Wulder, Joanne C. White, Geordie W. Hobart, Txomin Hermosilla, Nicholas C. Coops, Farouk Nathoo, Chris T. Darimont

Session 3: Smart & Urban

Spatial Insights on Urban Density: A Case Study of Calgary 9
Jiaao Guo, Victoria Fast
Using Multi-Criteria Analysis to Estimate Retail Site Attractiveness for the Huff Model 10
Claus Rinner, Renacin Matadeen, Stephen Swales
Planners Out-of-the-Way to Be “Smart”? 11
Zhibin Zheng, Renee Sieber

Session 4: Crowdsourcing

The Tools of Citizen Science: An Evaluation of Map-based Crowdsourcing Platforms 12
Zachary Lamoureux, Victoria Fast
Exploring the Potential for Crowdsourced Spatial Information to Inform Debate Related to the Changing Canadian Local News Landscape 13
Jon Corbett, April Lindgren
Exploring GitHub Data for Geospatial Government Research: Understanding the Limitations of Inadequate Quality Control 14
Jaydeep Mistry

Session 5: Transit, Mobility & Accessiblity

Pedestrian Curiosity: A Brief Examination of Consent and Privacy in Swath Section Smart City Spaces 15
Keri Grieman
Correlation of Public Transit Accessibility Measures with Actual Ridership 16
Sarah Bree, Ehab Diab, Scott Bell
Classifying and Mapping Accessible Mobility on Post-Secondary Campuses 17
Shifa Hayat, Victoria Fast
Examining the Relationship Between Spatial and Social Proximity in First Nation Food Sharing 18
Ana-Maria Bodgan, Meng Li, David Natcher, Abigael Rice, Rong Shen, Weiping Zeng, Jason Disano, Scott Bell

Session 6: Geospatial Modelling & Software Architectures

Discrete Global Grid Systems: Operational Capability of the Current State of the Art 19
Ben Bondaruk, Steven A. Roberts, Colin Robertson
Research Directions for the rHEALPix Discrete Global Grid System 20
David Bowater, Emmanuel Stefanakis
Landcover Classification Using Texture-encoded Convolutional Neural Networks: Peeking Inside the Black Box 21
Malik Karim, Colin Robertson
Spatial Methods for Understanding Human-Wildlife Interactions 22
Jed Long
Symbology Encoding Using CartoCSS to Support Complex Symbols 23
Soroush Ojagh, Sara Saeedi, James Badger, Steve Liang

Session 7: Health & Livelihoods

Exploratory Spatial Analysis of Comorbidities Prevalence in People with Osteoarthritis 24
Xiaoxiao Liu, Rizwan Shahid, Stefania Bertazzon, Nigel Waters, Alka B Patel, Claire EH Barber, Peter Faris, Terrence McDonald, Judy E Seidel, Rajrishi Sharma, Tom Briggs, Deborah A Marshall
Data Collection and Spatial Analysis for Value Assessment of First Nations Environmental Livelihoods in Northeast British Columbia 25
Xiaojing Lu, David Natcher, Abigael Rice, Ana-Maria Bodgan, Weiping Zeng, Thuan Ha, Jun Wang, Mahsa Azizi, Fatemeh Zare Abandankeshi, Thuy Doan, Jason Disano, Scott Bell
"Spatially, we are Creatures of Habit" - Understanding Gendered Geographies of Homelessness Using Participatory Mapping 26
Shelley Cook, Jon Corbett

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