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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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