Karl Chastko, Spencer Elford and Anastassios Dardas place 3rd in the Esri Canada Centre of Excellence (ECCE) App Challenge!
Congratulations to Tasos, Karl and Spencer in placing 3rd in the 2017 ECCE App Challenge! Their ‘Conscious Commuter’ App explores how daily commutes can have a large impact over time based on the commuting choices individuals make.
Altaf Arain, Antonio Paez and Mike Waddington featured in the McMaster Times
Three of our SGES faculty – Altaf, Antonio, and Mike – are featured in the spring edition of the McMaster Times. All three provide their prognostications on what Canada’s future may look like, with Antonio talking about the form of our communities, and Altaf and Mike talking about climate change.
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A group of McMaster Geography and Earth Sciences students has proven it really knows its way around, taking five of nine top places in an international contest that tested competitors’ creative use of geographic information systems, or GIS.
The Esri Global Content Challenge competition drew more than 500 entries from nearly 60 countries around the world in three categories: Land, Ocean and Population. In each category there were cash prizes for the three top finishers, for nine prizes in all.
Students in Patrick DeLuca’s course, Special Topics in GIS, managed to take second and third in Land, second and third in Ocean, and third in Population, dominating the competition, plus one honourable mention.
Competitors were presented a list of authoritative data and, using their backgrounds and imaginations, developed compelling scientific stories using Esri’s Story Map Journal app.
DeLuca explained that McMaster’s entrants drew on their skills and experience from other classes and the new web-mapping and app-development skills they were learning in the fourth-year Special Topics in GIS class.
“I am very proud that the students we teach and mentor here in the School of Earth, Environment & Society are good enough to win international competitions such as this one,” DeLuca said. “These tools and procedures aren’t just for conducting the science, but also for disseminating it to the public, and that is what this contest was about.”
DeLuca said that participating in the competition helps students in their current studies and can give them an advantage in the job market.
“There is a very rich job market for GIS, and for students who can expand the platform with new tools, apps, and models,” Deluca said.
Here’s a look at McMaster’s winners and their entries:
