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Undergraduate GIScience students transform Multimedia Cartography knowledge for urban problem-solving in Canada-wide GeoApp competition
Eleven students from the GEOG 351 (Multimedia Cartography) course participated in the 2019 Esri Canada App Challenge competition held during the first week of April 2019. The students worked in teams and were required to conceptualize a problem, assemble geospatial data and build databases, and implement an innovative GeoApp solution making use of open GIS data. This experiential and problem-solving event focused on urban development.
GeoApp to enable residents to use their bikes as a mode of sustainable transportation from origin to destination (Alexander T., Maria B., Sabrina L., and Matthew B.).
GeoApp to advise residents about making location choices in their selection of non-market housing (Cocoa D., Shuyi F., and Zheng, T.).
GeoApp to promote the use of parks by considering public and other modes of sustainable transportation (Kyle N., Zijun M., Lingfei L., and Zheng L.).
Students benefited by learning to manage real-world geospatial data projects with strict deadlines and deliverables, networking with the geospatial industry, and practically applying their multimedia cartography knowledge. This activity was made possible through the SFU Esri Canada Center of Excellence (SFU ECCE) within the Geography Department. The SFU ECCE is co-managed by Drs. Suzana Dragicevic and Shiv Balram.