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Open Data for Open Government in Rural BC
b'In April of this year Canada’s Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) announced the results of the second competition for grants from the Community and College Social Innovation Fund...
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IODC 2016
b'The 4th International Open Data Conference, also known as IODC 16, was held in Madrid, Spain on the 6th and 7th of October 2016. Besides the two days of the official conference, 28 pre-events were...
View ArticleTrail Asset Management: What do we have and where is it?
From a management standpoint, it makes good planning sense to know what you have. Increasingly more pressing, however, is the question of where? Where are the things we have?This is a guest post from...
View ArticleThe Fine Art of Open Data: A GIS Survival Guide for the Arithmophobic
I began the BGIS program at Selkirk College in September 2016. This was a mid-life choice, being more than ready to develop in a new direction after years working as a library assistant and taking...
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Drone Surveying: The Devil in the Details
b'After completing the ADGIS program at Selkirk College in April 2017, I was fortunate enough to score one of the 5 Co-op positions at the SGRC. Joey Plessis and I were selected to work as a team on...
View ArticleFrom IEP to ADGIS and Beyond
Back in 2012, I took the Integrated Environmental Planning program and had my first introduction to Geographic Information Systems and its applications in the environment. Unfortunately, I chose a...
View ArticleOpen Data Webinar
What is open data? Why is it important to economic development? How can local government work collaboratively to make their data open? What are the challenges and opportunities for open data in the...
View ArticleGIS Day & OSM Week Event!
We're celebrating GIS Day and OSM Geography Awareness Week 2017 at Selkirk College!Our event will be held at the Castlegar Campus on Wednesday November 15th from 10 AM to 2 PM. The topic this year is...
View ArticleA Successful GIS Day 2017
Another successful GIS Day at the college has passed. This year our theme was “Data for Good” and we had some excellent student posters come out of it. This year’s posters focused more on the data then...
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LiDAR as a tool in site section for timber cruising
b'My name is Lorraine Brown, I have been working toward my Bachelor in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) at Selkirk College since 2009 when I took Integrated Environmental Planning. I really liked...
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Hunting for Data… Literally
b'I always thought growing up in a place as wild and adventuresome as British Columbia that there was a significant backing of wild lands management and wildlife conservation. Oddly enough as I got...
View ArticleClosing the Gap Between GIS Professional and Our Clients
How do we as GIS professionals start to bridge the gap of knowledge that exist between our technology and processes and our clients and their perception of our work and abilities? It is a question that...
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The Sublime Alpine
b'Most people are familiar with the expression, “Can’t see the forest for the trees.” I would best be described in the reverse, “Can’t see the trees for the forest.” I’m very good at thinking in terms...
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Everybody Does Data Differently
b'I was hired with the SGRC to work on their Open Data for Open Government Project. This is a three year project exploring open data best practices, policy and delivery option in a rural setting...
View ArticleWood-Waste Volume Calculation with UAVs
"Fiber Inventory for Biomass Utilization" a project from CBRDI Columbia Basin Rural Development Institute partnered with the SGRC Selkirk Geospatial Research Centre – in this phase accessing wood-waste...
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Musings of a Rural Resident
b'I entered the ADGIS program in the fall of 2018 wide eyed after a 25 year hiatus from formal academic learning. As an expedition river guide for most of my working life, I spent much of my time in...
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Using GIS to Assist Stewardship Groups in the Columbia Basin
b'For many, the most loved feature of this area is the abundance of water, whether it be for sustaining life, the beautiful forests and wildlife or the recreational activities that bring us joy. If you...
View ArticleThe Hunt for Innovation
Our world today is rapidly changing. From climate fluctuations to the rapid expansion of technology, we are faced with questions on what to do next. This is a guest blog post by our Coop Student...
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Object Classification using Spectral Signatures
b'When I began working for the SGRC, I was given the task of analyzing multi-spectral drone imagery from cutblocks. The objective was to provide Government and industry partners with an accurate means...
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These are my wings: Leveraging UAV remote sensing for environmental research
b'Growing up watching the Jetson’s (re-runs of course, because my grandparents were not even done high school by the time the series was finished its original run) I thought we would be whizzing around...
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