GIS Program Langara CS
The Langara GIS program writes a monthly series on topics related to Open Source GIS for Everyone, by Rick Davidson and Jim O’Leary, Continuing Studies (CS) instructors at Langara College in Vancouver, B.C. This column will focus on QGIS and other Free and Open Source GIS Software, especially as it is used in Langara’s Geographic Information Systems CS Certificate program.
Articles by GIS Program Langara CS
Leaflet: Tell Your Story with Open Source Web Maps
Web maps are becoming a standard tool that GIS developers use to tell their story to a worldwide audience. The…
Using Swipe Maps to View Wildfire Destruction in BC
On July 7, 2017 a series of devastating wildfires began in the Cariboo region of British Columbia. The effects of…
Mapping Migration Flows with QGIS FlowMapper Plugin
Flow mapping is a technique to visualize movement of objects of interest between geographic areas. Typical uses of flow maps…
QGIS: Performing Viewshed Analysis on Archaeological Sites
In 1927 a Vancouver bylaw was enacted that limited the height of buildings to a maximum of six stories in…
The Integrated Cadastral Information (ICI) Society and ParcelMap BC
This is the first of two articles on the release of ParcelMap BC Data, which we see as a significant…
QGIS & WorldClim: Using Zonal Statistics to Map Temperature Patterns
There has never been a time in the history of GIS when so much free, high quality data has been…
Using Colour Transparency to Map Election Results
As the 2016 United States presidential election careens towards its conclusion in November, GIS plays a prominent role in both planning…
Making a Crow Attack Web Page With Open Source GIS Tools
Of all the pleasant events that happen in spring, crow attacks rank at the bottom of the pile. Crows become…
Georeferencing Scanned Maps Using QGIS
One of the passions of modern day information technologists is to convert the past to digital form and to put…
Vancouver: Using QGIS TimeManager for Analysis of Crime Data
We typically think of a GIS as features on a map with a maximum of three dimensions: Longitude Latitude Height…
Open Data, Open Source, Open Possibilities
Back in 2006 I (Jim) was a student at BCIT and a Vancouver resident, eager to obtain some local data…
Getting to First Base with GIS
A friend of mine who volunteers with a girls’ softball team came to me with a request recently. “I have…
