Guest Talk: Caribou Habitate Disturbance Mapping with PostgreSQL & QGIS

• What we’ll do
Geoff Andrews of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) will speak about his current project regarding Caribou Habitat Disturbance.

Project Description:
“As part of an Open-Source Initiative within the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, this project seeks to replace processes developed through ArcGIS model builder and python (ArcPy) script tools with more stable PL-SQL functionality within the PostgreSQL/PostGIS environment. The goal of this work is to produce a tool that can process large datasets and produce provincial output data for uptake into scientific modeling for Ontario’s northern research and habitat mapping. “

Geoff works with the Provincial Geomatics Service Centre at the MNRF. In the two years he has worked with a variety of software as a part of his role. He worked previously for Trent University’s Maps, Data, and Government Information centre for a year long contract before begining contract work with the MNRF. He is a graduate of Fleming College (2015) as a GIS Application Specialist.

• What to bring
Smiling faces as always, along with any questions you might have regarding this project. If time permits we will also discuss any GIS related problems we are trying to solve and come together as a meeting of the minds to solve the. • Important to know