This site contains information on the research and teaching activities by Dr R E Sieber and her team at McGill University.

Team 41 at the GEOIDE Conference

Several graduate and undergraduate students represented Team 41 at the 2011 GEOIDE Conference, held this year in Toronto on May 16th and 17th.

Lukanyenko, Roman. 2011. Citizen Science 2.0: Increasing quality and participation. Poster presented at the 2011 Annual GEOIDE Conference May 16-17, Toronto.

Mc Conchie, Alan and Brian Klinkenberg. 2011. Interactive User Validation of Volunteered Geographic Information. Poster presented at the 2011 Annual GEOIDE Conference May 16-17, Toronto.

Torio, Dante. 2011. Using Fuzzy Logic to Map the Threat of Coastal Squeeze in Marshes at Wells Reserve and Portland, Maine. Poster presented at the 2011 Annual GEOIDE Conference May 16-17, Toronto.

Tudge, Pamela. 2011. Communicating Climate Change Report for Year 2. Presented 2011 Annual GEOIDE Conference May 16-17, Toronto.

Walker, Blake, and Claus Rinner. 2011. Deconstructing Effective Participation on the Geoweb. Poster presented at the 2011 Annual GEOIDE Conference May 16-17, Toronto.

Our team at AAG

Our team had a strong showing at the annual Association of American Geographers meeting in Seattle, April 12-16:

 

Nama R Budhathoki and Renee Sieber. GeoWeb from a Governance Perspective.

Peter A. Johnson. Using the Geoweb to Engage Rural Communities in Economic and Environmental Decision-Making.

Renee Sieber. Volunteered Geographic Information: motivation or empowerment?

Jian Zhou, Renee Sieber, Mark Chandler and Linda Sohl. Climate Models for the Education of Citizen Scientists.

 

2011 GEOG 506 Projects

Emilie Roy-Dufresne: A Multi-Scale Analysis of the White-Footed Mouse’s Distribution Using MaxEnt Species Distribution Model

Abstract: Issues of modeling species geographic distributions are critical factors which need to be studied in conservation biology. One of these issues is the appropriate spatial scale at which studies need to be conducted. The identification of spatial patterns depends on the spatial scale at which patterns are measured. Ecologists face the issue that interpreting the data based on one scale, and to apply them to another scale may not accurately describe the existing pattern but instead reflect artefacts of the scale of measurement.

Korbin DaSilva's Undergraduate Honours Thesis

Congratulations, Korbin, on writing a strong thesis and building a dynamic application. Korbin's research is part of our urban design node.

The Community Design Tool: Unfolding Participatory Urban Design in a Dynamic Three-Dimensional Environment

Abstract: The Community Design Tool allows for community members to engage in a community controlled urban design process within a dynamic three-dimensional environment. The community members are guided by a methodology for participatory urban design adapted from Christopher Alexander’s work on generative codes and the process of unfolding. Community members and non-professionals understand spatial concepts and designs more naturally when viewed in three-dimensions and when they can interact with the environment dynamically. The Community Design Tool is a plugin for the simple yet robust modelling software Google Sketchup and walks community members through a step by step process to create urban design schemes for their community by using simple tools built into the Community Design Tool itself. The simplicity of the Community Design Tool’s individual steps allow for those with even limited technical knowledge to fully participate in the design process.

Our paper in PNAS

is finally in print!

It was a long road. Thank you to the ICHD team of Grace Fong (McGill), Michael Fuller (UC Irvine), and Peter Bol and Lex Berman (Harvard). Thanks also to Jimmy Li and Jin Xing for making this a reality.

Renee E. Sieber, Christopher C. Wellen, and Yuan Jin. 2011. Spatial cyberinfrastructures, ontologies, and the humanities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108(14): 5504-5509.

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