CCA 2019: Preliminary Conference Program
University of Northern BC, Prince George BC
Wednesday May 22 – Saturday May 25, 2019
Program as of May 18, 2019
Wednesday 22 May – Workshops |
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Workshop Schedule | |||
Meet and Greet Coffee |
Second Floor of the Library | 8:15 – 9:00 | |
Morning Workshop Locations | 8-127 | GIS Lab 8-125 | |
Topics | Introduction to RS Introduction to accessing and using freely available Remote Sensing Data – Google Earth Engine |
Enterprise Spatial Data Enterprise Spatial Data Collection/Management using Open Source tools – such as QGIS |
09:00 – 10:15 |
Coffee Break | Second Floor of the Library |
10:15 – 10:45 | |
Topics | Introduction to RS Introduction to accessing and using freely available Remote Sensing Data – Google Earth Engine |
Enterprise Spatial Data Enterprise Spatial Data Collection/Management using Open Source tools – such as QGIS |
10:45 – 12:15 |
Lunch | UNBC Cafeteria |
12:15-1:15 | |
Afternoon Workshop Locations | 8-127 | GIS Lab 8-125 |
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Topics | Introduction to GIS Introduction to mapping using Open Source Software – QGIS Desktop |
Advanced RS Analysis of Remote Sensed imagery using free online tools |
01:15 – 2:45 |
Coffee Break | Second Floor of the Library |
2:45 – 3:15 | |
Topics | Introduction to GIS Introduction to mapping using Open Source Software – QGIS Desktop |
Advanced RS Analysis of Remote Sensed imagery using free online tools |
3:15 – 4:30 |
Guided walk to Dakelh Pit house along Greenway Trail |
4:30 – 5:30 | ||
Icebreaker – Thirsty Moose Pub |
5:30 – 8:00 | ||
Thursday 23 May – Sessions |
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Room 7-212 | |||
Session Schedule | |||
Meet and Greet Coffee | Bentley Centre | 8:00 – 8:30 | |
Welcome to the Conference Host Chair: Roger Wheate, UNBC Open Prayer: Darlene McIntosh, Lheidli T’enneh Elder UNBC: Catherine Nolin, Chair Geography Program CCA: Monica Lloyd, CCA President CIG: Brian Davies, CIG President NBCGIS: Scott Emmons |
8:30 – 9:00 | ||
Keynote: Chris Brackley, AsTheCrowFlies Cartography Royal Canadian Geographic Society – Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada: Mapping Nations Without Borders |
9:00 – 10:00 | ||
Visit to the 8 x 11m Indigenous Peoples of Canada Giant Floor Map – UNBC Library |
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Coffee Break | Bentley Centre |
10:00 – 10:30 | |
Session: Indigenous Mapping Chair: Agnes Pawlowska-Mainville UNBC, First Nations Studies |
Frank Tough (U. Alberta): “Little is known of the interior” – Historical cartographic sources as indications of the state’s effective control over the Métis of the Île-à-la Crosse region |
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Karen Church (UNBC): Dormant inland lifeways of Graham Island, xaadlaa gwayee |
10:30 – 12:00 | ||
Shane Doddridge (Tŝilhqot’in Gov): On the Map: Colonial Adoption of Indigenous Toponomies |
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Mitch McFarlane (Takla First Nation): Takla Nation’s way of creating base maps for collecting information out on the land |
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Lunch | UNBC Cafeteria |
12:00 – 1:00 | |
Session: Digital Technology and Data Chair: Monica Lloyd CCA, President |
Johanna Pfalz (Eclipse Geomatics): Mapping in Motion: The Augmented Reality Sandbox |
1:00 – 2:30 | |
Erin Lemky (Safe Software): Automation: The Efficient Cartographer’s Trade Secret |
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Ted MacKinnon (NRCan): A Coast to Coast look at Canadian Geospatial Data |
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Matt Sakals (BC Gov): Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems technology and photogrammetry |
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Ian Parfitt (Selkirk College): Columbia Basin Watershed Network (CBWN) mapping (10 Minute Talk) |
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Coffee Break | Bentley Centre |
2:30 – 3:00 | |
Sessions: Online Mapping Chair: Byron Moldofsky CCA, Treasurer |
Scott Atherton (City of PG): GIS on the hot seat: How the city of Prince George’s GIS and Fire Departments work together to save taxpayers money on insurance. |
3:00 – 4:30 | |
Lizzy Hoffmann (Eclipse Geomatics) : Collaborative Mapping: the Skeena Maps Portal |
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Paul Heersink (Esri Canada): updating online national vector cache maps |
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Monica Lloyd (COGS): Annapolis Valley Trails Coalition: An Enterprise GIS Solution |
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Karen Dietrich (UNBC): Effects of Geographic Extent on Systematic Conservation Planning Outcomes (10 Min) |
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Northern Lights Winery – Wine tasting and buffet |
5:30 – 9:00 | ||
Friday 24 May – Sessions |
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Room 7-212 | |||
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Morning Coffee and Snacks | Bentley Centre | 8:00 – 8:30 | |
Sessions: Health – human, wildlife and landscapes Chair: Neil Hanlon UNBC, Geography |
Erik Ellehoj (Ellehoj-Redmond Consulting): Alberta Triple Prescription Program Atlas |
8:30 – 10:00 | |
Kristen Hirsh-Pearson (UNBC): Mapping wild landscape diversity threats |
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Ekaterina Daviel (Eclipse Geomatics): Northwest Infrastructure Mapping Project |
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Husam El Alqamy (BC Gov): Using greater flamingo tracking and count data in delineating marine protected areas in the coastal zone of Abu Dhabi, UAE: |
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Jennifer Johnston (Inspirit Cartographics): The Art and Science of Map Production (10 Minute Talk) |
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Coffee Break | Bentley Centre |
10:00 – 10:30 | |
Sessions: Historical Mapping Chair: Julia Siemer CCA, Past President |
Brian Davies (Dawson Geophysical): “Perhaps the most incorrect of any land line in the USA”- Establishing the Texas-New Mexico Boundary Along the 103 rd Meridian. |
10:30 – 12:00 | |
Byron Moldofsky (U.Toronto): Mapping internal migration patterns in South Central Ontario 1861-71 |
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Jeff Clark (Clark Geomatics): Mapping Hudson’s Bay historic trail |
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Robert Cocking (GSC): The Highly Formalized Cartography of the Geological Survey of Canada |
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Mark Jeffery (goodwoodglobes): Reinventing the globe – 10 |
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Lunch | UNBC Cafeteria – CCA AGM | 12:00 – 1:15 | |
Sessions: LiDAR and Photogrammetry Chair: Chris Jackson UNBC, Geography |
Sean Lackie (TDB): Left but Not Forgotten: Mapping Waste Residue Piles in British Columbia using LiDAR and Photogrammetry |
1:15 – 2:30 | |
Emily Bornestig (UNBC/TDB): The Process and Challenges of Producing High Resolution Orthoimages in the Thousands Using Agisoft Photoscan |
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Ben M. Pelto (UNBC): A Multi-faceted Approach to Studying Glacier Mass Change in the Columbia and Rocky Mountains, Canada |
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Luizmar de Assis Barros (UNBC): Assessing set-aside old-growth forests with airborne LiDAR metrics |
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Coffee Break | Bentley Centre |
2:30 – 3:00 | |
Sessions: BC Mapping Issues Chair: Ted MacKinnon CCA, Vice President |
Joe Burkinshaw (SparkGeo): Shady Business: Adventures in terrain mapping |
3:00 – 4:30 | |
Morgan Hite (Hesperus Arts): Mt. Edziza Provincial Park mapping |
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Hunter Gleason (BC Gov): Regional patterns in the influence of ocean-climate teleconnections on the timing and duration of MODIS derived snow cover in BC |
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Wes Smith (BC Gov): On Fire: A Glimpse into BC Wildfire Service Incident Mapping |
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Downtown Adventure |
5:30 – 6:30 | ||
Hub Space – PechaKucha |
6:30 – 9:30 | ||
Saturday 25 May – Trip to Barkerville |
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9:00 – 6:00 | |||
Crossroads Street Festival Downtown Prince George |
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