Department of Geography - University of Guelph

GEOG*4480 Applied GIS
Winter 2012

Instructor: Dr. Wanhong Yang

Introduction

Students in GEOG4480 Applied GIS developed projects that addressed a broad range of resource management, planning, and conservation topics. Geographic information system tools were used to analyze problems and to identify solutions. These projects have study areas located within the Province of Ontario and Alberta in Canada.

Environmental Impact Assessment

Selecting Mineral Deposits for Gold Mine Development in Northern Ontario Based on Suitability Analysis in GIS
James Ainsworth, Nathan Jenkins, and Kathleen Nesbitt

A GIS-based Approach to Modelling Potential Agricultural Contamination of Surface and Groundwater in the Fairchild Creek Watershed, Ontario
Colin Gutcher, Jason Krompart, and Peter Nowell

Industrial and Waste Management Facility Siting

An Integrated GIS Approach to Wind Power Site Selection in Huron County, Ontario
Nick Bartnicki and Matt Williamson

Selection of a Landfill Site in Simcoe County, Ontario using GIS and Multi-Criteria Evaluation
Ali Dzikowski, Chadwick Tennakoon, and Chris Watson

Landfill Site Determination Using GIS in Lac La Biche County, Alberta
David Albert-Lebrun, Kirk Dabols, and Kathryn Woodrow

Wildlife Habitat Suitability Assessment

Siting a Suitable Protective Habitat for the Spotted Turtle (C. guttata) and Upland Erosion Reduction Using an Integrated GIS-based Model in the Lower Nottawasaga River Reach Subwatershed
Sarah Bruggeman, Hayley Tompkins, and Erica Wilkinson

Using GIS Modelling to Locate a Suitable Area of Habitat Protection for American badgers (Taxidea taxus) in Southwestern Ontario
Kat Klaassen, Marcine Severn, and Heather Wright

Siting a Wildlife Corridor for the Protection of the Wolverine (Gulo gulo) near Red Lake, Ontario Using GIS
Alyssa Robinson, Reginald Martin, Winston Godwin

Urban Development and Public Facility Siting

A GIS Based Approach to Siting Stormwater Detention Ponds in the City of Guelph
Michael Merchant and Ben Wilcox

Siting Suitable Areas for the Development of a Complete Community in Milton, Ontario using GIS
Jasmin Brinovcar, Andrea Gogas, and Eric Hoffman

A GIS Approach for Siting a High School in Toronto, Ontario
Michael Maiatico, Thomas McLennan, and Jonathan Raikes

Wetland Conservation Evaluation

Prioritizing Wetlands for Conservation Within the Upper Grand Subwatershed Using GIS
Charlene Boddie, Jenna Stephens, and AnnaToczynska

Acknowledgments

Rashaad Bhamjee and Andrew Beaton, as teaching assistants for the course, did an outstanding job in helping students with all aspects of the course projects. Adam Bonnycastle, GIS and Remote Sensing specialist, provided thoughtful advice on GIS implementation to students. Jenny Marvin, Teresa Lewitzky, and Quin Shirk-Luckett, GIS staff at Data Resources Centre, provided excellent support with GIS data preparation and manipulation. Gihan Sooriyabandara, Mario Finoro, and Marie Puddister provided valuable computer support and web publishing. This course could not have been successful without the capable assistance of everyone listed here.

Projects presented here were created by students at the University of Guelph as part of an undergraduate course in the Department of Geography. They are not intended to reflect the aims, objectives or policies of the study areas in the Provinces of Ontario, Alberta, or of any other organizations involved or referenced in these projects.

Wanhong Yang
Associate Professor
Department of Geography
University of Guelph

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