About the project
This project was undertaken by three fourth-year geography students at the University of British Columbia. It is an attempt to put into practice both 1) the technical skills acquired by performing statistical analyses in sophisticated software packages, and 2) the concepts and applications of GIS in the spatial analysis of crime, offered in the Geography 471: Applied GIS course at UBC.
Collaborators
| Mark Kascha | contact: marek1235 (at) yahoo (dot) com |
Mark Kascha is a fourth year student in the Faculty of Arts, majoring in Geography, and focusing on applications of GIS, urban studies and cartography. His academic interests also include earth systems, and climate change. Mark's contributions to this project include: data entry, data manipulation, background research on variables, results interpretation, error identification. |
| Michael Weisman | contact: mweisman (at) gmail (dot) com |
| Michael is a fourth year geography student, focusing on GIS and spatial statistics. His interests include geostatistical modeling and the applications of scripting languages (especially Python) to automate dynamic spatial analyses. Michael's contributions to this project include: setting up and running the analyses with GWR and SatScan, geocoding, data manipulation, results interpretation, error identification, and project coordination. |
| Alan Wiebe | contact: alan.louis (at) gmail (dot) com |
Alan is a fourth year student in the Faculty of Arts, majoring in Geography, and focusing on cartography and applications of GIS for environmental issues. His academic interests also include alternative energy systems, and their utility to remote communities. Alan's contributions to this project include: web sitestructure and design, graphics and cartography, data manipulation, results interpretation, error identification, and project outlining and management. |
