reg nelson
publications
carrillo, v. c., heenkenda, m. k., nelson, r., sahota, t. s., & serrano, l. s. (2022). deep learning in land-use classification and geostatistics in soil ph mapping: a case study at 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 agricultural research station, thunder bay, ontario, canada. journal of applied remote sensing, 16(3), 034519. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.jrs.16.034519
randall, t., kavalchuk, t., & nelson, r. (2017). metrics of urban sustainability: a case study of changing downtowns in thunder bay, canada. sustainability, 9(7), 1272. https://doi.org/10.3390/su9071272
presentations
nelson, r. (2022, june 8). visualization of glsea lake superior surface water temperature data employing pyqgis, inkscape, gimp, imagemagick, and blender. [online presentation]. twin-cities mapserver users group (tcmug) meeting.
nelson, r. & randall, t. (2019, june 30). the importance of land-use diversification and intensification strategies: a case study of changing downtowns in thunder bay, ontario. [conference presentation]. canadian association of geographers 2019 convention, winnipeg, mb, canada.
nelson, r. (2012, september 28-30). application of a gis-based decision support system for sidewalk building and maintenance in thunder bay, ontario. [conference presentation]. canadian association of geographers – prairie division, winkler, mb, canada.
includes, but not limited to:
- geographic information systems (gis), cartography, stereo imaging, 3d modelling and other spatial data visualization techniques.
- urban geography - transportation networks, multi-modal networks, open streets, complete streets and people-oriented design.
many of my hobbies reflect my interest in transportation geography, including:
- cycling - mainly in the context of commuting, shopping, etc.
- sailing - has mostly replaced my paddling adventures. we moved to thunder bay for lake superior.
- walking - not something most people consider a hobby but i embrace it as a favourite pastime.
- stereo photography - long-standing member of the national stereoscopic association. avid slr and dslr photographer.
- technology - photoshop/gimp, inkscape, qgis, blender, wordpress, stereophotomaker, audacity.