Study the relationship between alcohol and violent crime

Studies have demonstrated a link between alcohol and violent crime. More specifically, neighborhoods with more alcohol sales such as having more liquor stores or restaurants that sale alcohol may experience more frequent incidences of violent crimes. As a result, government agencies are considering limiting access to alcohol in neighborhoods with high crime density by reducing the number of liquor stores and rejecting new liquor license requests.



Lights on and lights out – stay tuned

The map showed where nightlights have turned on and dropped off between 2012 and 2016. Nightlights provide an interesting way to study human activities and spread globally.



Using Avenza Maps to collect GPS data

Avenza Maps can be used on mobile devices to capture GPS data. In this lab, I collected GPS locations for Placemarks on UBC campus and recorded a walk. Then I uploaded the data to Google Earth Pro and ArcGIS as KML file for further analysis.