Roger Wheate
Professor
Geography
University of Northern British Columbia
Canada
Biography
Dr. Roger Wheate Associate Professor/GIS Coordinator, Acting Chair of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies graduate program BSc Hons (University of St. Andrews), MA (Queen's University at Kingston), PhD (University of St. Andrews), Fall 2017 Teaching GEOG 432 /632: Remote Sensing
Research Interest
Cartography; GIS; remote sensing; map design and use; mapping from satellite image data. Dr. Wheate's interests cover the application of remote sensing and GIS across the spectrum of NRES (Natural Resource and Environmental Studies) faculty areas. Dr. Wheat​e's main focus lies in the integration of the geomatic sciences, cartographic output, feature extraction and terrain visualisation; special interests include mountain cartography and glacier mapping using remote sensing.