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Esri Technical Associate Certification: how I passed the test

A few months ago, I decided to obtain the Esri Associate certification for ArcGIS Desktop and wrote about my reasoning here. …

#GISTRIBE Hashtag: The GIS Twitter Community

GoGeomatics recently had the opportunity to chat with Emily Garding, the founder of #GISTRIBE. Emily is a Wildlife Biologist who…

Find Your GIS & Geospatial Job: Career Seminar Ottawa April 9th

Finding a job in geospatial technology can be difficult. That’s why GoGeomatics Canada is bringing back our popular Career Seminar…

Jobs: Career Strategies for Students and Recent Graduates in GIS

What Students and Recent Graduates Can Do   Relating to another article I wrote, called “Career Challenges for Students and…

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Perspective is everything: The St. John’s Declaration & Geographic Education

I am a retired geographic educator. I am a geographer. I understand GIS. Or should I say I LOVE Geomatics?…

Geomatics Job Hunting Tools: ignore LinkedIn at your peril

In a previous article I talked about strategies for helping you to find geomatics jobs in Canada.  All the way…

GANS Mentorship Program Fostering Geospatially-Enabled Society

The Geomatics Association of Nova Scotia (GANS) has been promoting the importance and value of the geomatics sector in Nova…

Geomatics Career Seminars Coming to Vancouver & Calgary

GoGeomatics Canada is bringing our popular career seminars to Vancouver and Calgary this May. This will be the first time…

Intelligent Networking and Advice to Enter the Geospatial Workforce

This editorial is in response to and in support of a recent article written by Kirsti Oja on the GoGeomatics…

Career Seminars in Toronto & Ottawa: Find Success in the GIS Job Market

With so many geospatial students preparing for graduation in the coming weeks, it’s time to start focusing on life after…

Geospatial Career: Finding a GIS Job

Sometimes it seems like jobs are getting harder to find in the geospatial sector. That’s because it is hard, especially…

Abstract: So, You Want to Be Employed in Remote Sensing?

So, You Want to Be Employed? Some Advice for Graduate Students in Remote Sensing Robert A. Ryerson, Ph.D., CMS, FASPRS,…