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Elevation Web Services: Limitations and Prospects
Elevation Web Services: Limitations and Prospects Elevation data is necessary for a wide range of geospatial applications such as creating…
Web Mercator: the de facto standard, the controversy, and the opportunity
Four hundred and fifty years ago, the Flemish geographer and cartographer Gerardus Mercator presented the most popular map projection ever.…
2005-2015: Ten Years with Google Maps
In February 2005, Google Maps was launched as a desktop web mapping service. A few months later, in June 2005,…
PredictION: Routing & Modeling App for Proposed Transit Projects
PredictION is an app that provides transit authorities with a unique approach to engage and inform the public. By making…
2015 Canadian Geomatics Events & Conferences
This is our list Canadian geomatics conferences and events for 2015. Here you will find events pertaining to GIS, remote…
GeoDigital Secures Funding
HAMILTON, Ontario, June 11, 2014 – GeoDigital International Inc. (“GDI”), the leading provider of next‐generation 4D Geospatial imaging and business…
VGI: the Wild West of Data and GIS
In recent years, high–resolution spaceborne imagery (HRSI), up to 50cm spatial resolution, has become readily available for no cost using…
Should we be called geomatics or something else?
In order to determine whether geomatics is the most appropriate term for this field it may be useful to review…
OSCAR-js is Open Source from CARIS
OSCAR-js (oscar.caris.com)is an open source JavaScript Application Programming Interface (API) created by CARIS. The vision of the project is to…
NRCan, GeoConnections, CGDI, & the Canadian Geomatics Round Table
GoGeomatics Canada got in touch with Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) in order to ask them about all the most recent…
Data and Systems at the Weather Network
In honour of International Women’s day on March 8th, GoGeomatics will feature interviews and articles by women about women in…
ACCURATE SPATIAL DATA: GIS AND TRAVEL ACCOUNTS
Data acquisition is without a doubt one of the most important processes in the implementation of any GIS. As GIS…