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The “New” GoGeomatics Canada: Relaunching Our Magazine
A team of really intelligent squirrels and I have been working on the new GoGeomatics magazine. I’m taking a break…
Montreal: Join me at the Earth Observation Summit June 20-22, 2017
As a recent graduate of the Fleming GIS program I jumped at the chance to attend the Earth Observation (EO)…
Annapolis Community Mapping April 13 at COGS
1866: a twenty three year old blacksmith from rural Annapolis County who could neither read nor write. 1888: a five…
My COGS GIS Education, Part II
In my first article, I introduced the how and why I chose to attend COGS from the fall of 2014…
GIS Open Source versioning tool for a multi-user Distributed Environment (part 1)
Editors note: This article has been jointly written by Nicolas Gignac, Dami Sonoiki (eHealth Africa) and Samuel Aiyeoribe (eHealth Africa). These authors…
Ten Interesting Facts about the Geography of Canada
This year Canada will celebrate its 150th birthday on July 1st. Most of you, like me, will be out celebrating…
Interview with Sam Scovill, GIS Technician and 3 Day Champion on Jeopardy
Every weeknight, my mom and I watch Jeopardy together. Jeopardy always starts with the announcement of the contestants by their…
Graph Databases – Recent development in Neo4j may help accommodate the Geospatial Community
Graph Databases and GIS & Technology (GIS&T) In the era of big data, graph databases are becoming very popular as…
Canadian Geomatics Innovation: Ecere Develops a Next Generation GIS
Not many companies undertake the ambitious goal of creating a new geospatial software suite from scratch. Ecere, a Canadian company…
Planning an Enterprise GIS from the Bottom Up
You might be an observant professional in a department that uses GIS. Your organization may be large and have many…
Technical Writing Tips for GIS and Geomatics Professionals
You might be a Manager, Consultant, GIS Specialist, Geomatics Engineer, Survey Analyst, Cartographer, Spatial Analyst, GIS Developer or Remote…
Literary Peregrinations: Geographers as Explorers
While I was reading Andrea Wulf’s “The Invention of Nature. Alexander von Humboldt’s New World”. I noted a comment on…
