Yesterday shareholders of Duke Energy Corp. and Progress Energy Inc. separately approved the proposed merger of the two utilities to form the largest electric power utility in the US with 7.1 million electricity customers in […]
As I have blogged recently, advanced economies are facing a shortage of skilled labour. This is partly the result of an aging workforce, but also results from decreasing enrollment in technical courses at the high […]
GoGeomatics met with Jenn White a photogrammetry and cartographic specialist to talk about her job hunt and her career. Jenn has worked has worked for the federal government in Ottawa and for industry in the prairies.
Jenn attended the University of Manitoba, where she got a B.A. Advanced with a Major in Geography. In her second year of studies, she took a cartography course and it was from that course, that she became passionate about working with and creating maps. Find out more about Jenn White, a Photogrammetry and Cartographic specialist. […]
I have blogged in the past about some of the very few cities in the world where you can find all the underground infrastructure in a single database. The business benenfits of a common underground […]
India’s energy demand has grown an average of 3.6% per annum over the past 30 years. In December 2010, the installed power generation capacity of India stood at 165 GW. According to a recent article, […]
The presentation that won the Best Presentation Award at the GITA ANZ Geospatial Solutions Conference was given by John Moore, Manager Building and Infrastructure Project, Emergency Information Coordination Unit (EICU) of the Land and Property […]
At the GITA ANZ Geospatial Solutions Conference Ken Lyons organized a skills workshop on addressing the workforce challengs, specifically in the area of geospatial skills including surveying. Dr Ken Lyons – Spatial Info Services – […]
At an exciting 2011 GITA ANZ Geospatial Solutions Conference in Sydney last week, Mark Volz of Ergon Energy gave a fascinating presentation on how Ergon monitored flooding and managed electric power during the Decemeber 2010/January […]