This article explores how technology has influenced map making and how cartography requirements have changed, and what skill sets one needs to make the modern map. Cartography: Back in the mid 1980’ in geology departments […]
We can’t wait to go to the exciting seminars that are happening at the upcoming National Surveyors’ Conference 2013 (NSC 2013) in gorgeous Niagara Falls! Do you share our interest in cool new technologies? Then […]
It’s nesting season in Southern Ontario. Geese are notoriously territorial about their nests, so finding a way across the campus at the Univerity of Waterloo (where the Blackberry was originally developed) that avoids goose […]
Kevin Gilson, of the Project Visualization group at Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB), gave an overview of how PB manages 3D+ datasets in support of design and construction for large infrastructure projects such as the San Francisco-Oakland […]
Who is Listening to you on Twitter? If you or your business aren’t on Twitter you might not even realize there is a Canadian geomatics conversation going on in the Twitter-verse. GoGeomatics Canada is on […]
At SPAR 2013 Dennis Rodriguez, Project Manager at Denver International Airport (DIA), and Daniel Stonecipher of Immersiv, gave a fascinating presentation on how they combined a BIM-based design and construction process with GIS to create […]
The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) is responsible for about $30 billion in assets including pavement, bridges, signs, culverts and signals. At SPAR 2013 Stan Burns, Asset Management Director at UDOT gave an overview of […]
At SPAR 2013 I had the opportunity to hear very forward looking presentations by Ron Singh, Chief of Surveys/Geometronics Manager at the Oregon Department of Transportation. What Ron sees in the future and what motivates […]