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Month: August 2013

Between the Poles – The Geoff Zeiss Archives

An open source perspective on the Open Geospatial Consortium standards process

14 August 2013 Geoff Zeiss

I blogged previously about the OGC GeoPackage specification being available for public comment.  Chris Holmes of OpenGeo, who has been a major contributor to the open source geospatial community since joining  the GeoServer team as […]

Between the Poles – The Geoff Zeiss Archives

15 top U.S. states for smart grid policy, customer engagement, and technology including GIS

14 August 2013 Geoff Zeiss

The Grid Wise Alliance (GWA) and Smart Grid Policy Center (SGPC), the research arm of the GridWise Alliance, have created the Grid Modernization Index (GMI),  which has been applied to rank U.S. states, based on […]

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Between the Poles – The Geoff Zeiss Archives

MapGears joins LocationTech open source geospatial initiative

13 August 2013 Geoff Zeiss

Andrew Ross of the LocationTech open source geospatial initiative that is part of the Eclipse Foundation has just announced MapGears and Daniel Morissette as a new member of LocationTech. LocationTech is the Eclipse Foundation’s industry […]

Between the Poles – The Geoff Zeiss Archives

Brazil mandates accurate geolocation as essential for smart grid

13 August 2013 Geoff Zeiss

Total smart grid investments in Brazil will increase to $36.6 billion by 2022 according to a study by the Northeast Group. The business drivers for smart grid in Brazil are reducing non-technical losses, improving reliability […]

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Education & Careers

Neil Thompson: Geospatial Intelligence & Canadian Military (Part 2)

13 August 2013 GoGeomatics Canada | accuracy

This is the second part of the interview GoGeomatics Canada has done with Neil Thompson, the Managing partner of the WCGroup. Neil is also the former Director Geospatial Intelligence for the Canadian Forces and a […]

Between the Poles – The Geoff Zeiss Archives

South American smart grid market to reach $50 billion by 2023

12 August 2013 Geoff Zeiss

A recent Northeast Group report forecasts that the total smart grid market in South America will cumulatively reach nearly $50 billion by 2023.   The primary areas for investment include advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), distribution automation, […]

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GoGeomatics Social Leader Profile: Joy Leimanis, Vancouver

12 August 2013 GoGeomatics Canada | Advanced Diploma

Joy Leimanis recently became a part of the GoGeomatics family as one of our group leaders for our Vancouver social, alongside Anderson Sandes. She jumped right into the role and is proving to be a […]

Community

Geospatial or Geomatics: The Headaches of Terminology in Canada

12 August 2013 Jeff_Thurston | 3D

Great debates about the terms geomatics, geospatial, geoinformation and geoscience have occurred for decades. Additional terms like geoanalysis, geolocation, geocomputation and spatial data infrastructure are mixed into the slurry of ‘geo-ness’. There are even ‘invented’ […]

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