In April 2013 Planet Labs launched two demonstration satellites, “Dove 1” and “Dove 2”. Yesterday two more satellites Dove 3 and Dove 4 were placed into orbit by a Dnepr rocket. It appears the Dove-3 […]
At the inaugural meeting of the SGIP John McDonald, Director of Technical Strategy and Policy Development at GE Energy and Chair of Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) made a strong case for why interoperability is […]
It’s all about consumer empowerment FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff in a recent GreenTech Media Energy Team podcast on distributed generation pointed out that that the solar PV industry is consumer driven. Wellinghoff said that […]
The dramatic reduction in the price of solar panels has made solar PV competitive with the central power grid in some parts of the country. For the first time in 100 years there is a […]
GoGeomatics and the York University Geomatics Club have come together to present November’s GoGeomatics Toronto Social. Make some friends and network with our ever-growing Toronto geomatics community. Socials are always fun and always free. This […]
GoGeomatics attended the Carleton University GIS Day yesterday in a great new space on the 4th floor Discovery Centre of the MacOdrum Library. The event was a great success and had an incredible turnout: a […]
Nanosatellites are very small, low cost satellites typically weighing kilograms and with volumes of a few liters. NASA has a program called the CubeSat Launch initiative (CSLI) which provides opportunities for nanosatellites to fly inexpensively […]
Brazil’s economic expansion over the past few years has been impressive. In 2010 91 million Brazilians, nearly half the population, were part of the middle class. By comparison in 2003, the Brazilian middle class totalled […]