I am sure if you have been to one of my GIS web sites then you may have noticed that I tend to mostly write about Canadian web mapping related topics, something that has progressed rapidly over […]
GoGeomatics Canada had the chance to interview Madhur K Shrestha, a new arrival to Canada and a GIS specialist. We explore the realities of immigrating to Canada and starting a new life with a family in […]
The Association of Canada Lands Surveyors (ACLS) and Professional Surveyors Canada (PSC) are proud to announce that the ninth National Surveyor’s Conference will be held from June 18 to 21, 2013 in the beautiful Niagara […]
For many years, organizations have struggled with using geospatial data effectively. This is a common problem faced by government agencies, defense and intelligence communities, utility and communications companies, and private businesses. The intelligence in data […]
Unlike Canadian surveyors, for example, GIS professionals in Canada are not pressed by law to obtain certification. This fact has led to one of the more common questions in Geomatics circles: is a GIS certification […]
In 2000, I was just finishing a two year stint living in Belgium working on modeling downstream facilities. Yes, we used close-range photogrammetry. Really dull technical work, but we succeeded in projects across Europe (Italy, […]
Projections and Coordinate Systems for GIS: A new perspective on old ideas. (Or, GIS Professionals Should Consider That A Lot Of Our Constants Are, Increasingly, Not So Constant.) “I am constant as the northern star, Of […]
When GoGeomatics Canada asked me to write on the topic of “leadership in the geomatics community in Canada” I pondered the question a while. In many ways I see Canada’s geomatics sector from the outside […]