The province of British Columbia (B.C.) recently revised their portal. The main page offers a number of services to the general public of B.C., such as provincial services, ministries and governmental departments. Sub portals attached […]
Data acquisition is without a doubt one of the most important processes in the implementation of any GIS. As GIS professionals, it is imperative that we have access to and work only with spatial information […]
When Judge Green broke up AT&T in 1984, the intention was to introduce competition into the long distance telecom industry. In the end it unleashed new technologies such as wireless, optical fiber, RF/coax, and satellite […]
The Association of BC Land Surveyors has been kind enough to allow GoGeomatics Canada to republish the puzzle from the December issue of the Link. That’s the BC Land Surveyors newsletter. So for those of […]
According to Xinhua, China intends to introduce a tax on carbon dioxide emissions. The local taxation authority rather than the environmental protection department will collect the taxes. The government is also looking into taxing energy-intensive […]
At the NRECA TechAdvantage conference in New Orleans Gary McNaughton, MultiSpeak Techical Coordinator gave a comprehensive overview of where the MultiSpeak interoperability standard is and where it is headed. If you’re not familiar with MultiSpeak, […]
IPrior to the President’s State of the Union Address, President Obama signed an Executive Order on cybersecurity. This has important implications for the electric power industry and is a wakeup call for utilties that have […]
There’s a fascinating post on the Sustainable Buildings Centre blog that outlines how the world energy community has tended to stop using “energy conservation” and to use “energy efficiency” instead. According to the blog post, […]