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 […]
In September, SCE issued a Request for Offer (RFO) for new electric power capacity, including 50 megawatts of energy storage. It is thought that the SCE RFO is the first formal recognition by a state […]
Worldview-3 which will support 31 cm resolution is scheduled for launch in 2014. November 6 the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee voted in favor of relaxing commercial satellite imagery resolution restrictions. In a very interesting perspective […]
NASA’s MAVEN Mars mission has been successfully launched aboard an Atlas V by United Launch Alliance. The Atlas V first stage uses a Russian-built RD-180 engine burning kerosene and liquid oxygen (the world’s most powerful […]