As a former Burnaby resident and fairly new to the field of GIS as a 2013 graduate of BCIT’s GIS Advanced Diploma program, I became a regular attendee at Vancouver GoGeomatics socials for two years […]
On April 7th, I attended the community mapping showcase at the NSCC Centre of Geographic Sciences (COGS). This project is a collaboration between the Age Advantage Association, a not-for-profit group of seniors in the Annapolis […]
Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY) (“Teledyne”) and CARIS jointly announced that the CARIS business and its international affiliates (collectively, “CARIS”) have agreed to be acquired by a wholly-owned subsidiary of Teledyne. CARIS, headquartered in Fredericton, New […]
One of the GIS Certifications available to Canadians specifically is the Certified Geomatics Specialist certification available from the Canadian Institute of Geomatics (CIG). Certification is offered in 6 areas: GIS/LIS, Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, Cartography, Geodesy, […]
Teledyne Optech is pleased to announce the latest addition to its innovative line of airborne laser terrain mappers, the Optech Eclipse. The Eclipse is the first airborne collection system that tightly integrates both passive and […]
Last month in Part 1 of my series I shared my reasoning on why I wanted to try for the Esri Desktop Associate Certification. Since then I started to study for the certification, and I’m […]
Due to a foreseeable increase in the demand for UAV acquired aerial imagery in resource management, various firms are already operational and are planning further investments in UAV technology. One such consulting firm implementing UAV […]
GIS has always been an integral part of forward thinking organizations. However, it has long struggled to break out of the “back office”. I could fill a book with that struggle, but at the moment […]