Community
Year: 2016
Community
Fredericton’s New Old Centennial Survey Monument
In June 1967, the Centennial Survey Monument (the “Globe”) was unveiled in Fredericton at a prominent location opposite the new (at the time) Centennial Building on King Street. The globe was located in the “Centennial […]
Newsmakers & Press Releases
TerraGo® and Juniper Systems Partner to Deliver Next-Generation of Ruggedized GPS Data Collection
Washington, D.C. (PRWEB)January 26, 2016 TerraGo, a pioneer of geospatial collaboration and enterprise mobility software, announces a technology partnership with Juniper Systems that combines the mobile GPS collaboration platform, TerraGo Edge, with Juniper’s Cedar […]
Education & Careers
UNB & Google Maps: New EarthView3D Technology
University of New Brunswick researcher, Yun Zhang, is no stranger to Google Maps. In 2000, he participated in a Street View project led by YC Lee that resulted in Google Street View. Now he’s invented […]
Newsmakers & Press Releases
Esri Canada to Open GIS Centres of Excellence at the University of New Brunswick and York University
TORONTO – February 1, 2016 – Esri Canada, the leading provider of geographic information system (GIS) solutions, has named the University of New Brunswick (UNB) and York University (York) to its growing network of GIS […]
Between the Poles – The Geoff Zeiss Archives
Geoeducation for engineers and skilled workers
At the last GoGeomatics Social in Ottawa Jonathan Murphy gave an insightful presentation on Geospatial Tech in use for Oil & Gas production in Alberta. Jonathan related his experiences in Northern Alberta preparing terrain for […]
Technology
Discrete Global Grid Systems – A new OGC standard emerges.
The beginning of 2016 was accompanied with a sonorous press release from the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) entitled: “OGC® seeks public comment on a candidate standard that may replace legacy coordinate systems” [1]. In other […]
Education & Careers
Jobs: Career Challenges for Canadian Students and Recent Graduates in GIS
The Challenges As a recent graduate (2013) of GIS training at BCIT in Burnaby in addition to an Honours Bachelor of Science degree at UBC-Okanagan in Kelowna, I find that students and recent graduates can […]