At the CanBIM Regional Session in Vancouver, Mark Cichy, Associate, Director of Computational Design and Research, at DIALOG, gave a fascinating talk about automating the process of designing sustainable buildings. Specifically the talk focussed on […]
A surveyor and a platypus walk into a bar…. All right, I made that up, but did you hear the story of the surveyor that crashed through the ice in sub zero temperatures, had to […]
New buildings in Vancouver will be zero-emissions or zero-emissions ready by 2030 or earlier. Vancouver will achieve this by a combination of energy usage reporting, incentives to the private sector, regulation including rezoning and building […]
One of the challenges faced by large utilities with multiple GIS, outage management, customer information and other systems, which are often the result of mergers, is how to make spatial and associated data, in different, […]
GoGeomatics Canada is excited about the first national Canadian Geomatics Competition taking place this February 16 to the 19, 2018. This event offers geomatics students the chance to prove their talent to some of the […]
February 22, 2018 at the Hilton Vancouver Metrotown Early-bird Registration ends February 8th. Register now to take advantage of the discounted rates. The latest advances in Geographic Information Systems and related technology devices have enabled […]
Vegetation is a significant source of outages for many utilities. In some regions from one quarter to one half of all outages can be ascribed to vegetation. Vegetation encroachment initiated the massive North American northeastern […]
Since its establishment by the Ontario government in 2005, the Places to Grow Act is a policy envisaged at curbing the effects of urban sprawl and encouraging population growth where it is needed. According to […]