Yesterday at Distributech 2018 in San Antonio I listened to a talk from a consulting company contracted by an electric power utility to clean up GIS data originally sourced from CAD drawings. This reminded me […]
At Distributech 2016 Zarko Sumic, Distinguished Analyst at Gartner, predicted that by 2020, the largest energy company in the world (by market cap) will not own any network (grid) or generation assets. By analogy with […]
At Utility University at Distributech 2018 Joseph Nichols, a Project Manager at Burns and McDonnell, made the interesting case that over the period 2013 to 2016 there was a trend of increasing failure spend but […]
Canadian Geodetic Survey The Canadian Geodetic Survey (CGS) is developing a plan to expand its Positioning infrastructure and services. The CGS’s Positioning infrastructure plan is a key component of the pan-Canadian Positioning, Navigation and Timing […]
AECOM is a US$18.2 billion a year firm in the construction sector. It designs and builds infrastructure around the world for public- and private-sector clients including transportation, facilities, environmental, energy, oil and gas, water, high-rise […]
Since Google Earth’s release in June 2005, the rise of crowdsourced OpenStreetMap, the deluge of remote-sensed imagery from private satellite companies Digital Globe, Planet Labs, UrtheCast, and others, and private geospatial data companies like HERE, […]
What can you do with a background in Geospatial? Oh, the Places You Will Go! A background in geospatial assuredly can lead you to a satisfying career and the bonus of living in a dream […]
Over the next few weeks three industry and career events are taking place in Canada. The 21st Annual Geomatics Exposition Mapping Our Future January 18, 2018 MacEwan Hall, MacEwan Student Centre Calgary More Info This […]