The effects of population growth, urbanization and climate change are motivating us to contemplate serious changes in how we build and maintain buildings and infrastructure. This change will require new tools. There are important industry […]
Engineering design is typically done on a desktop computer, using CAD or BIM software. Models are viewed in 3D or 2D on a monitor. Increasingly they can be viewed in mixed reality. At a SPAR3D […]
What follow is a list of websites that are hosting online maps of the coronavirus in Canada. As our community is all about the maps I would be curious as to what you think is […]
Underground utility damage is expensive. Several jurisdictions have attempted to estimate the cost of underground utility damage for individual incidents and for entire national economies. Costs can be broken down into direct costs and indirect […]
There have been significant advances in technologies for detecting underground infrastructure including inertial locating, novel radar technologies applied to ground penetrating radar (GPR), and software for post processing GPR signals to produce tomographic images. Each […]
At the fourth Digital Underground Connect (DUConnect) session, Rob Martindale, Utility Program Manager at the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) provided an overview of a remarkable initiative by the State of Colorado to address the […]
Accurately mapping underground utility and telecom network assets represents a growing opportunity for professional surveyors. In order to ensure continuing improvement in the accuracy of location information about underground utilities, some international jurisdictions are requiring […]
GoGeomatics is expanding our activities online. For all of us stuck at home and looking to connect we are going to offer more opportunities for the Canadian geospatial community to engage. To kick us off […]