GeoIgnite is the premier Canadian Geospatial Conference. For 2021, GeoIgnite will be held virtually over three weeks in April. A new conference feature we are excited about is a week of workshops, seminars, training, summits, […]
Introduction Building height is an important piece of information that has various important applications such as economic analysis, urban planning, and development of 3D city maps. For many geographical areas, such information is not accessible […]
The drone industry is rapidly growing and will continue to expand in the future. Various applications, such as commercial delivery, mapping, and search and rescue, can be finished easier with unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operations. […]
What are we doing about space traffic management? As spaceX continues to launch more and more satellites through their ridesharing program, most recently the Falcon-9 launched with 143 satellites and as these jam-packed satellite launches […]
The GIS market has grown in size every year for the past decade. With a current capitalization of over USD 8 billion, the industry is expected to reach USD 14.5 billion by 2025. This is […]
LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) is not a new technology; it has been around since the early 1960’s when a LiDAR-like system was introduced by the Hughes Aircraft Company. Like many technologies, LiDAR’s start was […]
February 2, 2021 MDA is excited to announce that the company has embarked on a major new initiative to build a commercial Earth observation satellite mission which will serve to extend MDA’s market-leading geospatial data, […]
BRAMPTON, ON, Jan. 29, 2021 /CNW/ – MDA today announced that it has been awarded a contract by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to provide satellite flight operations and data management services for the Agency’s Earth observation […]