3D mapping is continuing to advance and be crucial to our understanding of the planet we live on and how we study it. Maxar, a titan in the EO industry, is building what may be […]
Vancouver-based cognitive AI company Minerva Intelligence is working on the first major update to the Canadian National Hydro Network (NHN) since 2004. AI is not typically a tool for this field, but as Jake McGregor, the […]
A major gap in the construction process is the unavailability of reliable information about the location of underground utilities during the design stage of civil engineering construction projects such as highways and pipelines. All states […]
Natural Resources Canada is hard at work on the National Elevation Data Strategy, which aims to provide Canadians with an accurate three-dimensional representation of the country, in support of government priorities. This is Canada’s DEM. […]
I’m excited to announce that Morgan Ostrander, GoGeomatics community leader for Calgary, is the 2021 national leadership award winner. Morgan’s outstanding efforts leading the Calgary geospatial community pre-covid, as well as during the pandemic, exemplifies […]
SkyWatch Space Applications Inc. (“SkyWatch“), a Waterloo-based space technology startup, announced today the completion of a $17.2M USD Series B round of financing to further democratize access to Earth observation data. Drive Capital led the investment round with […]
The European Space Agency (ESA) is organising an Advanced Training Course on Land Remote Sensing with the focus on Earth Observation and Artificial Intelligence for Forestry. This course is dedicated to training the next generation of Earth Observation […]
From Day One of the GeoIgnite 2021 conference comes one of the most engaging talks of the event from SparkGeo’s CEO Will Cadell. In it, he discusses the “Geospatial product trap” including what it is […]