Geographic Illiteracy: Can you find Canada on the map?
Study shows 53% of the respondents unable to locate Canada Do you get lost all the time or even have trouble when reading maps? No worries, you are not alone. There are 195 countries in […]
Study shows 53% of the respondents unable to locate Canada Do you get lost all the time or even have trouble when reading maps? No worries, you are not alone. There are 195 countries in […]
The GoGeomatics editors, writers and online managers discuss stories each week that we would like to share with the community. Once a week, we get together online and discuss the biggest stories in Canada and […]
The only instance I know of in North America of a province or state wide database that includes maps of utility infrastructure is the Integrated Cadastral Information Society (ICI Society) in British Columbia. The ICI […]
A new app from U of T researchers allows users to track their neighbourhood’s environmental health Researchers at the University of Toronto have created a new app that provides insights into the environmental health of […]
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. […]
Many of the technologies for detecting underground utilities and other infrastructure involve shooting some type of signal, electromagnetic or acousic, into the ground and measuring the reflection off underground objects. A major challenge for these […]