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GoGeomatics Canada’s Online Magazine is your source for the latest news in the Canadian geomatics sector. We publish articles about technology, projects, events, Canadian companies, and interviews with industry leaders. To submit an article to the GoGeomatics Magazine, please email your pitch to [email protected].

International Geospatial Briefing July 26th, 2021: Esri new GeoBIM product; Iran’s groundwater crisis levels; Space tech companies partner next-generation Earth Observation data; statewide heat-mapping study in Petersburg; NASA, USGS to Launch Landsat 9 in September

26 July 2021 GoGeomatics Canada | AccuWeather

Esri and Autodesk’s New Collaboration Product: GeoBIM Esri’s new software, ArcGIS GeoBIM, allows ArcGIS features to appear in the documents within the Autodesk Construction Cloud and the BIM 360 environment. This feature will bring in added […]

Avenza Quality Cartographic Output For Data With Adobe Illustrator & MAPublisher – GeoIgnite 2021 Talk On YouTube:

23 July 2021 GoGeomatics Canada | adobe illustrator

Adobe Illustrator is not a tool you’d associate with geospatial work, but Avenza is here to show you how to use this software for your cartographic needs! In this talk on Day Three of the […]

GIS & Beyond: Smart Software Solutions Made In Poland from GISPartner, GeoIgnite 2021 Talk On YouTube

22 July 2021 GoGeomatics Canada | Bartlomiej Grabowski

Day Three of the GeoIgnite conference featured Gold Sponsor GISPartner. They continue to make waves as a dynamically developing European company, active in field of GIS professional services market in Poland. Their main aim is […]

Canadian Geospatial Briefing July 19th, Drone spraying research promising; B.C. wildfire map; Manitoba Infrastructure Projects Map; N.B. COVID dashboard; New database of P.E.I. trails maps

19 July 2021 GoGeomatics Canada | British Columbia

Drone spraying research promising Drone spraying would be ideal for touch-ups and misses in a field after a large sprayer comes through, or for targeting weeds in areas that are difficult to access, Tom Wolf, […]

Centre of Geographic Sciences (COGS) Opens $9 million Geographic Innovation Centre and Residence

17 July 2021 GoGeomatics Canada | Canada

On July 6th, Iain Rankin, Nova Scotia’s premier, was in the Annapolis Valley to unveil the provinces 9 million dollar investment in the growing global location technology sector. Joining him were NSCC President Don Bureaux […]

Planet: “Advances in Earth Observation & Analytics Technologies + Deployment in Forest & Climate Solutions” – YouTube Video GeoIgnite 2021

15 July 2021 GoGeomatics Canada | Climate Change

Every day, Planet images the full Earth at 3.5m resolution and anywhere sub-daily at <50cm. This data is critical in working to make global change visible, accessible, and actionable in regards to climate change. On […]

Geospatial Metadata: The Ties That Bind- Tobias Spears, Head of the Ocean Data & Information Section at Fisheries & Oceans Canada – GeoIgnite Talk on YouTube

14 July 2021 GoGeomatics Canada | Canada

The Government of Canada and organizations such as the UN recognize the critical role of standards in geographic information and geomatics to support stewardship and interoperability of information, ensuring that organizations access, use and share […]

International Geospatial Briefing July 12th, 2021: Mapping the hot hotspots in the world; Esri’s book calling for action for conservation; June ArcGIS Living Atlas Updates; Telecomm giant maps climate resilience; Map the graveyards and trace you family tree; LiDAR to stop texting and driving; Digital Twin of the News

12 July 2021 GoGeomatics Canada | ArcGIS

Mapping the hottest temperatures around the world June was an exceptionally hot month for several countries in the northern hemisphere. A “heat dome”, where high pressure traps the heat, is being blamed for the excessively high […]