Thai Cave rescue aided by Calgary geomatics company Intermap Technologies provided crucial data that helped rescuers reach the 12 children and soccer coach trapped in an underwater cave in Thailand. Using sensors and data sets which […]
The European Commission to spend $18.6B on space program The Galileo and European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) satellite navigation systems and the Copernicus Earth-observation program will receive funds in an attempt to “up the […]
Why is Red River College closing its GIS program? “Low Industry and labour market demand and difficulty attracting students” as well as budget costs to post-secondary schools in Manitoba have been cited as causes in […]
Will a new Geospatial Analysis tool from Uber challenge traditional GIS software? Kepler.gl is Uber’s new “data-agnostic, high-performance web-based application for visual exploration of large-scale geolocation data set”. With no need for coding, Kepler.gl is […]
Drone Delivery Canada chosen for Beyond Visual Line-of-Sight Pilot Project Drone Delivery Canada has been selected to participate in Transport Canada’s Beyond Visual Line-of-Sight Pilot Project. The Pilot Project will further the DDC’s capabilities in Moosonee and […]
You are invited to support the 5th Annual 2018 GoGeomatics Back to School Socials across Canada this fall. 15 Professional Canadian Geospatial Networking Groups GoGeomatics is the largest and most popular communications hub in the Canadian […]
ESRI users will receive Sentinel-2 Image Services free Imagery from the Earth Observation Satellite Sentinel-2 is available through the Living Atlas, included with all ArcGIS online subscriptions, and will now be available to all ESRI ArcGIS […]
NRCan empowers citizen scientists during floods When Canadian communities are hit hard by flooding, Vincent Decker’s team of scientists at Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) provide first responders and decision makers with the data they need to deal with […]