Jon Murphy

Jonathan Murphy is the CEO, President, and Founder of GoGeomatics Canada. He is also the founder and chair of GeoIgnite, Canada's national geospatial leadership conference, and Canada's National Geomatics expo. Jon has created Canada’s largest professional geospatial network, aiming to strengthen and empower our geospatial ecosystem. A community builder and connector, he holds a bachelor's degree in Archaeology from the University of Calgary and advanced diplomas in GIS and applied geomatics research from COGS. Jon is a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. In 2020, he joined the ISO/TC 211 Geographic information/Geomatics Technical Committee responsible for the ISO geographic information series of standards. In 2023, Jon joined the board of directors of buildingSMART Canada.

2017 Map of GoGeomatics Groups Across Canada

20 March 2017 Jon Murphy | 2017

March 2017 GoGeomatics Talks: Toronto, London, Peterborough, Halifax

15 March 2017 Jon Murphy | 2017

GoGeomatics Canada has built a thriving geospatial community by creating networking opportunities for our participants. We achieve this by holding free informal monthly networking events at pubs across Canada. You can join us at any of these […]

Canadian Cartography: GoGeomatics Edmonton Visits the University of Alberta Map Library & Collections

21 October 2016 Jon Murphy | africa

Last night the Edmonton GoGeomatics Group had the chance to explore the amazing collection of historic maps at the University of Alberta (U of A). Larry Laliberte, the U of A GIS Librarian, introduced the […]

London Ontario: New GoGeomatics Group Inaugural Social Oct 25th

12 October 2016 Jon Murphy | canadian geomatics

I’m excited to introduce a new GoGeomatics group to the Canadian geomatics community. Our newest Group is the London GoGeomatics Networking Group in Ontario. A great group of students in at Western reached out to […]

Report for 450 Participants & Sponsors: 2016 GoGeomatics Canada Back to School Socials

5 October 2016 Jon Murphy | 2016

Last month the Canadian geomatics community came together to celebrate the start of the new school year by welcoming new and returning students to college and universities across Canada. Over 450 people came out to […]

Volunteer & Map Canada: Statistics Canada Crowdsourcing Pilot Project

22 September 2016 Jon Murphy | 2016

Statistics Canada has launched a new pilot project using OpenStreetmap. For many Canadians outside of the geomatics community this is an exiting opportunity. It’s my hope that those members of the public who do volunteer […]

The Most Fun You’ve had with Geomatics: ‘Pokémon Go’ Comes to Canada

19 July 2016 Jon Murphy | articles

The geospatial community has been “abuzz” since a game called called “Pokémon Go” landed on cell phones in Australia and New Zealand. Yesterday the game became available in Canada for download on the Google Play […]

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The Canadian Institute of Geomatics Brings Big Data to Ottawa

9 June 2016 Jon Murphy | 2016

Last week I was among an interesting group of participants and presenters who came together to discuss Big Data (June 1st, 2016). The day long event was framed as an exploration of “Big Data: Technology […]