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.

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A Canadian Perspective: Idiots who use Drones

9 September 2015 Jon Murphy | 2014

In the past few months there have been quite a few articles that have shown UAV’s or drones in a negative light. It’s not only humans that have been critical of UAV’s and their use […]

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New GoGeomatics Networking Group in Kingston Ontario

3 September 2015 Jon Murphy | Aubrey Downie

GoGeomatics Canada would like to announce Kingston, Ontario has been added to our growing list of cross-country GoGeomatics Socials! GoGeomatics welcomes Tristan Forward as the social group leader for Kingston. Which will be held at […]

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September: Join us for the 2015 GoGeomatics Back to School Socials

19 August 2015 Jon Murphy | 2014

The 2nd Annual GoGeomatics Canada Back to School Socials are happening this September. To kick off the 2015 school year, GoGeomatics is welcoming everyone to our Canada-Wide Back to School Socials this September. We encourage […]

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New Book: Web Mapping and Geospatial Web Services

13 August 2015 Jon Murphy | 2015

It is with great pleasure that I want to introduce a new Web Mapping and Geospatial textbook to the Canadian geomatics community. Prof. Emmanuel Stefanakis (University of New Brunswick, Canada) has authored an introductory textbook on […]

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Strategies for Finding a Canadian Geomatics Job

12 August 2015 Jon Murphy | 2013

There are a number of strategies for finding a job or contract in the Canadian geomatics industry. The strategies that I describe are ones that I have used in the past and methods that I […]

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Strategies for Young GIS & Geomatics Professionals: Getting Ahead At Work

10 August 2015 Jon Murphy | 2013

You have landed your job in geomatics and you want to move ahead. Maybe you are interested in leading a team of geomatics professionals, or you want to move into a new and more challenging […]

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CGCRT/GeoAlliance: Getting Off on The Wrong Foot

7 April 2015 Jon Murphy | 2014

Since my last article on the CGCRT project, I’ve been waiting and watching for the CGCRT to address some of the concerns that both I and others in the community raised, particularly about the name […]

NRCan & GoGeomatics Ottawa: First Public Talk of the Open Federal Geospatial Platform

10 March 2015 Jon Murphy | change

Students, professionals, and senior executives in Ottawa were privileged to get to hear about the Federal Geospatial Platform in it’s first public discussion, on February 27th at the Ottawa Social. Andrew Moore, the Manager of […]