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.
Articles by Jon Murphy
Post COVID Conference Success for the Canadian Hydrographic Community
The 2022 Canadian Hydrographic Conference (CHC2022) took place June 6-9th in Gatineau this month. What a pleasure it was to be…
Geospatial Job Hunting Seminar Online March 9th
Find a GIS Job: Geospatial Career Seminar March 9th, 2022 At this years National Canadian Geospatial Conference, GeoIgnite, Jonathan Murphy…
Day 1 Keynote & Important Talks GeoIgnite 2022, March 1
Join the Canadian Geospatial Community for two weeks of online engagement. GeoIgnite is a free event for the entire community. …
Holiday Wishes & Happy New Year from the GoGeomatics Canada Team
From all of us at GoGeomatics Canada we are wishing you the best for 2021. Whatever is beautiful. Whatever is…
Top 5 Reasons Your Boss Should Invest in Your Geospatial Skills
If you’re reading this, chances are you work in some area of geomatics. That being the case, your technical skills…
It’s Time to Level Up Your Geospatial Career
At any one time, we find so much geospatial training being offered in our professional communities. There are so many…
Launch of new Canadian Geospatial Training Site: GeoTechTraining
I’m pleased to announce the launch of our new Geospatial training platform GeoTechTraining.com. GoGeomatics is a constantly evolving enterprise that…
Clement Charre Receives GeoIgnite 2021 Volunteer Award
Ladies and gentlemen, the GeoIgnite 2021 Volunteer of the Year — Clement Charre! The first time I met Clement Charre…
Calgary’s Morgan Ostrander Named Outstanding 2021 GoGeomatics Group Leader for Canada
I’m excited to announce that Morgan Ostrander, GoGeomatics community leader for Calgary, is the 2021 national leadership award winner. Morgan’s…
GoGeomatics Canada Wishing you Holiday Cheer and a Happy New Year
On behalf of management, staff, and volunteers we would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy…
Take the Survey: Canadian “Geo” Associations Survey
GoGeomatics Canada is conducting a survey of the Canadian geospatial community to see what you think about associations in our…
Who reads the GoGeomatics Magazine & Weekly Canadian Newsletter? 88% of them are working “Geo” professionals
Despite our initial reputation as a geospatial job hunters magazine, GoGeomatics Canada has a much larger proportion of professional readers…
